If you want to freeze-dry food at home, you will need special equipment.

To save time and money, you can build your survival stockpile by purchasing lab-verified and organic freeze-dried fruits and vegetables from trusted manufacturers.

Benefits of freeze-drying food

Astronauts, campers, backpackers, food manufacturers and the military use a variety of freeze-dried foods.

As a prepper, you can also buy freeze-dried foods for home use or your survival stockpile. Additionally, you can also buy entire meals in freeze-dried form.

Note that almost all foods can be freeze-dried.

Here are some of the prepping and survival benefits of freeze-dried food:

Food becomes lighter once the water is removed after freeze-drying. This means freeze-dried items are portable, which is ideal if you plan on moving or bringing large amounts of food when you are bugging out after SHTF.

Freeze-dried foods usually retain most of their nutritional quality, taste, shape and size. This ensures that you can feed your family nutritious meals even when dealing with a long-term survival scenario.

Freeze-dried foods do not require refrigeration, and they can last for months or years in your survival stockpile.

Unlike dehydrated foods, you can quickly rehydrate freeze-dried foods.