TO DEHYDRATE OR NOT TO DEHYDRATE, THIS IS THE DILEMMA.
You walk into a store or supermarket, head straight for the snack sections or the fruit and veg section to find packets of trail mix, dehydrated fruits pouches, all sots of dehydrated treats imaginable. Then you look at the price tag! "WTF? i am not paying 5.50 euros for a 300gr pouch of trail mix. I can easily make that myself"...Erm...maybe! How do you even start dehydrating food at home? Here is a pretty simple explanation. A food dehydrator delivers the vast majority of foods with the same vitamins and minerals as their fresh counterparts, in a remarkable array of concentrated flavours, nutrients and enzymes. According to the Energise for Life website, "The dehydration process retains almost 100% of the nutritional content of the food, retains the alkalinity of fresh produce and actually inhibits the growth of microforms such as bacteria." Preservation: The modern dehydrator produces basically the same food with about 75 per cent of its moisture removed. T