This is a list of notable dried foods. Food drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of bacteria and has been practiced worldwide since ancient times to preserve food. Where or when dehydration as a food preservation technique was invented has been lost to time, but the earliest known practice of food drying is 12,000 BC by inhabitants of the modern Middle East and Asia.[1]
Freeze-dried eggs can be shelf stable for up to 25 years.
Freeze-dried ice cream, Neapolitan flavor
Instant ramen
Reconstituted instant ramen noodles
Dried fruit is fruit from which the majority of the original water content has been removed, either naturally, through sun drying, or through the use of specialized dryers or dehydrators. Dried fruit has a long tradition of use dating back to the fourth millennium BC in Mesopotamia, and is prized because of its sweet taste, nutritive value, and long shelf life.
Apricots drying on the ground in Turkey
Dried banana chips
Dried, ground Persian black lime
Red li hing mui sold in Maui, Hawaii
Packaged li hing powder found in Hawaii
Chains of peperoni cruschi in Rotondella, Basilicata
A dried prune
Ristras of jalapeños, other chili peppers, and garlic at a market in Montreal.
Many types of dried and dehydrated vegetables exist, such as potatoes, beans, snap beans, lima beans, leafy vegetables, carrot, corn and onion.[14][15]
Dehydrated shredded potatoes
Deep-fried cassava chips, a type of vegetable chip
Beans at a market
Grains at a market
Carnaroli, an Italian variety of rice
Wheat
Meat has been preserved by drying salted meats and through smoking since the Paleolithic era.[20]
Drying fish is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the fish, which inhibits the growth of microorganisms. Open-air drying using sun and wind has been practiced since ancient times to preserve food.[21] Fish are also preserved through such traditional methods as smoking and salting.[22]
Salted and dried cod, produced in Norway
Commercially prepared dried shredded squid
Katsuobushi shavings from a package
Keumamah
Kippered "split" herring
Octopus being sun-dried in Greece
Dried meat is a feature of many cuisines around the world.
freeze-dried bacon bars
Bayonne hams aging in an atmospherically-controlled storage room in Mazerolles, Béarn
Sliced Black Forest ham
Coppa Spécialité Corse, a variety of capicola
Dried Chinese sausages
Raw meat before dehydration into jerky
Packaged pancetta
Presunto of Chaves
Prosciutto di Parma
Aging salumi
Skerpikjøt is dried mutton, and is a typical food in the Faroe Islands
Smoked speck
Tapa (at bottom)
Téliszalámi (winter salami)
All Dry Fruits [1]