Our freeze dried berry powders are unsweetened and have a pleasant tartness. They can be sweetened with sugar or a non-caloric sweetener. In most cases, we can enjoy them without adding any sweetener.

Yogurt Uses

Sprinkle one tablespoon onto plain, vanilla or flavored yogurt.
Mix it into plain yogurt to create “flavored yogurt,” which you can enjoy as is, or with the sweetener of your choice. We found it very practical because we like some artisan yogurts that are not sold flavored but only plain by the quart, or else have versions flavored with sugar, but we really don’t want the sugar. When we’re not enjoying them plain, we flavor them with the Nutri Fruit du jour and enjoy a wonderful solution, whereas eating supermarket yogurt flavored with artificial sweetener has always tasted...artificial.

“Fruit Quota” Uses

Get your daily fruit fix:
Use multiple flavors to make a “fruit salad” atop plain or flavored yogurt.
Add to smoothies: 1 tablespoon in a cup of milk or soy milk.
Sprinkle on toast or bagels as a fruity alternative to sugary jams and jellies.
Combine 1 tablespoon with favorite fruit juice; shake or blend well.
Note: to balance natural tartness, sweeten to taste.
The powders can be enjoyed straight; and unlike the sweet-tart sugar powders we ate as children, these are actually good for you.

Culinary And Decorative Uses

The powders retain the beautiful colors of the fruit, and can accent and enrich many dishes on the table.
Sift one or more powder colors onto dessert plates—they look good and taste good (we used a mesh tea ball to shake the powder).
Garnish ice cream and sorbet.
Sift powder onto fruit tarts and puddings, analogous to confectioners sugar on cakes.
Mixologists will enjoy playing around with drink recipes.

We tucked several flavors into our desk at work, to spruce up (and health-o-lize) our yogurt and cottage cheese lunches, and to experiment with when any potentially matching foodstuff passes by. Unrefrigerated, an open can will keep for a month. For less frequent use, keep the freeze-dried powder in the freezer, so moisture doesn’t cause the powder to clump.