Freeze-Drying is also known as lyophilization. This process is useful to everyone worldwide. It's a dehydration process that allows many things to be preserved or to make material more easily transported. ("Freeze-Dried & Dehydrated Explained") With the technique of freeze-drying, people are now able to store their food for many years in the freezer, and are able to eat the food afterwards. The food that has been frozen for a while will have the same taste and same texture then it would a few years ago. The process of freeze-drying removes all water out of the food, but to keep the food fresh. Removing water will help keep the food from spoiling quickly and also would make the food much lighter, considering the fact that most foods have water. Making the food lighter would benefit many people, especially food company workers, because it would be easier to transport the food from place to place. (Harris) Although, freeze-drying seems only to be for food products, this method is used also for drying vaccines, pharmaceuticals, blood fractions, and diagnostics. (Menyhart)
Equipment used in the process:
These machines come from the industry called Telstar, which provide technology for life science technology, and is found worldwide.
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