There are a lot of pros to freeze dried food. We've already mentioned the light weight, quick cooking, and highly preserved nutrition. But another cool thing about most freeze dried foods is that they can be eaten as is, without any rehydrating. The flavor is often fantastic because of the condensed sugars, along with a pleasant light, crunchy texture. The main con of freeze dried food is the expense. Dehydrating food is a much cheaper process that uses less electricity and cheaper machinery. That why you'll find a mixture of dehydrated and freeze dried foods at Valley Food Storage. For those food that will benefit from freeze drying, we us that process, while we dehydrate other foods, like noodles or rice, that don't benefit from the freeze drying process.