Avocado, Transformed: Freeze-Dried for Extended Shelf Life

A full nutrient powerhouse and the dieter’s and hipster’s favourite, what if you could eat the avocado longer and differently? Leave it up to freeze-drying.

Introduction to the Avocado

A trendy fruit, the avocado’s history hides a nutritional revolution.

Why avocado, exactly? Once a hungry planet’s exotic, the avocado is now a proper place-holder of food Nobility – that it maintains its status as a pantheon ingredient owing to its creamy mouthfeel, as well as its mild profile which works, in guacamole, on avocado toast.

Nutritional Value: Great source of essential fats, vitamins and minerals. Good for heart. Aids digestion.

The Magic of Freeze-Drying

Since people have been curing food, and especially since man has begun to explore the world and life in it, man has been searching for new ways to preserve food and make last meals. In the past 50 years, since the discovery of the process called freeze-drying, it is doing just that.

How freeze drying works: first you freeze your avocado slices, then you lower the

Benefits of Freeze drying:
In addition to having an edible status after a long period of time, it keeps the food as healthy as before and light in weight. Also, it used in making variety of snacks and food for astronaut meals.

Avocado Reimagined as a Freeze-Dried Snack

Freeze-drying doesn't just preserve the avocado; it transforms it into a delightful snack.

The Taste Experience: Never tasted anything like this before, deep avocado flavour, definiably AVOCADO! Creamy, crispy and light as a feather by the process of freeze-drying.

Convenience Factor: No waiting for these avocados to ripen! An entire package of freeze-dried avocado can go with you!

Extending the Shelf Life

One of the standout benefits of freeze-drying is the dramatically increased shelf life.

Shelf life: fresh vs freeze dried: Traditional fresh avocado: one week to two weeksFreeze dried avocado: months to yearsWith nearly zero nutritional and flavour loss Fresh avocados have it pretty good: keeping them in the refrigerator for up to about a week or two will keep them intact, ready to slice open and scoop out at a moment’s notice. But what if you could keep one for months – or years – with nearly zero nutritional and flavour loss?

It is economical, saves packaging and plastic, cuts down waste, and, if you buy a few ingredients in bulk, you can make several jars at once. The jam will keep forever.

Future of Freeze-Dried Avocados

But as the world reinvented itself, the recipe acquired more uses.

Profit Prospects: With the rise of the health-food hitting the mainstream, healthy snacks are set to be the new regular eating occasions, and there’s no need to fear the freeze drying.

Environmental effect: Because they stay fresh for longer, there will be less waste of food, which is advantageous for the environment.

Conclusion

Freeze-dried avocado is a sign of human brilliance – but also a sign of the sort of truly sustainable, healthy, convenient eating we need more of. Next time you grab a handful of snacks, let it be this green.

FAQs

What is the difference?

Does freeze-drying mean that the ice doesn’t warm up to well above 32F like it would in regular drying? That’s for another blog entry but, basically, here’s the difference: Suppose you take fresh food and put it in an oven at 32F. The ice gets warmer, but not all the ice absorbs that heat, or ends up warming the food. Most of the heat jumps right from the ice-melting point to the edges of the ice crystals, and from there the warmth can spread through the food. But if we first take the food down to -45F, and then get the water out of it, first by evaporating it from ice to vapour, every molecule now going up through the food, and right into a vacuum, then the whole process has changed. We hadn’t done a reboil, just a different kind of drying.

Has the avocado been transformed because a host of physical agents (including, importantly, heat) mediated its processing in the freeze-dryer?

Absolutely. But has its flavour been transformed because of it? Doubtful. To put it another way: have all of avocado’s flavour compounds been cooked away, changed into something else, or destroyed in any way? I seriously doubt it. For most food items, it’s likely that freeze-drying only leaves the flavour compounds intact, or even possibly enhances them. Conversely, I would imagine that in most cases we are not talking about anything approaching the ‘original sin’, or the hallowed fleshplate, from whence it hails. This is not to say that you wouldn’t proclaim that freeze-dried avocado tastes ‘just like avocado’, meaning lots of times like avocado salsa or guacamole – it just tastes good, in the way that avocado salsa and guacamole taste good, but different.

How long can we store our freeze-dried avocados for? Months? Years?

In all these times, none of the flavour or impurities of their nutritive value would suffer any kind of damage.

2. Is freeze-drying environmentally friendly?

Food with long shelf life by long shelf life freeze drying might cause food waste that in turn is environmentally friendly. 1.While food with long shelf life is brealthrough for us. It enables us to have food in times of famine, especially in emergency. Without long shelf life food, humans are likely to experience hunger for a longer period of time.2.However, long shelf life freeze drying is also a reason for food waste that in turn is environmentally friendly.The reason for that is food with long shelf life are easy to store and will be hardly perished.The damage to the environment caused by food waste is significant. This is because the amount of food waste is large, so it will directly affect the ecological environment.Some efforts have been made to reduce food waste. People now tend to appreciate the food more, increases likehood of eating food mindfully. If societies are becoming more aware, the amount of waste will naturally get reduced to a reasonable level.

Will these Freeze-dried avocado work in any of your recipes?

Of Course! Stir in to rehydrate and add a flavor twist or sprinkle straight from the bag.