Smoothies & drinks
Freeze-Dried Smoothies & Drinks
Freeze-dried fruit powders, yogurt and vegetable powders rebuild into smoothies and drink mixes in seconds, and pre-portioned dry mixes travel anywhere. This section is about technique and flavor building only: no health or supplement claims are made anywhere on it.
Fruit powders
Whisk fruit powder into smoothies, lemonades and flavored water. Add it gradually: fruit sugar clumps when dumped in all at once, and a teaspoon at a time is easier to control.
Yogurt
Yogurt powder or drops make a smoothie creamier and are the base of a dry smoothie mix. Add liquid gradually and blend until the powder fully hydrates.
Vegetable powders
Tomato, carrot, beet and spinach powders bring color and body to savory drinks and blended soups. Keep them separate from sweet blends until you know how they taste.
Drink mixes
Pre-portion fruit and yogurt powders into a single-serve pouch: shake or blend with liquid and you have a drink with no fresh ingredients, which is also the logic behind the commercial smoothie-mix concept.
The Blend Rule
Dry powders hydrate unevenly if dumped in at once. Blend or shake with the liquid partly added, rest for a minute so the powder fully absorbs, then adjust. Starting Water Estimates apply here exactly as they do everywhere: add gradually and adjust to the thickness you like.
Related Applications
Fruit Smoothie Mix (Jar or Pouch)
General RecipeReady-to-Mix Product · Dry, blended to order
Main Ingredient: Freeze-dried fruit
Pre-portion freeze-dried fruit into a smoothie mix you can blend with liquid, yogurt or milk any morning, no fresh fruit required.
View ApplicationBackpacking Fruit Smoothie Pack
General RecipeReady-to-Mix Product · Mixed with water on trail
Main Ingredient: Freeze-dried fruit and yogurt
A lightweight smoothie you can shake cold on trail: freeze-dried fruit and yogurt powder in a pouch, mixed with water in a shaker bottle.
View ApplicationStrawberry Powder
General RecipePowder · Powder
Main Ingredient: Freeze-dried strawberries
Turn freeze-dried strawberries into a bright pink powder for smoothie mixes, drink flavoring, frostings and dessert decoration.
View Application