User Manual

Fruit Dehydrating Tips

• Prepare only enough fruit as you can dehydrate on the Trays at one time.

• Dehydrate similar sized pieces on the same Tray.

• To ensure even dehydrating, restack Trays, moving the top Tray to the

bottom two or three times during the dehydrating process.

• If adding foods to the Dehydrator while dehydrating is in process, set add-

ed Tray on top so moisture from the newly added food does not recirculate

through Dehydrating Trays.

• To test for desired dryness, remove a few samples from each Tray and

allow to cool. Warm fruit will be so softer and more pliable than cool fruit.

Fruit should be chewy, with a leather-like feel and no wet spots. Tear a

piece of fruit to see if moisture forms along the tear. If so, continue dehy-

drating.

• Always cool dehydrated fruits completely before storing.

• Store dehydrated foods in airtight containers. Dehydrated foods will begin

to rehydrate, and could spoil, if exposed to moisture.

• Grow your own vegetables and herbs and dehydrate foods in season, to

save money.

• Canned pineapple dehydrates well and is often sweeter, more convenient

and more economical than fresh pineapple.

• Use dehydrated fruit as snacks, and in cereals, granola, breads, etc.

Fruits Not Recommended For Dehydrating

Avocados

Berries with seeds

Crab Apples

Olives

Pomegranates