I freeze dried Greek yogurt successfully. I flavored it with raspberry powder I freeze dried and powdered and put it in a 1” square silicone sheet. I froze it and then placed it into the FD. It turned out really nice. As it melts in your mouth … it becomes fresh raspberry yogurt. Just amazing 🤩
I freeze dry Fage Greek plain Yogurt 0% fat all the time with excellent results. When rehydrated, my hubby couldn't tell it from fresh. I do entire trays at a time with 1.5 (35 oz) cartons per medium tray. Of course it comes out as a crystal powder right out of the FD but rehydrated, it's fantastic. Don't see why people are having an issue.
I use a frosting bag to make tiny (size of mini chocolate chip) whole milk Greek yogurt bites for my 1 year old granddaughter. I store them in a glass jar and she loves them and they hold together wonderfully. With a bigger tip on the bag I have made Greek yogurt bites for my older kids and they (the yogurt not the kids) also have held together well. I think the trick is storing in glass and not trying to vacuum seal them. Just got my 2nd freeze dryer!
So I've been putting off buying a freeze dryer for about 5 years now because I couldn't justify the cost. After finding your channel I just ordered a medium one 5 minutes ago using your affiliate link. I am very excited for what comes next. The only down side is it's an 8 week turn around time but I can't wait
I took vanilla almond milk yogurt and put powdered freeze dried strawberries in one bowl and powdered Bananas & yogurt in another and mixed it until combined and made yogurt drops with it and they are really good! I made them for my baby nephew and for my kids and they love them. You could mixed any powdered freeze dried fruit with a yogurt to make it thicker.
I regularly freeze dry Greek yogurt as “yogurt bites” for my grandkids. I spoon the yogurt into a condiment bottle that I bought at the Dollar Store. I cut the spout top so it has an opening of about 1/4” diameter. I put parchment paper on my chilled trays and then use the bottle to make dots of yogurt about 3/4 inch diameter. This works best with smooth yogurts without fruit chunks. I put it in the freeze-dryer without pre-freezing and it takes about 12 hours to finish. Recently I tried using a coconut milk based yogurt for my dairy intolerant son and while the dots spread a little more than Greek yogurt, those too turned out well.
Just placed an order for my freeze dryer! I use your affiliate link. I wanted to buy one prior to seeing your videos; however your videos have definitely sealed the deal of me wanting to go into this. I really appreciate all the effort and work that you put into making all your videos. You have a wonderful channel. Also your videos have very much help me convince my husband to go into this endeavor with me. I wish you the best and I’m trying to make comments on all your video. Wish y’all the best!
You for this video! I’m excited to try to yogurt bites and I’m wondering if they will travel well in a backpack or since they are dairy if they will oil. Do you have any insight on that?
I mix sugar free instant pudding with low carb yogurt to make cream pie with a nut based crust for my diabetic husband. Tried freeze drying as yogurt drops but they were much more tart than I had hoped.
I am freeze drying my home made yogurt right now. I make my yogurt with Ultrapasteurized milk, 2 tablespoons of active culture yogurt, 3 oz of sweeten condensed milk, vanilla. I run it in my Insta pot for nine hours. Then is sits in the refrigerator for 12 hours to set!
Thank you for your post. I make our plain Greek yogurt with a minimum of 5 cultures. I add whatever fruit have picked, frozen and feel like eating at that moment. We use it to make smoothies with protein powder at least 3 meals a day and love that I grow the fruit & veggies and make Greek yogurt from raw cows milk. I also love that I can control the sugar. I am hoping I can FD smoothies to take on camping trips or travel!
I got random question you might be able to answer (or another fellow follower). If oxygen absorbers can keep food in mylar bags good for 25 years, why does oxygen absorbers stored in mason jars or other type containers only say they will last 1 year of storage. So only buy what you will use in a year.
I did a test of a 300 cc oxygen absorber that was several years old. I have pictures that I do not know how to add but the bottom line was that it removed about 500cc (I tested it twice as the first one removed all the oxygen before it was used up). The test was with a quart mason jar with a packet taped to the top of a small measuring glass cup. The glass was in a glass bowl with water and blue food coloring.
