Storing Dehydrated Fruit

Sundance · 07-18-2013, 04:24 AM

I just got an Excalibur Dehydrator (thanks to MollyCurls!

) & I have been having fun with it this strawberry season.

However, storing dehydrated food is foreign to me, and I don't have it in my head that it will last.

I have about 5 trays worth of fruit leather. Right now, it's in a zipper bag in the fridge. Is that a good place for it? How long can I expect it to last?

I also have a few trays of dried strawberries. How can I store those, and how long can I expect them to last? They are not crunchy (well, some are), they're a little rubbery.

Sundance · 07-18-2013, 08:05 AM

Housekat · 07-18-2013, 08:15 AM

Some facts about storing dehydrated fruit here; http://frugalliving.about.com/od/foo...ring_Dried.htm

charla · 07-18-2013, 08:21 AM

CelticJourney · 06-09-2014, 02:17 PM

I know this is from last year but I've been having fun with a dehydrator this spring myself and was curious how well things stored. I've been keeping things in glass jars, including some nicer ones on the kitchen counter for easy access. My girls have been taking some with them to work etc. I THINK if they are fully dehydrated they are supposed to last a year

Sundance · 06-10-2014, 04:54 PM

None of what I made went to waste, though we ate it all pretty quickly, so I didn't get to experiment with its limits.

07-18-2013, 04:24 AM	#1
Sundance Rose Garden Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 4,057	Storing Dehydrated Fruit I just got an Excalibur Dehydrator (thanks to MollyCurls! ) & I have been having fun with it this strawberry season. However, storing dehydrated food is foreign to me, and I don't have it in my head that it will last. I have about 5 trays worth of fruit leather. Right now, it's in a zipper bag in the fridge. Is that a good place for it? How long can I expect it to last? I also have a few trays of dried strawberries. How can I store those, and how long can I expect them to last? They are not crunchy (well, some are), they're a little rubbery.

07-18-2013, 08:05 AM	#2
Sundance Rose Garden Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 4,057	Re: Storing Dehydrated Fruit __________________ ~Melanie Wife to my Lumberjack, Mom to DD1 (May 2007), DS (April 2009) & DD2 (July 2011), DD3 (October 2013)

07-18-2013, 08:15 AM	#3
Housekat Rose Garden Even if you can't see them or hear them at all, a person's a person, no matter how small! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wakefield, UK Posts: 4,895	Re: Storing Dehydrated Fruit Some facts about storing dehydrated fruit here; http://frugalliving.about.com/od/foo...ring_Dried.htm __________________ Mama to Theo (11) and Libby (9) Find me on Facebook

07-18-2013, 08:21 AM	#4
charla Administrator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 16,795	Re: Storing Dehydrated Fruit __________________ CHARLA Married to Nick, 32 yrs Mom to Nathan and his wife Abby, and Hope Elizabeth, dancing for eternity with babies: Micah Noel, Grace Anna, Andrew David www.dancingforeternity.org www.irresistiblehope.org Save Save Save Save Save

06-09-2014, 02:17 PM	#5
CelticJourney Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34,618	Re: Storing Dehydrated Fruit I know this is from last year but I've been having fun with a dehydrator this spring myself and was curious how well things stored. I've been keeping things in glass jars, including some nicer ones on the kitchen counter for easy access. My girls have been taking some with them to work etc. I THINK if they are fully dehydrated they are supposed to last a year __________________ Elizabeth "Truth without love is divisive and hurtful & love without truth is anemic"--Pastor Estep Arise, cry out in the night...pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children..; Lamentations 2:19

06-10-2014, 04:54 PM	#6
Sundance Rose Garden Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 4,057	Re: Storing Dehydrated Fruit None of what I made went to waste, though we ate it all pretty quickly, so I didn't get to experiment with its limits. __________________ ~Melanie Wife to my Lumberjack, Mom to DD1 (May 2007), DS (April 2009) & DD2 (July 2011), DD3 (October 2013)

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