Welcome to
The Food Drying Co
About us
Welcome to our world of exclusive, avant-garde boutique premium Toll Drying centers – the ultimate produce preservation hub for animal, seafood, Petfood, Fruit, and Vegetable products.
Our cutting-edge Toll Drying Hubs serve as state-of-the-art facilities, complete with packaging and certifications that attest to human-grade quality, export readiness, and adherence to food standards.
Functioning as a toll processing facility, we specialize in providing dedicated time slots for businesses and communities in search of top-tier drying capacity.
Our drying equipment features OVDMA dryers, meticulously crafted by driedfresh™ ltd.
We are in the process of establishing an embedded mini toll drying facility in an existing rural business. This site will evolve to foster connections within our growing community. Anticipate exciting developments ahead!
Latest !! We are now on NZTE Live Deals for international investors looking to gain residency in NZ. more here or email us here
We have secured property in NZ to site The Food Drying co (FDC) mini hub with 2 OVDMA dryers. Limited Toll drying slots are available in 2025 Make contact here to discuss.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
None – it’s a toll operator only. The company sells time slots to the food producers
A time slot is an 24hr pre-paid drying slot in one of our dryers.
We will collocate the existing dryers with a rural business then we intend to build Petfood – Animal and Seafood Hubs close to the source of the raw material.
Currently set at $1,300.00 per 24hr time slot. Therefore depending on the produce being dried the wet input cost per kg is around $3.00
OVDMA Vacuum dryers designed by driedfresh ltd. These compete with Freeze Dryers but without the need to freeze the produce beforehand and throughout the drying process.
Spectroscopy is the study of the absorption and emission of light and other radiation by matter. It involves the splitting of light (or more precisely, electromagnetic radiation) into its constituent wavelengths (a spectrum), which is done in much the same way as a prism splits light into a rainbow of colors.
Spectroscopic sensors inside our vacuum chambers relay compound and molecular data to our servers for the drying algorithms to use when drying your produce to your exacting specification.
between 20 -400kgs. It will depend on the density and end result eg powder or pieces.
Roughly up to 4 tons . It will depend on the density and end result eg powder or pieces.
roughly 600 tons per annum
If less the cost stays the same but you may be able to get a number of batches in per slot or purchase another slot to balance against your drying times. eg say a batch takes 12 hours then 2 slots will cover 3 batches.
On a fixed term contract – 3 year term with right of renewal
The time slots are tradeable – just contact us or your agent before the reserved time. The earlier the better the chance of selling/leasing the time slot to a casual user or The Food Drying co or another slot holder wanting more drying time.
No show no refund
Yes – Confidential to slot holders
Contact us or your agent and we will try re-arranging the reserved time. We are building a user platform to trade slots and/or trade reserved dates with other slot owners or third parties.
Yes – if on a fixed term contract
Yes on a negotiated price with the company or use a purchased casual slot and only pay for the extra technical services needed.
Yes – We will offer packaging services for your retail pouch and/or bulk packaging to customer specifications.
We can provide aerobic bacteria count, water activity, moisture percentage plus detailed analysis from our dryer sensors – eg Brix, metals, soil testing, protein, compounds and other tbc. We retain a sample for independent testing.
Yes and can be customised to your requirement
We have a bulk produce shop that you can add your products to and we have buyers to introduce to you for produced dried at the Hubs.
We can offer protection in the form of a exclusive use agreement
Yes – although under consultation from the slot owner
Contact – Richard Guy at rguy@fooddrying.nz +64210319373
Contact – Richard Guy at rguy@fooddrying.nz +64210319373