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A QC technician drops soursop juice onto a handheld optical refractometer to check Brix at fruit intake, with crates of netted soursop waiting behind.

Freeze-Dried Fruit

Where does Vietnam’s soursop come from, and how is it prepared for freeze-drying?

FruitBuys sources the fruit for its freeze-dried soursop from one region, the Mekong Delta, where the fruit is harvested all year. That…

A lab analyst loads passion fruit extract vials into an LC-MS/MS autosampler for the EU pesticide residue panel.

Freeze-Dried Fruit

Is freeze-dried passion fruit ready for your market, and what should you check before buying in bulk?

Yes, if you buy it on a specification rather than a sample. Freeze-dried passion fruit is shelf-stable, light to ship and needs…

A QC worker puts juice from a ripe Keo mango on a handheld refractometer at the fruit intake bench to check Brix.

Freeze-Dried Fruit

Which Mango Variety and Ripeness Make the Best Freeze-Dried Mango?

For most freeze-dried programmes the answer is Keo, picked ripe at 14–16 °Brix. Its firm flesh cuts clean cubes and slices that…

Workers deep-peel whole red dragon fruit on a stainless line; the thick peel, 35–40% of the fruit, goes to the bin.

Freeze-Dried Fruit

How many kilos of dragon fruit make 1 kg of freeze-dried dragon fruit?

13–15 kg of whole fresh red dragon fruit, which becomes 8–9 kg of peeled flesh on the tray, makes 1 kg of…

Gloved hands check a ripe Keo mango from a full crate at a Mekong Delta collection shed.

Freeze-Dried Fruit

Why Source Dried Mango from Vietnam, and What Drives the Export Price?

Vietnam grows mango at scale across two harvests a year, exports most of it fresh, and is now turning more of it…