date:Apr 14, 2016
ns. While these still retail for several dollars or more per ounce, it is important to recognize that the whole fruit is approximately 90% water, making many such products competitive when compared on a pound-for-pound basis to the original amount of product involved.
Freeze-dried fruit and vegetable snacks are safe when they are dry, because the water-activity levels are so low (below aW0.3) that no bacterial growth can be supported. However the danger in freeze-dried foods comes is in mishand