I pre-freeze the kids snack tubes in the package, take them out of the plastic and put them on the tray frozen. I'm not a fan of the sugar, but it's a treat not a staple for my granddaughter. They travel well and she loves them.
I live in Yakima Washington and the Ace Hardware on 40th and Tieton has Harvest Right freeze-dryers IN STOCK to purchase and take home! There is no mark up on price from what the HR website has them listed for. It may be worth the drive if you live within a day’s travel. Call the store first to double check their inventory.
We just pulled the trigger. Large stainless with the premier pump. Of course we used the affiliate link. Also grabbed just over a hundred dollars worth of stuff from your site. Think this might be harder to wait for than my first daughter.
Omg! I didn't know there was a Pili Nut Yogurt! My husband & I are Keto, and we Love Pili Nuts! I would love to know where you got the Lava Pili Nut Yogurt! We normally eat :Ratio Keto Yogurt. Supreme Yummy! Low Carb. They also have a Protein for non Keto peeps. Can't wait to try this type of FD experiment.
Definitely worth the wait it took us a while to get ours as well but it is an amazing machine and does beautifully I enjoy it every day and the products that come out every day after that. I hope you like it as much as we like ours be safe and well. And remember eating healthy is not a bad thing when you know what’s in your food.
Just bought the freeze dryer! Cant wait to use it. We got the medium size. But they sent the large pans. So we are waiting foe the medium ones to come in.
I just made a super thick batch of Greek yogurt and was thinking of blending fresh strawberry puree into it and THEN freeze drying... Think that would turn out? Even if not just as a snack, but just as long term preserving?
You commented problems storing with nuts. Not freeze dried but in a Mylar bag with the avid armor sealer how long will nuts like walnuts, almonds, cashews, etc last?
Good question. I know you can freeze dry sourdough starter and it comes back to life and works normally when dehydrated, so thinking about that makes me lean toward saying the probiotics would remain or return to active. But I don't know for sure.
I've been making yogurt drops for my grandbabies and they love them, but I am not always happy with how they come out. Out of 6 batches they I have run, the best was full fat strawberry Greek yogurt with blitzed up freeze dried bananas in it. Drops formed and held their shape really well and flavor popped. I want to try some unflavored gelatin to see what happens and was thinking of trying some silicone molds. Afraid that might be a mess waiting to happen, but it is only yogurt...lol
So I would love to buy a freeze dryer but there are quite a few bad reviews about build quality and poor customer service. Anyone have any thoughts or experiences?
I’m guessing some modified food starch (like ultra-gel) would have the same effect as the pudding without the extra favors and sugars. Yes, I know it sounds like a scary item but it’s not. Basically a cornstarch you don[t have to cook. What do you think is in that pudding anyway? Worse stuff.
Hi James, have you tried rehydrating the powder? I’m just curious on wether it rehydrates to the same yogurt texture. My freeze dryer hasn’t come in yet..
@@debbievargas2920 Hi Debbie, yes I've rehydrated and (after cooling) my kids can't tell the difference in fresh and freeze dried. I have found that for rehydrating the powdered is far superior that rehydrating the larger pieces for consistency, texture, and palatability.
So what do we do to try to be apart of the giveaway toy talked about. I never win at this stuff, however I thought we should know how to be apart of it if we thought we would have a chance at it. Blessings to you and yours. Love the vids
Can someone tell, how many oz/grams I end up with, after freeze-drying? If one tray holds 35oz fresh yogurt. (I guess it's for the medium size) Would be awesome if someone can tell approx. Thanks!
So I save all my egg shells to use as fertilizer, but I have to grind them by hand(they kill blenders over time) will freeze drying them make them powder easy?
Maybe. There is probably not alot of moisture in them though. I would ask on one of the groups. There are lots of folks who do there homegrown eggs on there.
I use a coffee grinder, it cost about 18.00 but it powders it fast. Faster than the Ninja blender and doesnt have anything to scar. I pulse it about 6 times or more if needed. Like it better than using my Ninja. Bought it at the local grocery store.
Read the ingredients list of your yogurt. Greek yogurt should be milk and cultures. No other additives. Try using plain Greek yogurt mixed with chopped fruit. That would probably solve the problem.
Not sure why you can freeze dry 2% milk, but not yogurt made from 2% milk. I don't have a freeze dryer yet, but I would want to freeze dry my homemade yogurt into a a powder like milk.
