This is a list of dried foods. Food drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of bacteria and has been practiced worldwide since ancient times to preserve food. Where or when dehydration as a food preservation technique was invented has been lost to time, but the earliest known practice of food drying is 12000 BC by inhabitants of the modern Middle East and Asia."Historical Origins of Food Preservation". Accessed June 2011.

Dried foods

Processed foods

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Baker's yeastused as a leavening agent in baked foods such as breads, cakes, and pies. Bouillon cubesare dehydrated bouillon (French for broth) or stock formed into small cubes about 15 mm per side. They are typically made by dehydrating vegetables, meat stock, a small portion of fat, salt, and seasonings, and shaping the resulting solids into small cubes. Vegetarian and vegan types are also made. Instant breakfasttypically refers to breakfast food products manufactured in a powdered form, which are generally prepared with the addition of milk and then consumed as a beverage.Brand Positioning: Strategies for Competitive Advantage – Subroto Sengupta. pp. 5–6.Consumer Behavior in Action: Real-Life Applications for Marketing Managers – Geoffrey P. Lantos. p. 45. An example is Carnation Instant Breakfast, introduced in 1964.The 1960s – Edward J. Rielly – Google Boeken. p. 98.

C Instant coffeeis a beverage derived from brewed coffee beans. Instant coffee is commercially prepared by either freeze-drying or spray drying, after which it can be rehydrated. Instant coffee in a concentrated liquid form is also manufactured.

E Powdered eggsare fully dehydrated eggs made using spray drying in the same way that powdered milk is made. Powdered eggs have a storage life of 5 to 10 years when stored without oxygen in a cool environment. Another dried egg product is freeze-dried eggs, which can be shelf-stable for up to 25 years.

I Freeze-dried ice creamis ice cream that has had most of the water removed from it by a freeze-drying process; sealed in a pouch, it requires no refrigeration. It achieved fame as a food in human spaceflight.

J Edible jellyfishis often salt-cured, creating a dried finished product.

K Kashkis used in a large family of foods found in Lebanese, Palestinian, Egyptian, Kurdish, Iranian, and Central Asian cuisine. It is made from drained sour milk or yogurt by forming it and letting it dry. It can be made in a variety of forms, including rolled into balls, sliced into strips, and formed into chunks.

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Evaporated milkis a shelf-stable canned milk product with about 60% of the water removed. It differs from sweetened condensed milk, which contains added sugar. Powdered milkis a manufactured dairy product made by evaporating milk to dryness. In modern times, powdered milk is usually made by spray drying nonfat skimmed milk, whole milk, buttermilk, or whey. Pasteurized milk is first concentrated in an evaporator to around 50% milk solids. The resulting concentrated milk is then sprayed into a heated chamber where the water almost instantly evaporates, leaving fine particles of powdered milk solids.

N Non-dairy creameris a liquid or granular substance intended to substitute for milk or cream as an additive to coffee or other beverages. Instant noodlesare dried, cooked noodles usually sold with packets of flavoring powder and/or seasoning oil. Instant ramen is a very common type of instant noodle product. Nutritional yeastis sold in the form of flakes or as a yellow powder and is used as a food supplement.

O Instant oatmealis cooked oatmeal, dried, and reconstituted with hot water.

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Snack bar or food baris a pressed cake of grains, nuts, and fruits that can take the place of meals. They are an important source of food energy for circumstances when preparing a meal is inconvenient. Instant soupconsists of a packet of dry soup stock that does not contain water, and are prepared by adding water and then heating the product for a short time, or by adding hot water directly to the dry soup mix. Portable soupis a kind of dehydrated food used in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was a precursor of the later meat extract and bouillon cubes, and of industrially dehydrated food.

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Tarhanais a Central Asian dried soup. Instant tea is a powdered mix in which water is added, in order to reconstitute it into a cup of tea. Tempehis soybeans pressed into a cake that undergoes fermentation. When dried it has a shelf life of several months. Terasi (trassi in Dutch)Indonesian (especially Javanese cuisine) variant of dried shrimp paste usually pressed into dry blocks. It is also sometimes sold ground as a granulated powder.

Plant foods

Dried fruit Dried fruit is fruit from which the majority of the original water content has been removed, either naturally, through sun drying, or through the use of specialized dryers or dehydrators. Dried fruit has a long tradition of use dating back to the fourth millennium BC in Mesopotamia, and is prized because of its sweet taste, nutritive value, and long shelf life.

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Aam papad a mango Ancho chilithe dried form of poblano chili. Apple chips Dried applecan be eaten dried or reconstituted (soaked in water, alcohol or some other liquid) for later use. Dried apricotcan be dried either whole or in halves, with or without kernels.

B Banana chipsare dried or deep-fried slices of bananas commonly found in Brazil, Indonesia (as kripik) and India. Black limeis a spice used in Middle Eastern dishes made by boiling fresh limes in salt water and sun-drying them until the insides turn black.

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Chenpiis sun-dried tangerine (mandarin) peel used as a traditional seasoning in Chinese cooking and traditional medicine. Dried cherries Chipotlea smoked, dried jalapeño pepper. Coconutcan be dried whole or halved. A common product is coconut that has been dried and shredded. Dried cranberryis made by partially dehydrating fresh cranberries, a process similar to making grapes into raisins.

