Freeze dried food is as healthy as it was when the food was fresh. Freeze-dried foods maintain 97% of their original nutritional value. Freeze drying is one of the best ways to preserve food for long-term storage while maintaining the most nutritional value.
Other food preservation methods, such as canning and dehydrating, will use higher temperatures that degrade the nutrition of the food.
Freeze-dried fruit and other freeze-dried products have been around for decades and were developed to make it easier for people with an active lifestyle to eat and transport food. All the water from the fresh fruit is extracted, leaving only the purest nutritional value of the product.
This is how it works: The fruit is placed in a vacuum chamber and the temperature drops below the freezing point. The temperature rises slowly and the frozen water molecules become gaseous – they never become liquid. Thanks to this, the structure of the fruit and its nutritional value are preserved.
Although it may not be so obvious, freeze-dried fruit can be a healthier choice than regular dried fruit. Without the use of the freeze-drying process to keep the fruit fresh longer, most dried fruit snacks must contain sugar and preservatives to prevent them from spoiling. Freeze-dried fruit does not contain preservatives or any additives. It is a naturally concentrated form of fruit.