@@thefreezedryingcommunity yes you did, for those registered on your retail site. That isn't a "weekly give away in the social media groups" nor was it for those in the social media groups - it was a marketing gimmick free your retail site.
Freedom To can - I was hoping to make my own yogurt and fd some for instant yogurt for later times . . . that's what I hope to keep doing - I made some years ago when I first got my fdr but I put it in a regular jar on the counter - don't trust it
Dude I've been trying to freeze dry my ice so it can keep for longer and not melt so fast? But everytime I put an ice tray in my freeze drier.. Well, I open it and the water is gone!! No ice! I don't know if my wife is messing with me or it I'm just not doing it right but I really want some dry ice. Any help much appreciated
Yogurt is my standby thing to do to fill out a load. I always keep nonfat in the refrigerator for long term storage, even though we usually eat full fat. We often FD with frozen strawberries that we've run through the food processor and package in separate bags to create little breakfast pouches....along with a FD English muffin.
In theory, that is correct, but it is not correct. Greek yogurt has at least 5 active cultures. You can buy yogurt with no cultures and let it strain to get the heavier/thicker texture like Greek yogurt, but it still doesn't have live cultures. Look at labels and only buy yogurt that has at minimum of 5 cultures. You can use that yogurt as the starter of a whole gallon of delicious plain Greek yogurt. Add thawed fruit and stevia or very small amount of sugar and you will be so surprised at how amazing it is!!
Whenever you experiment with variations of a substance you always include a control. you mentioned several times that plain Greek yogurt doesn't work but we didn't get to see that because it wasn't included. So.. your experiment is a failure without a reference.
I’ve done regular Greek yogurt and powdered it. As long as you weigh it to know how much water to add back in you can reconstitute and get it back to original. It just isn’t good to do as yogurt bites.
I freeze dried Greek yogurt successfully. I flavored it with raspberry powder I freeze dried and powdered and put it in a 1” square silicone sheet. I froze it and then placed it into the FD. It turned out really nice. As it melts in your mouth … it becomes fresh raspberry yogurt. Just amazing 🤩
Must try ty
What settings do you use for your freeze dryer? Which FD do you have???
I’ve been trying to do freeze dried green yogurt drops too but they came out so powdery! I was hoping to find a good way to have them turn out better!
I freeze dry Fage Greek plain Yogurt 0% fat all the time with excellent results. When rehydrated, my hubby couldn't tell it from fresh. I do entire trays at a time with 1.5 (35 oz) cartons per medium tray. Of course it comes out as a crystal powder right out of the FD but rehydrated, it's fantastic. Don't see why people are having an issue.
I use a frosting bag to make tiny (size of mini chocolate chip) whole milk Greek yogurt bites for my 1 year old granddaughter. I store them in a glass jar and she loves them and they hold together wonderfully. With a bigger tip on the bag I have made Greek yogurt bites for my older kids and they (the yogurt not the kids) also have held together well. I think the trick is storing in glass and not trying to vacuum seal them. Just got my 2nd freeze dryer!
So I've been putting off buying a freeze dryer for about 5 years now because I couldn't justify the cost. After finding your channel I just ordered a medium one 5 minutes ago using your affiliate link. I am very excited for what comes next. The only down side is it's an 8 week turn around time but I can't wait
I ordered mine 2 days ago and was told 8-10 weeks to delivery. How long did yours actually take to arrive?
I took vanilla almond milk yogurt and put powdered freeze dried strawberries in one bowl and powdered Bananas & yogurt in another and mixed it until combined and made yogurt drops with it and they are really good! I made them for my baby nephew and for my kids and they love them. You could mixed any powdered freeze dried fruit with a yogurt to make it thicker.
Thanks for a great video. 4 grams of sugar is one teaspoon! Reading labels can make some foods unappetizing!
You are my favorite go to guy. I like how you get to the point. Don’t make me watch you set up everything on trays. Thank you for being out there
Thanks for your support
I regularly freeze dry Greek yogurt as “yogurt bites” for my grandkids. I spoon the yogurt into a condiment bottle that I bought at the Dollar Store. I cut the spout top so it has an opening of about 1/4” diameter. I put parchment paper on my chilled trays and then use the bottle to make dots of yogurt about 3/4 inch diameter. This works best with smooth yogurts without fruit chunks. I put it in the freeze-dryer without pre-freezing and it takes about 12 hours to finish. Recently I tried using a coconut milk based yogurt for my dairy intolerant son and while the
dots spread a little more than Greek yogurt, those too turned out well.
