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With a deep, vibrant color and distinctive, earthy sweetness, beetroot works in a huge variety of applications. It’s a real superfood, making it an excellent choice for healthy products. Crisp and flavourful freeze-dried beetroot slices are the ideal healthy snack. The perfect partner to goat’s cheese, orange, onion and vinegar, the slices work really well in salads. Freeze-dried powdered beetroot can add distinctive color and flavor to dry pasta, as well as sauces, smoothies, vinaigrettes and yogurts, with no need to blend. It even works well in confectionary and sweet bakes – team with dark chocolate or use as an ingredient in cakes.

As one of the world’s most popular vegetables, sweetcorn is an essential ingredient for so many global cuisines, from European and Asian, to Tex-Mex. It’s ideal for bringing healthy sweetness to a wide range of products and dishes. Team with tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, garlic and onions, or pair with chili, lime and butter – it’s perfect in a wide range of salads, snacks and bakery products. Freeze-dried sweetcorn is also a great natural color, ideal for bringing an attractive, light yellow shade to cereals, energy bars and other functional foods. It’s useful for bringing texture to dishes, and can be included dry in seasoning bags as a sprinkle or meal kit component.

With its tropical taste and hints of raspberry, the delicious sweetened peach is a popular ingredient. Freeze-drying sweetened peach enables the retention of key nutrients, authentic flavor and its intense, bright yellow hue, more than any other method of drying. Freeze-dried sweetened peach has a light sugar syrup which enhances the flavor. It is perfect for a wide range of applications, especially beverages and cake decoration, due to its vibrant color. It is also a great meal component for savory items, such as North African flavored couscous. Freeze-dried sweetened peach is perfectly partnered with berries, mango and orange, as well as savory items, such as blue cheese and prosciutto.

With its tropical taste and hints of raspberry, the delicious sweetened peach is a popular ingredient. Freeze-drying sweetened peach enables the retention of key nutrients, authentic flavor and its intense, bright yellow hue, more than any other method of drying. Freeze-dried sweetened peach has a light sugar syrup which enhances the flavor. It is perfect for a wide range of applications, especially beverages and cake decoration, due to its vibrant color. It is also a great meal component for savory items, such as North African flavored couscous. Freeze-dried sweetened peach is perfectly partnered with berries, mango and orange, as well as savory items, such as blue cheese and prosciutto.

With their naturally sweet taste, vibrant red color and year-round availability, strawberries are a popular fruit. Freeze-drying them locks in nutrients, sweetness and color – they don’t darken like dried strawberries do. Strawberry slices and pieces can be added to drinks, breakfast cereals or as an inclusion. They mix well with banana and other berries, and are ideal for chocolate inclusions, especially white chocolate. Freeze-dried strawberry works well with ice cream and brings an acidic touch to confectionary applications. They are also great for savory applications – try in a salad with a balsamic glaze and feta. Strawberry powder is perfect for delivering taste in beverages. Slices are great as a snack on their own, or work well coated in chocolate.

Hailed as a superfood, wolfberries (or goji berries) are packed with vitamin C, Antioxidants, amino acids and minerals – making them one of the most nutritionally rich fruits available. By freeze-drying wolfberries, these valuable nutrients are retained along with a sweet taste, akin to raisins and cranberries. Freeze-dried wolfberries are perfect for a number of sweet and savory applications, such as breakfast foods, sports/energy items, desserts, confectionary, beverages and inclusions. They are perfect in soups or added to porridge. They can also be enjoyed as a healthy standalone snack, as the freeze-drying process gives wolfberries a crispy texture that melts in the mouth.

With a dark green color and bitter, mineral rich taste, spinach is packed with iron and full of Antioxidants. It goes really well with chicken and fish, and is an excellent addition to tarts and savory pastries. Because of its health benefits, freeze-dried spinach is a fantastic functional food, great for adding a natural green color whilst boosting the health benefits of smoothies and detox drinks. As a freeze-dried powder, spinach boasts a rich, vibrant green color, and a more delicate flavor – making it the ideal natural coloring for use in pasta, cereals and bakery recipes. The pieces are particularly useful for adding to instant rice, couscous and noodle products.

A classic tropical fruit, the pineapple is the ideal balance of sourness and sweetness. It pairs well with vanilla, coconut and caramel flavors, as well as a range of fruits, vegetables, cheese and meats, including prosciutto. Sourced from fresh our freeze-dried pineapple blends easily and just a small quantity delivers intense taste and color. Freeze-dried pineapple is perfect for both sweet and savory applications, as it’s a great source of natural sweetness. Its vibrant yellow color makes it the ideal ingredient for a tropical smoothie or a cocktail garnish, and it also works well in dry meal kits, such as sweet and sour sauce.

We love clementines for their pleasant, sweet, zesty flavor, which is slightly less acidic than an orange. This tangy taste is captured perfectly in the freeze-drying process, along with the clementine’s texture, shape and bright orange color. Freeze-dried clementine can be paired with a variety of fruits, vegetables, meat and seafood, working particularly well with lemon, mint and onions. It is available with or without the skin – the skin bringing a bitter and stronger taste. Use freeze-dried clementine pieces in chocolate, mixed with baked gingerbread crumb for example, or in powdered form to create refreshing soft beverages and cocktails, or in buttercream for baked applications. Larger pieces provide a fruit explosion in ice cream.

