Description
PRIOR TO HARVEST RIGHT FREEZE DRYERS
When we say Home Freeze Dryer™, we truly mean home. It provides the convenience, simplicity, and electrical power requirements of other major kitchen appliances.
The only choice you had prior to Harvest Right™ was to purchase a commercial grade freeze dryer. With this outrageously expensive purchase ($30,000) came a learning curve of scientific methods, mechanical maintenance, and a need for 220 power. The cumbersome activity of calculating water content within specific food types to ensure proper freezing and drying procedures created frustration and wasted the users time. Additional time for monitoring the food during the process, and making corrective adjustments were also needed.
Along with only being able to freeze dry the same type of food in a batch, you had to understand the mechanical needs to properly use and maintain this commercial grade freeze dryer. In addition to being expensive to purchase, it was very expensive to run. Simply put, a commercial freeze dryer was not built for in-home use.
Harvest Right™ has built the only Home Freeze Dryer™ that is truly a home appliance. It is easy to use, small in size, and has a large capacity. The smart technology allows one to simultaneously place various types of food in the chamber, press start, and walk away. By itself, the freeze dryer calculates the necessary dry time and automatically monitors the freeze dry process to completion. This makes it easy to use, as well as convenient — saving you time, money, and energy.
You don’t have to be an expert to own it. Nor do you need to be a large company to buy it.
- The process is simple. The food freezes to an ultra cold temperature. The chamber the food is in becomes a vacuum and the water evaporates out of the food.
- The process is automatic. The person using the freeze dryer simply presses “Start” and the process runs to completion.
- It doesn’t matter what one puts in the freeze dryer. There can be pineapple on one shelf, turkey on another, yogurt on a third, and a leftover meal (like chili or stroganoff) on the last shelf.
Better Than Canning and Dehydrating
As a food preservation method, it is easier than canning and dehydrating and will last 7 to 8 times longer. Just put your leftover meals and ripening fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy in your own freeze dryer and press start. In about 20 to 36 hours, your food is ready to be packaged for a shelf life of up to 25 years.
Preserves Taste, Color and Nutritional Value
Freeze drying is remarkable because it causes no damage to the nutrition of the food being preserved. Other methods of preservation, such as canning and dehydrating, use higher temperatures that can destroy more than half (50%) the food value. Freeze drying does not shrink or toughen the food, but retains the aroma, flavor, color, shape and nutritional content. Simply add water. Apples, cheese, avocados, meat, raspberries, peas, ice cream and yogurt will still look and taste fresh because, in reality, they still are. Without water and oxygen to spoil the food, it is as if the food has been placed in a time capsule. It will last and last and last!
Freeze-Dry Large Pieces of Food and Complete Meals
A Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryer™ allows you to preserve large pieces of tasteful, high quality food, such as apricot halves, thick peach slices, large slabs of cooked steak, whole shrimp, ice cream sandwiches, and a lot more. You don’t have to settle for the small dices or shavings of fruit or meat that you find in store bought, freeze dried products. Prepare it and preserve it how you want it.
Your Food, Your Needs
Prepackaged, processed meals typically include unhealthy additives, such as sodium nitrate, high-fructose corn syrup, trans fats, monosodium glutamate (MSG), food dyes and colors. When you freeze dry at home, your food is untainted. It will accommodate any dietary need, including food allergies, vegetarian, or vegan needs. It is perfect for a non-preservative or non-GMO (genetically modified organisms) diet that is designed for a healthy lifestyle.
Overview: Patented technology preserves the taste, nutrition, and texture of nearly any food for up to 25 years. Perfect for freeze drying fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products, meals, desserts, and more.
Features: Freeze dry 840 pounds of fresh food per year (4-7 pounds per batch). In a year’s time, you can freeze dry 195 gallons of food. Easy to use. Just press start and the freeze dryer will beep when finished.
Warranty: 3 Year limited warranty
Dimensions: Overall product dimensions: 16.5” W x 18.5” D x 25” H Perfect for a countertop, cart or table.
Power: 110 volt outlet.
Shipping Info: The small freeze dryer ships in one package with a total weight of 139 lbs. Item will be delivered to physical addresses, no PO boxes, they just don’t fit. One freeze dryer package: 26”W x 36”D x 41”H.
Maintenance: Simply filter and replace oil. Takes one or two minutes.
Accessory List:
- Vacuum Pump Oil 1 quart (1 case of 6)
- Oil Free Pump for Freeze Dryers
- Freeze Dryer Trays X-Large Set of 7
- Freeze Dryer Trays Large Set of 6
- Freeze Dryer Trays Medium Set of 5
- Freeze Dryer Trays Small Set of 4
- Silicone Mats X-Large Set of 7
- Silicone Mats Large Set of 6
- Silicone Mats Medium Set of 5
- Silicone Mats Small Set of 4
- Tray Lids X-Large Set of 7
- Tray Lids Large Set of 6
- Tray Lids Medium Set of 5
- Tray Lids Small Set of 4
- Silicone Molds Large Set of 6
- Silicone Molds Medium Set of 5
- 50-pack Resealable Mylar Bags (6″X9.75″)
- 50-pack Mylar Bags (8″X12″)
- 50-pack Mylar Bags (10″X14″)
- Discover Home Freeze Drying Recipe Book
- 12″ Impulse Sealer
- 50-pack Oxygen Absorbers
Salesia Fowler –
I had a small dehydrator but I guess I just did not like how it worked and how my food turned out. I quickly regret that and gave it away as a gift. LOL! Saw this freeze dryer and just said to myself to have a try. If it works, it works and if not, then just move to the next. I’m glad to have made the decision during the Christmas sale. I really appreciate how this freeze dryer performs! My home cooked meals are preserved and taste fresh as the night before when I made them. I get to prolong the shelf life of my fresh ingredients without pickling or using artificial preservatives. I recommend my friends to try it out and they will never be disappointed with it.
Remy C. –
I use my Harvest Right freeze dryer very often because I am very excited on its ability to create great fruit snacks for us. My freeze dried veggies turn out really great and the promise of longer shelf life is really there. This is an absolutely better way to preserve produce than canning them. I am extremely surprised as well as to how easy it is to maintain the machine with the use of the oil-free pump. I am very happy to do the upgrade with my purchase thanks to the recommendations on chat. Definitely worth the wait.
B’s Natural Foods –
I’ve thought about purchasing this freeze dryer for years. When COVID began I realized there was no better time than to purchase one now. Unfortunately everyone else was thinking the same thing! The lead times were long all over but Plant Based Pros blew me away with their free freight/no tax promotion and great customer service. It took exactly 6 weeks for me to get it and like others here have said, it was worth the wait. Get the oil free pump if you have the budget for it. Makes a world a difference.