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1 As with canning and freezing, dehydrated foods are only as good as the fresh fruit or vegetables. 2  When selecting fruits and vegetables for dehydration, choose ones that are ripe, unbruised and at peak-eating quality. 3  Prepare foods to be dehydrated as you want them to be served.
So when dehydrating food in the kitchen, make certain that air can freely circulate around it. Sidenote: You can achieve the same preservation of dehydration by leaving the water in food but making it unavailable to bacteria. Just add substances like sugar and salt, which bind to water molecules and lock them away.