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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.

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.

Rhubarb has a distinctive taste, with aromatic notes. Its tartness means it’s best paired with overtly sweet ingredients, such as strawberry, mango and vanilla. Often mistaken as a fruit, rhubarb is a vegetable that is low in calories and high in fiber. Freeze-drying rhubarb locks in flavor and nutrients, as well as holding its vivid pink color, texture and shape. Freeze-dried rhubarb is suitable for a wide range of applications, especially bakery and confectionary, in sweets such as rhubarb, strawberry and white chocolate truffles. Its powder form can be used in ice cream and beverages, whilst freeze-dried pieces can be included in desserts. It also works well with savory flavors, complementing meat items such as lamb, pork and black pudding.

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 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.

With a distinctive, delicate, onion flavor, leeks are a healthy, versatile ingredient, with a mild hint of sweetness. Leeks can be used in a wide range of meat and vegetable dishes, and go particularly well with bacon, chicken, fish, carrot, potato and mushrooms. It’s a classic ingredient in soups, casseroles and tarts. Leek also works with dairy products, particularly butter and cream, in soufflés and gratins. It makes an excellent companion to a range of herbs, including thyme, tarragon, chives, garlic, mustard and sage. Freeze-dried leek is perfect for bringing a delicate, aromatic onion flavor to ready-made rice dishes, sauces and soup mixtures.

Naturally sweet and with a vibrant green color, peas are a versatile, familiar vegetable that teams perfectly with carrots, leeks, potatoes and broccoli, and the herbal flavors of mint and tarragon. They’re the ideal companion for all kinds of meat and fish dishes. They work especially well alongside beef, salty seafood and bacon, and add a sweet counterbalance to ham. Peas are also an excellent addition to soups and dried ingredients such as noodles, risottos and rice, providing great color and flavor. Freeze-dried peas are also an effective way of adding healthy, vegan protein to sporting products and athletic meals.

Sweet and vibrant red pepper is really versatile. A staple ingredient for Mediterranean, Asian and South American dishes, it’s an excellent companion for a wide range of meat and vegetables, and is the ideal partner to cheese, onions, garlic, tomatoes and vinegar. Available in freeze-dried pieces, it’s useful for bringing crisp texture, vibrant flavor and natural sweetness in a wide range of salads, ready meals, savory bakes and wraps. The large pieces can also be used as a standalone product, or as a healthy snack. We also offer it as a grilled product – perfect for bringing a smoky depth of flavor to products.

A healthy winter vegetable with a light cream color and a distinctive flavor, parsnip brings a beautiful earthy sweetness to dishes. Like carrot, parsnip is really versatile, and pairs well with a wide range of spices, including nutmeg, ginger and pepper, as well as classic culinary herbs like sage, thyme and parsley. Great for seasonal soups and stews, it can also be used alongside a range of autumnal fruits and vegetables, including apples, potatoes, carrots, pears and spinach. It even works in sweet dishes, especially with dark brown sugar or maple syrup. Freeze-dried parsnip is ideal for use in healthy products.

The light, delicate bitterness of courgette makes it a versatile ingredient that can be used in a huge variety of applications. Great with tomatoes, aubergine, onions, garlic, peppers and red wine, it’s a staple ingredient in a wide range of Mediterranean dishes. It soaks up the flavor of partner ingredients, and can be teamed with a selection of North African spices and summer herbs. Very low in calories and a good source of vitamin C and potassium, freeze-dried courgettes are excellent for using in products and dishes aimed at the healthy eating market.