D Dates, the fruit of date palmcan be dried, often by sun-drying.Hodel DR and Johnson DV. Dates. Imported and American Varieties of Dates (Phoenix Dactylifera) in the United States. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 3498 (2007)

F Dried figis used in food products such as fig rolls. Traditional dried fruitare types of dried fruits that are either sun-dried, such as raisins and dried figs, or dehydrated in wind tunnels and other dryers, such as dried plums (prunes), apricots, and peaches.

G Goji, the fruit of Lycium barbarumis usually sold in open boxes and small packages in dried form, and is traditionally cooked before consumption. The fruit is preserved by drying them in full sun on open trays or by mechanical dehydration employing a progressively increasing series of heat exposure over 48 hours. Gotgam (dried persimmon) Guajillo chilia dried type of mirasol chili pepper.

L Lavashak is a Persian fruit leather made of plums, apricots, or pomegranates. Li hing muiis salty dried plum. In most parts of China, it is called huamei. It was made popular in Hawaii by Yee Sheong, who in early 1900s, had begun importing li hing mui and various other preserved fruits i.e. crack seed snacks from China to Hawaii. The red powder, called li hing powder, consists of ground-up plum skin that has previously been pickled in a combination of licorice, aspartame, food coloring, salt, and sugar.

M Dried mangoesthe fruit of the mango tree can be dried. The Philippines produces and exports dried mangoes. India popularly produces 'amchur' or dry mango as whole or powder, popularly used in pickles and masala.

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Nutsare classified as a fruit. In a culinary context, a wide variety of dried seeds are often called nuts, but in a botanical context, only ones that include the indehiscent fruit are considered true nuts.

P Papaya Pasillathe dried form of the chilaca chili pepper. Peperone crusco (or "Crusco pepper")a dried and sweet pepper, typical of Basilicata, Italy. Pink peppercornis a dried berry of the shrub Schinus molle, commonly known as the Peruvian peppertree. In 1982, the Food and Drug Administration of the United States banned the import of Brazilian peppercorns from France into the US, asserting that people who eat the berries risk an array of acute symptoms, such as swollen eyelids and indigestion. In response, the government of France maintained that the berries are safe to eat if grown in prescribed conditions. The United States later lifted the ban. Prunesare any of various plum cultivars, mostly Prunus domestica or European plum, sold as dried fruit. More than 1,000 cultivars of plums are grown for drying.

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Raisinsare dried grapes produced in many regions of the world, and may be eaten raw or used in cooking, baking, and brewing. A ristrais an arrangement of drying chili pepper pods, used to dry them and also for decoration.

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Saladitos are dried, salted plums, which can also be sweetened with sugar and anise or coated in chili and lime.

T Tklapipuréed fruit leather. Sun-dried tomatoripe tomatoes that lose most of their water content after spending a majority of their drying time in the sun. These tomatoes are usually treated with sulfur dioxide or salt before being placed in the sun in order to improve quality.

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Watermeloncan be freeze dried or rack dried like other fruits and vegetables and retains its nutritional value. Wolfberryor "goji berry" (Lycium chinense), is one of two species of boxthorn in the family Solanaceae from which the fruit is harvested, the other being Lycium barbarum.

Dried vegetables Many types of dried and dehydrated vegetables exist, such as potatoes, beans, snap beans, lima beans, leafy vegetables, carrot, corn and onion.Commercial dehydration of vegetables and fruits in wartime. United States. Dept. of Agriculture. 1943. pp. 20–26.Vegetable and Fruit Dehydration: A Manual for Plant Operators. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1944.

C Chuñofreeze-dried potato product traditionally made by Quechua and Aymara communities of Bolivia and Peru,Timothy Johns: With bitter Herbs They Shall Eat it : Chemical ecology and the origins of human diet and medicine, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1990, , p. 82-84 and known in various countries of South America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

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Daikoncut and dried, is called kiriboshi daikon, which is one of several common dried vegetables in Japan. It needs a rehydrating process before cooking or eating.

G Garri: dried cassava flakes popular in West African cuisine

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Hoshi-imoJapanese snack made of dried sweet potatoes.

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Lefse a Norwegian flatbread made with potatoes. When dried it can last up to 6 months.

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NoriJapanese name for an edible dried seaweed sheet used to wrap sushi rolls and as a garnish in soups such as miso soup.

O Orunla is a dried okro from the Yoruba people of West Africa that comes in both powdered and chunky forms. It is used to make obe orunla.

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Instant mashed potatoeshave been through an industrial process of cooking, mashing and dehydrating to yield a packaged convenience food that can be reconstituted in the home in seconds by adding hot water and/or milk, producing a close approximation of mashed potatoes with very little expenditure of time and effort. A similar product is dehydrated shredded potatoes.

V Vegetable chipscan be prepared by simply drying or by frying sliced vegetables.

Dried seeds

Beansis a common name for large plant seeds used for human food or animal feed of several genera of the family Fabaceae (alternately Leguminosae). The term is sometimes used as a synonym of pulse, though the term pulses is usually reserved for leguminous crops harvested for their dry grain. Dried beans include kidney beans, black turtle beans, pinto beans, and several others.