The purple sweet potato, or yam, is a real superfood, with a deep, rich purple pigment. It’s a useful functional food, and particularly popular with the healthy eating market. A vibrant, exciting alternative to both ordinary potatoes and orange sweet potatoes, it has a distinctive nutty and smoky taste, with less sweetness than other sweet potato varieties. Substitute everywhere you would use orange sweet potatoes – in soups, stews, and ready meals. It also goes really well with bitter greens like spinach and kale. The crisp purple slices of freeze-dried sweet potato make excellent healthy snacks, either served naturally or lightly salted.

The tart, fresh flavor and bright color of redcurrants makes them a well-loved ingredient. The freeze-drying process retains this intense, natural coloring and authentic taste of redcurrants, and holds the fruit’s regular, round shape, making them ideal for visual applications and decoration. Whole or pieces of freeze-dried redcurrants can be used in a wide variety of sweet and savory applications. They pair well with other berries and fruits, such as raspberries, strawberries and blueberries, and are a great accompaniment to meats like lamb, goose and venison. They are great for inclusion in meal kits, as well as in beverages such as cocktails and mocktails, as they give a vibrant red hue.

Sweet and fruity, with creamy floral flavors, mango is a truly versatile ingredient. When freeze-dried, exotic mango retains its natural color and true taste – which lends itself to an array of sweet and savory applications. From breakfast cereals and bars, to baked goods, confectionary and drinks, freeze-dried mango can be used in a wide variety of applications, or created as a standalone healthy snack, as it offers a crisp, melt-in-the-mouth texture. It is a sweet ingredient often added to items to replace sugar. A classic partner for freeze-dried mango is bold-flavored lime, and sweet fruits such as apple, apricot, peach and pineapple. Mango also pairs well with chili, coriander, cardamom, mint and cumin, and makes a great accompaniment for shellfish.

We all love raspberries for their intense tart taste and rich, red color. The freeze-drying process retains both and allows them to be used in a wide range of applications, from breakfast foods and baked goods, to snacks and confectionary. Choose whole or pieces for texture and visual appeal in ice cream and biscuits. Freeze-dried raspberry powder is perfect for beverages, mixes and decoration. It blends perfectly with other sweet-sour fruits such as apricot, blackberry and pineapple. Freeze-dried raspberries are ideal for inclusion in white chocolate, as they balance the fruit’s acidity and showcase its color. Freeze-dried raspberry can be included in a blend with one or two other fruits, such as sour cherry or strawberry.

A popular superfruit, cranberries are packed with Antioxidants and pack a sour, but sweet punch with their taste. Freeze-drying cranberries locks in the fruit’s natural flavor and rich pinky red color, unlike other drying methods. This provides a healthy ingredient that can be used in a wide variety of applications. Freeze-dried cranberry is often paired with spices, or in dark or white chocolate, to give color. Pieces are perfect for sweet pastries, like scones, and seasonal savory pastries. They make a great addition to popular energy bites as a coating or inclusion. Offering a crisp, melt-in-the-mouth texture, freeze-dried cranberries can be enjoyed on their own as a healthy snack, or paired with other freeze-dried fruits such as orange.

With its signature tangy taste, the sour cherry is an ingredient that delivers strong flavor. They are high in fructose, a natural sweetener, and are a source of melatonin, which aids sleep. When freeze-dried, the nutrients of the sour cherry are retained, along with its intense flavor, rich, red color and plump, round shape. Freeze-dried sour cherries are perfect paired with flavors such as almond, vanilla, cinnamon, coffee and coconut, as well as savory foods like duck, lamb and salads. Try adding to edamame beans, along with clementine pieces and a wasabi and soy dressing. Freeze-dried sour cherries work well in cereal and in chocolate, especially dark, and make a great decoration due to their visual appeal.

Red apples are well loved for their sweet, mild flavor and crisp texture. Freeze-drying locks in delicious taste and creates a better appearance than other drying methods. This creates a nutritious ingredient with a long shelf life, which is perfect for a wide range of applications, from breakfast foods and baked goods, to drinks, snacks and confectionary. Freeze-dried red apples are incredibly versatile and can be combined with other flavors, such as cinnamon, and fruits like blackberry, blueberry and pear. They pair well with meat products too, such as bacon and black pudding. Freeze-dried red apples make an excellent standalone snack, as the freeze-drying process creates a melt-in-the-mouth ingredient.

Figs are an attractive and sweet ingredient, with bright colors of pink and green. This delicious flavor and original color are retained in the freeze-drying process, unlike other drying methods, which darken the fig, making it the perfect decoration. Freeze-dried figs can be used in applications such as chocolate, cakes, cheesecakes and ice cream, and they combine well with orange and raspberries. Their natural syrupy sweetness make them a ready-made inclusion for cereal, granola or bread, like gouda and green fig fougasse, for example. Figs also work well in salads – try them in a feta salad with balsamic dressing. Freeze-dried figs have a much longer shelf life than fresh sliced fig and are available all year round.