We did Brown Cow Cream Top whole milk yogurt last night. Turned out excellent! Rehydrated and mixed in some Bob's Red Mill muesli and it's delicious!
Chobani from Costco works VERY WELL without any additives! The low sugar stuff.
Just placed an order for my freeze dryer! I use your affiliate link. I wanted to buy one prior to seeing your videos; however your videos have definitely sealed the deal of me wanting to go into this. I really appreciate all the effort and work that you put into making all your videos. You have a wonderful channel. Also your videos have very much help me convince my husband to go into this endeavor with me. I wish you the best and I’m trying to make comments on all your video. Wish y’all the best!
You for this video! I’m excited to try to yogurt bites and I’m wondering if they will travel well in a backpack or since they are dairy if they will oil. Do you have any insight on that?
Please put the times, Temps, etc on the videos it helps some people more. Thanks!
I FD Cannon light and fit. I add berries and granola. Works out really well.
I mix sugar free instant pudding with low carb yogurt to make cream pie with a nut based crust for my diabetic husband. Tried freeze drying as yogurt drops but they were much more tart than I had hoped.
I am freeze drying my home made yogurt right now. I make my yogurt with Ultrapasteurized milk, 2 tablespoons of active culture yogurt, 3 oz of sweeten condensed milk, vanilla. I run it in my Insta pot for nine hours. Then is sits in the refrigerator for 12 hours to set!
Cool! It will make a tasty treat
Thank you for your post. I make our plain Greek yogurt with a minimum of 5 cultures. I add whatever fruit have picked, frozen and feel like eating at that moment. We use it to make smoothies with protein powder at least 3 meals a day and love that I grow the fruit & veggies and make Greek yogurt from raw cows milk. I also love that I can control the sugar. I am hoping I can FD smoothies to take on camping trips or travel!
I got random question you might be able to answer (or another fellow follower). If oxygen absorbers can keep food in mylar bags good for 25 years, why does oxygen absorbers stored in mason jars or other type containers only say they will last 1 year of storage. So only buy what you will use in a year.
Great question! Looking forward to an answer also.
I did a test of a 300 cc oxygen absorber that was several years old. I have pictures that I do not know how to add but the bottom line was that it removed about 500cc (I tested it twice as the first one removed all the oxygen before it was used up). The test was with a quart mason jar with a packet taped to the top of a small measuring glass cup. The glass was in a glass bowl with water and blue food coloring.
I pre-freeze the kids snack tubes in the package, take them out of the plastic and put them on the tray frozen. I'm not a fan of the sugar, but it's a treat not a staple for my granddaughter. They travel well and she loves them.
I live in Yakima Washington and the Ace Hardware on 40th and Tieton has Harvest Right freeze-dryers IN STOCK to purchase and take home! There is no mark up on price from what the HR website has them listed for. It may be worth the drive if you live within a day’s travel. Call the store first to double check their inventory.
We just pulled the trigger. Large stainless with the premier pump. Of course we used the affiliate link. Also grabbed just over a hundred dollars worth of stuff from your site. Think this might be harder to wait for than my first daughter.
Excellent approach of the full spectrum. I’m still preserving garden produce this month, but will start working on dairy soon. THANK YOU.
Sounds great!
Can you make a Harvest Right Hinge Grommet for the door
woke up and thought what am i going freeze dry today , now i know , haha . love your videos , one of the reasons i bought my Med one
Great to hear!
Omg! I didn't know there was a Pili Nut Yogurt! My husband & I are Keto, and we Love Pili Nuts! I would love to know where you got the Lava Pili Nut Yogurt! We normally eat :Ratio Keto Yogurt. Supreme Yummy! Low Carb. They also have a Protein for non Keto peeps. Can't wait to try this type of FD experiment.
It came from a store called fresh thyme. It's a Midwest chain I believe
Great video. Hopefully we will have our FD at the house in a couple of weeks. The wait is killing us lol.
