Freeze drying and storing food in an airtight container with an oxygen absorber will preserve it up to 25 years.
Freeze drying and storing food in an airtight container with an oxygen absorber will preserve it up to 25 years.
We’ve resolved the noise issue by relocating ours to the garage. With the door closed, it’s manageable but takes up quite a bit of real estate.
When you get the right blend of these, you can find a reliable freeze dryer that will stock your pantry with a massive shelf life for decades. Below, we break down what each of these features means for the freeze-dryer models that set themselves apart.
Water and air are the enemies of food storage. You have seen this truth in action if you have ever watched the fruit in a fruit bowl shrivel and blacken over time. Both freeze drying and dehydration seek to remove water from food in order to ensure its long term viability.
Unlike conventional drying methods that often compromise flavor and nutritional value, the freeze-drying process preserves up to 97% of the food's original nutrients while extending shelf life by decades when properly stored.
Keeping the freeze dryer clean has proved pretty simple for us. Once the unit defrosts, we grab a clean, damp cloth and give the chamber and trays a once-over.
Freeze dried food is lighter than dehydrated or canned food – Dehydrated food retains about 20% of its water. As opposed to freeze dried food that is about 2% water. Canned food retains all of its moisture, and you also have the weight of the can to content with.
Investing in a premium home freeze dryer delivers numerous benefits that justify its position as the ultimate food preservation system. The most significant advantage lies in the exceptional shelf-life of freeze-dried food—up to 25 years when properly packaged—while maintaining nearly identical nutritional value to fresh foods.
Freeze dryers need to run a vacuum and get very, very cold in order to preserve the food. It uses a lot of energy to do this and can take a long time to freeze-dry a batch of food.
Luckily Harvest Right support quickly shipped us a new USB board and touch screen which got us back up and running.
Browse our carefully curated selection to find the system that best aligns with your preservation goals and space requirements.
I enjoy digging into the details, like finding the break even point for pounds of food needed to process for the investment- or learning more about how they work by taking the freeze dryers apart.
The size and weight of a freeze dryer is more of a Buy Now consideration for setup and placement rather than a measure of it’s performance.