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Food Dehydration - Step 4 - Packaging

Food Dehydration - Step 4 - Packaging

Dry your own fruits, vegetables and other foods

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Packaging the dried foods

1. Packing/Sealing the dried food: Dried foods are susceptible to insect contamination and re-adsorption of moisture and must be properly packaged and stored immediately.
   First, cool completely. Warm food causes sweating which could provide enough moisture for mold to grow.
   Package dehydrated foods in tightly sealed containers,
2. Fruit that has been sulfured should not touch metal. Place the fruit in a plastic bag before storing it in a metal can. Sulfur fumes will react with the metal and cause color changes in the fruit.
3. Pack as tightly as possible without crushing.
4. Pack food in amounts that will be used in a recipe. Every time a package is re-opened, the food is exposed to air and moisture that will lower the quality of the food.
    

Step 5 - Storing the dried foods