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freeze-dry

[freez-drahy] / ˈfrizˈdraɪ /


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It’s an interesting trick, because in order for us to do anything, you don’t want to repeat or freeze-dry anything; why bother if you’re not going to shake it up?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

ReadyWise uses a common process: They freeze-dry food, removing as much liquid and oxygen as possible and then package it in airtight containers.

From Salon Sep. 29, 2022

But for the people who choose to freeze-dry a pet, price doesn’t seem like a concern at all.

From Slate Nov. 14, 2019

Instead, recent messages have included an advertisement for Harvest Right, which allows consumers to freeze-dry their dinner, preserving it in preparation for “whatever the future may bring.”

From The New Yorker Apr. 7, 2017

The folks over at Perpetual Pet can freeze-dry your beloved pet in a familiar pose.

From Time Oct. 11, 2014

Jeff is an ordinary-looking man with blow-dried hair, a trim mustache, and thick-lensed eyeglasses that make his eyes look constantly startled, like those of the pets he freeze-dries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fresh—a broad category that includes gently cooked, freeze-dried raw and dehydrated products—is a fast-growing segment of the pet-food industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 28, 2026

One six-week clinical study highlighted in the review found that adults who consumed 25 grams of freeze-dried wild blueberry powder daily experienced increases in beneficial Bifidobacterium species.

From Science Daily Jan. 27, 2026

"People have long eaten freeze-dried fruit, and it's an industry where it can be accessible for anyone to enter as large freeze dryers have dropped in price," he explains.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2025

The freeze-dried puffs are made with natural ingredients, including spirulina, paprika, vegetable juice, turmeric and fruit juice.

From Salon Oct. 21, 2025

Using a map, he had calculated the distance he had to cover each day, how long it would take, and how much freeze-dried food he would need.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

That was over the summer, so he turned off the air conditioner, began freeze-drying bulk food purchases rather than storing them in his electric freezer, and started shutting off his lights more often.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 1, 2025

Bischoff’s specializes in a form of hybrid taxidermy, incorporating traditional techniques with the more new-fangled freeze-drying process.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2025

The process involves blending three main components -- carbon nanotubes, polyvinyl alcohol and carboxymethyl cellulose -- followed by freeze-drying.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2024

It’s a bit like natural freeze-drying, says paleopathologist Niels Lynnerup of the University of Copenhagen, who studied the mummies.

From National Geographic Aug. 7, 2023

About £8m has already been spent preserving and restoring the timbers, which has included freeze-drying the wood at the Mary Rose museum in Portsmouth.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2023




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