Food Freeze-Drying Course
Gain expertise in food freeze-drying using reliable methods for items like strawberries and cooked chicken. Master equipment preparation, target moisture and water activity levels, plus real-time controls to eliminate collapse, clumping, and hardening, ensuring safe, long-lasting products that meet Zambian food safety needs.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with hands-on, scientific techniques to create strong freeze-drying processes for foods such as strawberries and cooked chicken. Cover basics of drying, equipment capabilities, probe handling, and live moisture testing, then use this knowledge to improve pre-freezing, main drying, final drying, quality checks, safety measures, and batch records for reliable, shelf-stable outcomes suitable for local markets.
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Develop skills
- Design effective freeze-drying cycles with proper temperatures, pressures, and timings for stable foods.
- Optimise pre-freezing processes by managing ice structure, layer thickness, and tray arrangements.
- Employ probes and sensors to monitor product temperature, pressure, and moisture levels live.
- Avoid common issues like product collapse, hardening, stickiness, and clumping in dried foods.
- Validate production batches through cycle records, moisture checks, water activity, safety, and quality standards.
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