Freeze-Dried Frozen Yogurt | Yo’s Froyo Bites ®, Interview with Haskell Noah | Freeze Dried Business
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- Can you freeze-dry frozen yogurt? Introducing Yo’s Froyo Bites ®, Frozen Yogurt that NEVER MELTS and is made with yogurt cultures giving you a real yogurt taste. In this episode of the 'Creative Freeze-Drying Series', I interviewed the owner and founder of Yo’s Froyo Bites ® Haskell Noah. We discussed topics ranging from his research and development of his product to his prediction for where the freeze-drying business industry is headed.
If you don't have time to watch the entire interview, here are several timestamps of topics covered.
4:31 - How It All Started with Frozen Yogurt
10:28 - Research & Development
16:23 - Yo’s Froyo Bites ®
20:46 - The Freeze-Drying Process for Yo’s Froyo Bites ®
25:43 - What Freeze Dryers Does Haskell Use?
31:55 - How to Know if Your Freeze-Dried Product is Dry
37:00 - Packaging Tips
40:50 - Freeze-Drying Industry Predictions
47:41 - Advice for a Freeze-Drying Business
Follow Yo’s Froyo Bites ® and Haskell's business journey on Instagram / yosfroyobites
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Here are several freeze-dryers I use in my business and I would recommend considering them for your existing freeze-dried business or just starting out.
- Harvest Right Freeze Dryers - affiliates.harvestright.com/1.... I like the Harvest Right Large to start out and then you can advance to the XL if you have enough business coming in.
- StayFresh Freeze Dryer - stayfreshfreezedry.com/?sca_r.... I like the freezing speed and dry times of this machine. It's a little larger than the Harvest Right Medium but you can do 12-13 pounds of food in it which is only a few pounds less than the Harvest Right Large capacity. Even though Harvest Right says up to 23 pounds that's not possible in my experience, especially with fruit.
Blue Alpine Freeze Dryers could be another alternative to purchase for your business, I do not own one of these freeze dryers currently so I don't have any direct experience with the machine:
bluealpinefreezedryers.com/th...
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Haskell is great. Been waiting about 5 years for product to launch and honestly this video makes me wonder if it’ll ever get off the ground. Haven’t had an update for almost a year and hope aside from business that Haskell and family is doing good.
Thanks for the update. I’ve been wondering why he hasn’t posted anything lately.
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Very informative. Thank you Haskell for the information of your experience.
Glad it was helpful!
Love this info ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Can the commercial HR dryer qualify for the NSF standards? They said they are working on getting the rating soon, but I'm ready to start selling sooner than that. In California you HAVE to be commercial to do dairy, also only NSF machines are allowed I'm commercial kitchens here. I'm told NSF will rate machines on a per instance basis, but the cost for the inspection is minimum $2k.
Can you confirm what he said, does the current commercial dryer qualify?
NSF is a third party that the FDA partners with so if you can get it approved by the FDA during inspection then you don’t need to get the NSF rating. I’ve asked my Idaho health district rep several times about this and he says the NSF rating a standard but not law so see what you can do with your FDA rep first. Rumor is Harvest Right will have their machines NSF compliant next year.
Lots of good information in this interview, and good questions, David. It strikes me that Mr. Noah is an excellent researcher, but perhaps he's afflicted by "Analysis Paralysis". Fourteen years of research and still no product to market? It's freeze-dried yogurt, not the Manhattan Project!
I’m confused. What freeze dryer was he using 13 years ago?
HarvestRight was the first on the market and it was nit brought to market until 2014. That’s 9 years ago, not 13. 🤔
Nitrogen flushing has nothing to do with moisture. It has to do with flushing oxygen out. That conversation did Not make sense.
BTW… Calif Cottage Food Law does not allow for operation g in a garage nor are you allowed to process any dairy products.
I don't believe he was freeze-drying 13 years ago, he started developing his product 13 years ago and then start freeze-drying it. The conversation about moisture was related to how to store freeze-dried product through common practices like OA's and Dessicant packets, Nitrogen flushing was brought up during this discussion for storing it was not stated that it removes moisture. You are correct that you can't make and SELL dairy products under the Cali Cottage Food laws but that doesn't mean you can't research and develop your product in your garage/house which is what he said he does before actually producing it in a licensed kitchen for sale to consumers.