Dried Apples – Low Moisture Specialty Tenderized

Quick hydration for hot cereals and more.  Tree Top low moisture, tenderized dried apples are ideal for any application where speedy hydration is key. These diced apples are rolled through special roller mills, increasing their surface area. When water is added, they rehydrate more quickly than traditional low moisture fruit.

Benefits of Low Moisture, Tenderized Apples:

• Hydrate very quickly in hot cereal and shelf-stable mix applications
• Can be flavored to mimic virtually any fruit such as blackberry, banana, cranberry, peach, pineapple, strawberry, and others
• Provide larger piece identity (¼” dice looks approximately like ⅜” surface area)

Applications:

• Hot cereal
• Bread and muffin mixes
• Cake and pancake mixes

Fruit Serving:

1 serving = ⅓ cup diced @ 3% moisture = 13.7 g

Per USDA guidelines, 1 fruit serving = ½ cup

Let us work with you to create a product to take advantage of the latest fruit consumption recommendations. Incorporating a full serving of fruit into your product creates a marketable advantage.

Moisture: 

3.5% maximum, Water Activity:  0.10 – 0.30

Packaging:

• Available in 30 and 40 pound cases
• Packaged in a sealed 4.0 mil high density poly bag inside a corrugated box

Preservatives and Treatment Options:

Dehydration itself increases shelf life by lowering the availability of water to microorganisms that cause spoilage. Other substances are used to combat enzymatic browning, which is commonly associated with cut fruit.

For more information, download our Treatment Options pdf here.

Our low moisture specialty tenderized apples are available with the following treatments:

No Treatment:

No preservative, no special process

Moisture: 16%-18% maximum

Water Activity: .55 – .65

Storage recommendations: 45º F or less

This product relies on a lower moisture level to prevent spoilage, and requires no additional declarations.

Sulfited:

Sodium Sulfite: 500-1,500 ppm maximum (European markets 600 ppm max.)

Moisture: 22%-26% maximum

Water Activity: .65 – .75

Storage recommendations: 45º F or less

Sodium sulfite is very effective at inhibiting both enzymatic and non-enzymatic browning, and has been used for centuries in its gas form (sodium dioxide) for this purpose.

Reconstitution:

Although the end usage, process, size and style of cut will ultimately dictate the correct ratio, low moisture apples generally require four to five parts water (by weight) to one part apple, to fully reconstitute. Apples return to fresh cut dimensions when reconstituted.