Freeze drying for ready to eat foods

Hello Everyone, I have been reading up about freeze drying technique and I find it very interesting & good method for preserving food for a long time. Now, I w…

1. nomstopbite reply

   Yield is low and will take longer time to process. You know what's next. :wink:

2. Food & Material Scientist reply

   all these depends on what is inside your RTE packet. Would be good to throw in more details of the RTE content.

3. Marce reply

   Thinking of something like soup contains some meat and veggies. Would it be possible?

4. Food R&D Emeritus reply

   Why do you make it complicated and expensive; soup base are in powder mix that just need it to be hydrated with hot water for soup. Veggies maybe dried conventionally or freezer d…

5. Food R&D Emeritus reply

   [quote "Marce, post:1, topic:8706, full:true"] Hello Everyone, I have been reading up about freeze drying technique Are there any major challenges (other than higher cost)? [/quot…

6. Marce reply

   Thank you everyone, really appreciate the thoughts. Seems like the high cost and complicated process still outweigh the benefits...