Monika's Kandy Orchard

Freeze-dried Bananas

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Category: Fruit

Description

Freeze-dried bananas are 100% real fruit snacks made by removing nearly all moisture while preserving the original shape, intense flavor, and nutritional value.

What Are They?

Freeze-drying involves freezing the banana slices and placing them in a vacuum chamber. The ice turns directly into vapor through sublimation, bypassing the liquid state. This process leaves behind a incredibly lightweight, crunchy snack with a long shelf life.

Key Benefits

Nutrient Retention: Unlike heat dehydration, freeze-drying keeps up to 90% of the original vitamins, fiber, and potassium.
No Added Ingredients: High-quality brands contain exactly one ingredient: bananas. There are no added sugars, oils, or preservatives.
Texture & Flavor: They possess an airy, crispy crunch that melts in your mouth, featuring a much sweeter, more concentrated banana taste than fresh fruit.
Portability: They are feather-light and do not bruise, making them perfect for hiking, school lunches, or emergency food storage.

Common Ways to Use Them

Direct Snacking: Eating them straight out of the pouch as a chip alternative.
Breakfast Toppings: Crumbling slices over cereal, oatmeal, yogurt, or acai bowls.
Baking: Mixing them into muffin batters, cookie doughs, or pancake mixes without adding excess moisture.

Smoothies: Blending them into shakes for an instant burst of banana flavor.

Additional information

Size

small – 8 oz, medium – 16 oz, large – 32 oz

Weight

When packaging freeze-dried fruits and candies, fluid ounces measure volume, not weight, which often confuses people because freeze-drying removes up to 90% of a food's water content. This means an identical deli container size will hold drastically different net weights depending on how much the food expands or contracts during the freeze-drying process.

Standard Deli Container Sizes & Average Net Weights
Deli containers are universally measured in fluid ounces (volumetric space). Because freeze-dried foods are highly porous and light, their actual scale weight is a fraction of the container’s volume.

• 8 oz Container (Half-Pint / Small)
o Estimated Net Weight: 1.5 to 2.5 ounces of candy; 0.5 to 1 ounce of fruit.

• 16 oz Container (Pint / Medium)
o Estimated Net Weight: 3.5 to 5 ounces of candy; 1.5 to 2.5 ounces of fruit.

• 32 oz Container (Quart / Large)
o Estimated Net Weight: 7 to 10 ounces of candy; 3 to 5 ounces of fruit.