Why food dehydration?
Dehydration is simply the process of
removing moisture from food by exposing to warm dry air. Drying food is
fun, easy, and inexpensive, providing garden fresh flavor all year
around.
Drying is
easy.
A wide variety of fresh foods can be
dried: fruits, vegetables, fish and meats. These foods can be eaten
dried for snacks and parties, or reconstituted for cooking and baking.
Drying is easier than canning or freezing: you simply wash, slice and
load food onto the dehydrator trays. Within hours your foods are dried
and ready to eat or store.
Drying can save you money.
Owning an Excalibur dehydrator allows you
to purchase and dry foods in peak seasons when prices are lowest — a
great savings compared to the high cost of commercially dried products.
Best of all, operating a dehydrator costs only pennies a day and dried
foods don’t require continual electricity to be maintained as with
freezing.
Dried foods taste great and are nutritious.
As food dries, natural food flavors and
sugars tend to concentrate —giving dried foods a sweeter and stronger
burst of flavor than fresh
foods. Dried foods are nutritious, too!
Drying preserves important nutrients that cooking often destroys. And
since you don’t add sugar or other additives, dried foods make
delicious and healthful snacks for your family.
Dried foods store easily.
Dried foods take up less space than
canned or frozen foods because when you remove the moisture, food
shrinks in size. They store in any convenient
airtight container or bag and are lightweight —
just right for lunchboxes, backpacks or
camping trips.
