freeze dried fruits

teddysmum

I was wondering whether it would be cheaper to buy 'plain' breakfast flakes and add my own freeze dried fruit, so Googled for prices.


I have found a company that seems to be the cheapest. However, 100g of strawberries is £6.79 or £6.49 , if you buy three or more packs (plus £2.99 P&P).


To help me decide, I need to be able picture what 100g looks like. I have contacted the company to ask about the volume, but have just been told that a 15cm cube would be sufficient to store a pack and that 100g of dried is equivalent to 1kg of fresh.


I replies, asking if the fruit had the volume of a 15cm cube and was told it was less; so not very helpful.


To save me from trying again, could someone , please tell me what the volume of 100g of freeze dried strawberries will be ?


Buying more from this company is more cost effective, as they also give rising % discounts as the spend rises, but I don't want to spend and be disappointed.

good_advice

£2.99 postage is always a killer.

I buy plain cereal and cut up fresh fruit to add.

DPJames

100g of freeze dried strawberries for £6.79!!

Are you serious?

Dude, you can get 500g of delicious fresh strawberries for 2 or 3 quid in the supermarkets.
That's more than a thousand percent cheaper, and a million times more tasty.

meg72

Another vote here for bying fresh and adding.

teddysmum

I do use fresh fruit, but at some times of year there are few tasty options.

teddysmum

DPJames wrote: »

100g of freeze dried strawberries for £6.79!!

Are you serious?

Dude, you can get 500g of delicious fresh strawberries for 2 or 3 quid in the supermarkets.
That's more than a thousand percent cheaper, and a million times more tasty.

100g dried are made from 1kg fresh, so the price is the same as you quote and you can't buy cheap fresh strawberries (or nectarines-my favourite) in winter.

good_advice

You can put raisons, nuts cut apple, grapes and blackberries when in season and many more things in cereal.

daveybea

I buy frozen fruit ..put a few in a bowl..Have a shower get yourself ready etc n voila defrosted ..unfortunately can always defrost in micro if in a rush ..lovely on your porridge.. lidls do big cheap bags but you can't go wrong with Sainsbury forest fruit about £1.30 ish

DPJames

Nowt better than chopped bananas, and you can get them all year round. And I'm pretty sure strawberries are available pretty much all year round these days too.

Freeze dried. Bleaughh!

SailorSam

I get 500gm packets of mixed dried fruit from Asda or Tesco for about £1 and add it to my cereal each morning. I've planted allsorts of berry bushes which i bought in the £shop so come the Summer i go out and pick a couple of handfulls.

dlusman

If you are anywhere near a Lidl -

Part of next weekend ( 10/11 May ) half price offers

500g Strawberries for 99p