Monika's Kandy Orchard

Freeze-dried Peaches

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Category: Fruit

Description

Freeze-dried peaches are crisp, lightweight fruit snacks made by removing moisture from fresh peach slices while preserving their summer flavor, bright color, and nutritional profile.

What Are They?

The freeze-drying process freezes the peaches and removes water through sublimation, turning ice directly into vapor. This creates a light, melt-in-your-mouth crunch that is entirely different from the tough, rubbery texture of traditional heat-dried peaches.

Key Benefits

Nutrient Dense: Preserves almost all of the fresh peach’s Vitamin A, Vitamin C, potassium, and dietary fiber.
No Additives: Clean brands use exactly one ingredient—peaches—with no added sugars, sulfur preservatives, or oils.
Intense Summer Flavor: Removing water concentrates the fruit’s natural sweetness and signature tangy tartness.
Long Shelf Life: Stays fresh in a pantry for months (or years if sealed), providing off-season access to peak-summer fruit flavor.

Common Ways to Use Them

Snacking: Munching straight from the pouch as a nutritious alternative to candy or chips.
Breakfast Enhancements: Stirring slices into hot oatmeal, cold cereal, yogurt parfaits, or chia puddings.
Baking & Cooking: Folding pieces into scone dough, muffin batter, or cobblers without adding excess liquid.
Beverage Infusions: Dropping slices into iced tea, lemonade, sparkling water, or sangria for a natural fruit infusion.

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.