Freeze-dried fruit is also uniquely easy to take on-the-go, Gentile says. It can be divided into packages that “can go in kids’ lunch boxes or the car very easily,” she says.

"You can have jars of food on your counter or at work," she said. "You can have a jar of freeze-dried jalapenos and onions on your counter (at home) and you don’t have to worry about prep." ...

I remember when I first tasted freeze-dried fruit. It was sometime in the mid-2000s, I had just graduated from college, moved into my first apartment and was doing all kinds of grown-up things.

In the 1960s, Oregon Freeze Dry started by making freeze-dried fruits for cereals and MREs, short for “meals ready to eat,” for the U.S. military. Just add water and you have a meal, no matter ...