It's worth the wait!
Definitely worth the wait it took us a while to get ours as well but it is an amazing machine and does beautifully I enjoy it every day and the products that come out every day after that. I hope you like it as much as we like ours be safe and well. And remember eating healthy is not a bad thing when you know what’s in your food.
So delicious coconut milk yogurt in ice try works really good
Moving into my new house. Hopefully gonna get a freeze dryer in the near future. Can't wait to try out some of the stuff you've done!
Just bought the freeze dryer! Cant wait to use it. We got the medium size. But they sent the large pans. So we are waiting foe the medium ones to come in.
I just made a super thick batch of Greek yogurt and was thinking of blending fresh strawberry puree into it and THEN freeze drying...
Think that would turn out? Even if not just as a snack, but just as long term preserving?
Thanks for this video. Great exploration and testing providing your experience.
Glad you found it helpful.
You commented problems storing with nuts. Not freeze dried but in a Mylar bag with the avid armor sealer how long will nuts like walnuts, almonds, cashews, etc last?
How about blended fruit. Do u think it will stay together?
Does the freeze drying negates benefits of the probiotics / live culture of the yogurt?
Good question. I know you can freeze dry sourdough starter and it comes back to life and works normally when dehydrated, so thinking about that makes me lean toward saying the probiotics would remain or return to active. But I don't know for sure.
Wondering for the yogurt bites could you put them into silicone mold and put them on the freeze dryer tray?
THIS IS VERY INFORMATIVE
Can you Freeze dry some Kefir milk? Would love to know how it goes. I'm planning on making some for mixing with my chicken feed as a probiotic powder.
Informative! Thank you!
how good information. thanks. Just placed my first order from you
I've been making yogurt drops for my grandbabies and they love them, but I am not always happy with how they come out. Out of 6 batches they I have run, the best was full fat strawberry Greek yogurt with blitzed up freeze dried bananas in it. Drops formed and held their shape really well and flavor popped. I want to try some unflavored gelatin to see what happens and was thinking of trying some silicone molds. Afraid that might be a mess waiting to happen, but it is only yogurt...lol
So I would love to buy a freeze dryer but there are quite a few bad reviews about build quality and poor customer service. Anyone have any thoughts or experiences?
I’m guessing some modified food starch (like ultra-gel) would have the same effect as the pudding without the extra favors and sugars. Yes, I know it sounds like a scary item but it’s not. Basically a cornstarch you don[t have to cook. What do you think is in that pudding anyway? Worse stuff.
Does the Harvest freeze dryer come with recipe booklet? Thanks, enjoy your videos.
It does, but it leaves a lot to be desired...
Freeze dry the Greek with diced fruit then powder for long term then rehydrate with juice. Not sure if that would work.
Did you use cold water? How did you determine how much liquid to add?
Should I get a Large or Medium FD?
When doing the "regular " yogurt, is it fat free, low fat or really just regular? I had heard there was a problem with the fat content of regular.
Do you think vegan yoghurts would have similar effect?
I usually powder yogurt for later rehydrating
Hi James, have you tried rehydrating the powder? I’m just curious on wether it rehydrates to the same yogurt texture. My freeze dryer hasn’t come in yet..
@@debbievargas2920 Hi Debbie, yes I've rehydrated and (after cooling) my kids can't tell the difference in fresh and freeze dried. I have found that for rehydrating the powdered is far superior that rehydrating the larger pieces for consistency, texture, and palatability.
Very cool - thanks!
So what do we do to try to be apart of the giveaway toy talked about. I never win at this stuff, however I thought we should know how to be apart of it if we thought we would have a chance at it. Blessings to you and yours. Love the vids
Subscribed and just ordered a medium through your affiliate link
Can someone tell, how many oz/grams I end up with, after freeze-drying? If one tray holds 35oz fresh yogurt. (I guess it's for the medium size) Would be awesome if someone can tell approx. Thanks!
Nice!!
Where did you purchase the dividers?
www.freezedryingsupplies.com
So I save all my egg shells to use as fertilizer, but I have to grind them by hand(they kill blenders over time) will freeze drying them make them powder easy?
Maybe. There is probably not alot of moisture in them though. I would ask on one of the groups. There are lots of folks who do there homegrown eggs on there.
