All foodstuffs and ingredients can be freeze dried, whether the starting base is fresh, frozen, fermented, cooked or pre-processed as an ingredient. Cuddon freeze dryers are designed for multi-purpose use across the food industry; the one dryer can be used for all types and formats of product.
Fruits and vegetables, seeds, and skins, leafy matter, seaweeds, meats and fish, dairy products, candy/ sweets, liquids and slurries can all be freeze dried and used for applications including for premium cooking ingredients or flavourings, snacks, petfood and animal nutrition, and dehydrated foods for outdoor, military rations and even space exploration.
Retain nutritional value
Remove water and retain the ‘good stuff’: nutrients, enzymes, flavours, colours and bioactivity.
Add value to current product line
Freeze dry an existing product line (fresh or frozen) to produce a completely new product line with no changes to your existing processes.
Create value out of waste
Create new, premium product lines from commercial by-products, and defer waste from landfill.
Cuddon freeze dryers can process multiple food types, including but not limited to:
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Fruit and vegetables, as a snack or ingredient
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Seafood and aquaculture, including mussels, seaweed & fish
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Meats - cooked or raw
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Dairy products, including ice cream and cheese
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Ready meals, including breakfasts, lunches, dinners & snacks
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Instant foods, including noodles & powdered soups or broths
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Drinks, including instant coffee, herbal teas & juices
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Extracts from fruits, vegetables, seaweeds or other foodstuffs
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Culinary herbs, spices and flavouring
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Derivatives from dairy, including lactoferrin using in infant milk formula
Why Freeze Dry?
Freeze drying removes moisture content without heating or damaging a product, unlike other drying processes: during spray drying products are exposed to higher temperatures which could degrade a products bioactivity, while dehydrators shrink products (and can make them rock hard), and baking or grilling products changes their chemical composition.
Just add water! - Or another fluid or flavour. Freeze drying creates a honeycomb texture and retains a product’s size and shape. Due to holes left by ice crystals during the freeze dry process, rehydration is quick and easy.
Cuddon freeze dryers can freeze dry anything with a moisture content. Using fresh, frozen, fermented or cooked products as a starter, clients use our machines for multiple products which can be freeze dried whole, sliced, minced, slurried or in liquid form.
A product without moisture content can be preserved for longer. With quality packaging to block light/UV, heat and oxidization, the ability of a product to downgrade is significantly reduced, increasing shelf life.
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We custom design and build freeze dryers to meet our clients’ needs.
Using the parameters of our standard range, we collaborate with our clients to create a custom-built solution.
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