Category Freeze-Dried Fruit

Where does Vietnam’s taro for freeze-drying come from, and can supply cover the year?
FruitBuys sources taro for freeze-drying from two regions of Vietnam: the Mekong Delta (Dong Thap) and the Central Highlands (Lam Dong). Both…

Can real freeze-dried taro replace taro flavour powder in milk tea?
Yes, and it changes what is in the cup more than how it is made. A typical taro milk tea premix lists…

Frozen, paste or freeze-dried taro: which costs less to run in a food plant?
The cheapest taro on the invoice is rarely the cheapest taro in the mixer. Frozen IQF taro ships and stores about 2.8–3.4…

Is taro the same as ube or purple sweet potato?
No. They are three different plants. Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a corm with cream to light lilac flesh and fine purple flecks.…

Which freeze-dried lotus seeds should a bakery buy for lotus paste and mooncake filling?
For paste you mill yourself, buy halves or pieces. For the fastest line with no mill, buy powder. Keep whole kernels for…
