Freezedry Harvest
Applications
Freeze-dried herbs, vegetables and fruit go into snacks, inclusions, baby melts, pet toppers, instant soups, seasonings, greens powders and teas. Each needs a different cut. We grow, freeze dry, cut and pack on one site at Lake Naivasha, and develop custom cuts, powders and blends with you, with no minimum order.
By application
Freeze-dried single-ingredient powders and fine pieces for baby and toddler melts, puffs and snacks. Tomato and herbs are certified organic, and other crops can be grown on our own farms for your program; every lot is traceable from field to pouch.
Freeze-dried mango, pineapple and banana pieces for crunchy fruit snacks, coated pieces and confectionery. The fruit is a single ingredient, packed straight after drying; this page covers crunch, water activity, packaging and what to put in a specification.
Organic freeze-dried mint, parsley and ginger powders, milled to your specification, for greens mixes, smoothie and shake powders and drink mixes. Kale, broccoli and carrot can be grown and powdered for your program. Single ingredients, certified USDA and EU Organic, with a spec sheet for each.
Freeze-dried fruit and vegetable pieces and herb flakes used as inclusions in cereal, granola, bars, chocolate, yogurt cups and savory crackers. The page covers piece size, matching water activity to the base, and where in the process an inclusion goes in.
Freeze-dried spring onion, chive and chili rings, diced onion, garlic and ginger, sweet corn and tomato pieces and herb flakes for instant soups, ramen, miso and cup meals. The porous pieces take up hot water in minutes. Organic, with a spec sheet for each ingredient.
Freeze-dried parsley flakes, banana pieces and vegetables grown for your program, used as pet food toppers, meal mixers and treat ingredients. The page covers cuts and powders, why freeze-dried suits a dry pet product, and the sourcing and plant facts a pet-food buyer asks for.
Freeze-dried herb flakes, leaves, chili and spring onion rings and diced garlic, ginger and onion for seasoning blends, chili crisp, furikake-style toppings, herb salts and rubs. The pieces stay visible and crisp in a blend, and we make custom powders and blends to specification, certified organic.
Freeze-dried mint flakes, lemongrass rings, diced ginger and mango and pineapple pieces for herbal teas, infusions, functional beverages and drink toppers. The pieces keep their cut and color in a visible blend and take up water quickly, hot or cold.
01 — Why freeze dried
A developer wants a dried ingredient to stay dry in the product, still look and taste like the crop, and behave on the line. Freeze drying keeps the cut and reaches a very low water activity at the same time; spray and drum drying make only powders, and hot air shrinks the piece.
In a snack or cereal, low water activity keeps a piece crisp. In a cup soup, the porous structure lets water back in within minutes. In a seasoning or tea blend, less volatile oil has been driven off, because no hot air was used. In a powder for melts or smoothies, the crop was never cooked.
The ingredient is also light and needs no cold chain, because almost all the water is removed. For the detail, see our freeze-drying guide.
02 — Choosing a cut
Start from what the consumer sees and how the ingredient meets water. Custom cuts are developed with you.
| Application family | Cut to start from | Why that cut |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit snacks | Mango, pineapple or banana pieces or dice | A larger porous piece carries the crunch. |
| Inclusions | Fruit dice; tomato and sweet corn pieces; herb flakes | A small, even piece spreads through the base. |
| Baby and toddler melts and snacks | Powders made to your specification; fine pieces | Melts are formed from powder; particle size matters most. |
| Pet food toppers | Parsley flakes; banana pieces; vegetables grown for your program | Pieces stay visible on kibble, with no chilling. |
| Instant soups, ramen and miso add-ins | Spring onion and chive rings; cilantro flakes; diced garlic, ginger and onion | Thin rings and small dice rehydrate fastest. |
| Seasonings and toppings | Chili rings; diced garlic and onion; herb flakes; thyme and rosemary leaves | A visible, crisp piece reads as real herb. |
| Greens and smoothie powders | Ginger, mint and parsley powders (certified organic) | A single-ingredient powder disperses evenly. |
| Teas and drinks | Diced ginger; mint flakes; lemongrass rings; fruit pieces or powder | Pieces keep their color and infuse hot or cold. |
03 — Development
Every project runs the same way: cut, moisture target and lot size are fixed on your bench before anything is scaled.
Tell us what you are making. Free samples ship globally from the plant, each with a spec sheet.
You test in your own formula and on your line. Together we set cut, moisture target and lot size, or adjust a custom cut, powder or blend.
A first run is made small at the plant with full paperwork. There is no minimum order.
We plan the crop against your volumes on our own farms, then ship scheduled lots by sea from Mombasa or by air. Lead time is confirmed per ingredient.
Lots are micro-tested in our own lab and traceable from field to pouch.
04 — What we can make
Beyond the standard range, we can take on these parts of a project.
Questions
Choose by how the ingredient meets water and what the consumer sees: larger pieces for crunchy snacks, small dice for inclusions, thin rings for instant soups, powders for melts and drink mixes. FD Harvest sends free samples of several cuts to compare.
Yes. Custom cuts, powders and blends are developed with you, piloted small at the plant at Lake Naivasha, then scaled. There is no minimum order.
The herbs and vegetables in the FD Harvest range are certified organic, USDA Organic and EU Organic, certified by Ecocert.
Other crops, such as broccoli, beans, carrots or kale, can be planned and grown on our own farms against your volumes and freeze dried alongside the range. We plan the crop against your volumes.
Each free FD Harvest sample ships with a spec sheet. Certificates and the allergen statement are available on request.
Tell us what you are making and the cut you have in mind. We will suggest samples.
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