I use a coffee grinder, it cost about 18.00 but it powders it fast. Faster than the Ninja blender and doesnt have anything to scar. I pulse it about 6 times or more if needed. Like it better than using my Ninja. Bought it at the local grocery store.
I put them in a bag and use a rolling pin. I wouldn’t waste time and energy on egg shells in thevFD
Has anybody tried to freeze dry Chobani yogurt? Its the only yogurt my husband can eat. Thanks
I made these and they are so very dry... they were almost like putting cotton ball. Is this how they always come out?
Most foods with thus texture will be dry. Freeze drying removes all water so have a glass of h20 ready
Read the ingredients list of your yogurt. Greek yogurt should be milk and cultures. No other additives. Try using plain Greek yogurt mixed with chopped fruit. That would probably solve the problem.
All of my mixed versions were using plain.
I hope this is right, as we make all our yogurts from raw milk and fruits from our orchard.
I have freeze dried a lot of dairy. My youngest grandson is the only member of our family to eat yogurt, so I haven't FD as much if that.
Do some chicken, veggies and dumplings please
Not sure why you can freeze dry 2% milk, but not yogurt made from 2% milk.
I don't have a freeze dryer yet, but I would want to freeze dry my homemade yogurt into a a powder like milk.
I make my own goat yogurt. Can you freeze dry that
A tablespoon is 12 grams of sugar so 25 grams would be over 2 tablespoons
Excellent video but damn why does it sound like you’re screaming during almost the entire video?
Have never seen the "weekly guveawsys" in either group
Just gave away 12 days of giveaways over the holidays including a chamber vac sealer and a freeze dryer
@@thefreezedryingcommunity yes you did, for those registered on your retail site. That isn't a "weekly give away in the social media groups" nor was it for those in the social media groups - it was a marketing gimmick free your retail site.
Freedom To can - I was hoping to make my own yogurt and fd some for instant yogurt for later times . . . that's what I hope to keep doing - I made some years ago when I first got my fdr but I put it in a regular jar on the counter - don't trust it
Dude I've been trying to freeze dry my ice so it can keep for longer and not melt so fast? But everytime I put an ice tray in my freeze drier.. Well, I open it and the water is gone!! No ice! I don't know if my wife is messing with me or it I'm just not doing it right but I really want some dry ice. Any help much appreciated
I really hope this is a joke 🤣
@@unseentiger3896 please help I still have not figures out how to do.
@@jessejuliano8056 You make dry ice with Co2, not by freeze drying ice. Freeze drying process removes all water. Ice is made of water 😅.
Why would dry freeze dry yogurt? It kills the probiotic doesn’t it?
Here's my Yogurt video which covers this
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Hahaha I just did yogurt yesterday. Seems like our minds think alike, always doing the same food
Which type of yogurt?
@@thefreezedryingcommunity regular Yoplait
Yogurt is my standby thing to do to fill out a load. I always keep nonfat in the refrigerator for long term storage, even though we usually eat full fat. We often FD with frozen strawberries that we've run through the food processor and package in separate bags to create little breakfast pouches....along with a FD English muffin.
Greek Yogurt is simply regular yogurt that has had more of the whey drained off.
In theory, that is correct, but it is not correct. Greek yogurt has at least 5 active cultures. You can buy yogurt with no cultures and let it strain to get the heavier/thicker texture like Greek yogurt, but it still doesn't have live cultures. Look at labels and only buy yogurt that has at minimum of 5 cultures. You can use that yogurt as the starter of a whole gallon of delicious plain Greek yogurt. Add thawed fruit and stevia or very small amount of sugar and you will be so surprised at how amazing it is!!
Whenever you experiment with variations of a substance you always include a control. you mentioned several times that plain Greek yogurt doesn't work but we didn't get to see that because it wasn't included. So.. your experiment is a failure without a reference.
I’ve done regular Greek yogurt and powdered it. As long as you weigh it to know how much water to add back in you can reconstitute and get it back to original. It just isn’t good to do as yogurt bites.
@@tswag4942 Thank You for clearing that up. That is all I wanted to know because I don't care about yogurt bites but the original product.
@@fabonline9389 same here yogurt bites seem to be a waste of time to me.
My only complaint about freeze drying is that it takes so damn long