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 mini toll drying facilities in an rural growing areas. The sites will evolve to foster connections within our growing community. Anticipate exciting developments ahead!
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The focus is on toll drying although there will be “dryer door” produce available.
A time slot is an 24hr pre-paid drying slot in one of our dryers.
We will build mini hubs close to growing or farming areas within NZ.
Currently set at $1,500.00 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. The dryers are comparable with Freeze Dryers but without the need to freeze the produce beforehand and throughout the drying process. The energy costs to dry are many times lower.
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.
This depends of the number of dryers at the hub and material to be dried. Therefore the range can be 500-4000 kgs.
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 casual or reserved basis at NZ$1500 per 24 hrs.
The reserved 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 booking 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 reserved 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, although will need information.
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