KoRo Freeze-Dried Strawberry Slices 350g

KoRo Freeze-Dried Strawberry Slices 350g — whole slices that snap instead of stick

KoRo Freeze-Dried Strawberry Slices is a 350 g bag of crisp strawberry slices, and the whole specification fits in one word: strawberries. Freeze-drying pulls the water out at low temperature instead of cooking it off, so the colour stays scarlet, the aroma stays sharp, and the slices snap rather than chew. It is the opposite of the sticky dried fruit most people grew up disliking.

Why this one

• Freeze-dried, not heat-dried: the fruit is never cooked, so the flavour stays fresh and slightly sour instead of turning jammy.
• Nothing added: no sugar, no oil, no colouring. What is red in the bag was red on the plant.
• A big bag on purpose: KoRo works in bulk formats, so this is a baking-and-breakfast quantity rather than a single handful.

How KoRo makes it

KoRo Handels GmbH is a Berlin outfit whose entire premise is large formats and very short ingredient lists. The strawberries are sliced and freeze-dried: frozen first, then held under vacuum until the ice turns straight to vapour. The fruit keeps its cell structure, which is why a slice still looks like a slice rather than a red raisin.

Taste and texture: concentrated, properly tart strawberry with a papery crispness that melts on the tongue in about two seconds. Compared with the freeze-dried mango in the KoRo range this is the sharp one — mango goes tropical and sweet, strawberry stays bright and acidic.

When to reach for it

Crushed to a powder, this is the cheat code for pink buttercream, cheesecake topping and milkshakes that taste of fruit instead of syrup. Whole slices go on porridge or yoghurt and soften slowly as you eat. And a bag in the car keeps children quiet on a motorway without leaving anything sticky on the upholstery.

Frequently asked

• Can I blitz them into powder? Yes, and they grind easily in a blender or a pestle and mortar. The powder keeps the colour, which is why bakers buy the big bag.
• Will they go soft? Only if you let them meet air or moisture. Reseal the bag tightly and keep it somewhere dry and they stay brittle.
• How do these differ from ordinary dried strawberries? Ordinary dried fruit is dense and chewy; these are light and crisp, because the water leaves as vapour rather than steam.

Order KoRo Freeze-Dried Strawberry Slices 350g at Jerky Store Europe

The 350 g bag is in stock and ships fast across Europe from Jerky Store Europe.