Freeze Dryers

[HereWeGoAgain]

Does anyone use one?
The freeze dryer appears to be far better than a dehydrator.
While they're a bit pricey they seem to have a lot of advantages over the dehydrator.

 

[Likkmee]

Never have. You research them ? Post some links

 

[The Irish Ram]

How are they better? I would think the food would taste better...

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Never have. You research them ? Post some links

Will do.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

How are they better? I would think the food would taste better...

Would be better with a freeze dryer or a dehydrator?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Never have. You research them ? Post some links

I figure some YouTube vids would explain it better than I can.
They say freeze dried stuff retains 90% of the flavor and nutrients vs dehydrated stuff that only keeps 50%.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Here's one video.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

The mid range unit from Harvest Right runs for around $2900 bucks.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Oh...the freeze dried stuff will last for 25 years or more.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Another Freeze dry video.
The eggs look like you just cracked some fresh eggs.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Would be better with a freeze dryer or a dehydrator?

I would think freeze dried, but I don't know if it is or not...

 

[Likkmee]

Looks like freezedry is the way . BUT $$$ ?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I would think freeze dried, but I don't know if it is or not...

From what I'm reading freeze dried is far better than dehydrated.
I have a dehydrator and we dont make much of anything but beef jerky.
It does a great job of that.
If price has anything to do with it the freeze dryer is way better.
I paid $200 bucks for the dehydrator and the freeze dryer goes for $2900 bucks.
You can see the appearance of the two are really different. The dehydrated fruit for example looks brown while the freeze dried stuff looks pretty much like the fruit when you put in it when it comes out.
The freeze dried eggs looked amazing. They cracked 18 eggs and scrambled them and didnt cook them. When they came out of the freeze dryer they ran em through a blender until they were powder.
They then put two tablespoons of powdered egg which equals one egg and added two tablespoons of water to rehydrate them and they looked exactly like fresh eggs.
They still looked like fresh eggs after they cooked them.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Looks like freezedry is the way . BUT $$$ ?

Pretty much yeah.
The price of freeze dried stuff you can buy at say a prepper sight is outrageously expensive!!
The price of the freeze dryer while high would pay for itself in short order.
The Wife and I have purchased some freeze dried stuff that has a 25 year shelf life but it's really expensive!!
Making your own would save you tons of money!! Freeze drying something with a lot of moisture can take 26 hours or more but it only cost around a $1.30 in electricity.