The Harvest Right Medium Home Freeze Dryer preserves food at home by freeze drying it. The process keeps the food's aroma, flavor, color, shape and nutritional content, and it typically retains 97% of the nutritional value. Food can be stored for up to 25 years. Adding water restores it.
It handles fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, dairy, ice cream, desserts and complete meals such as lasagna, chili, beef stew, casseroles and pasta. Large pieces can be freeze-dried whole, such as apricot halves, thick peach slices, cooked steak slabs and whole shrimp.
To use it, load prepared food or leftovers and press start. A cycle takes about 20 to 36 hours, after which the food is ready to package. The unit has five stainless steel trays with 675 square inches of tray space.
- Size
- Medium
- Trays
- 5 stainless steel trays
- Tray space
- 675 square inches
- Batch capacity
- 10 to 15 lbs. of fresh food
- Yearly capacity
- Up to 3,000 lbs. of fresh food (about 4 batches a week for 50 weeks)
- Cycle time
- About 20 to 36 hours
- Shelf life
- Up to 25 years for freeze-dried food
- In the box
- Medium freeze dryer, Premier Industrial Vacuum Pump, vacuum pump oil, oil filter, set of 5 stainless steel trays