Surplus to revenue.
Farm / food producer
Fresh surplus60 t / yr
Cycles per week5
Electricity0.18 €/kWh
Payback
~16 mo
Margin lift
~€90k
Seasonal glut that used to spoil becomes a year-round shelf-stable line.
Open in calculator → Preserve what matters CE-certified
Turn perishable product into premium, shelf-stable goods.
Commercial freeze-drying that extends shelf life up to 25 years — no additives, no cold chain. Cut waste, open new markets, lift margin. CE-certified equipment from pilot to industrial scale.
Up to 25-yr shelf life97% nutrient retention98–99% moisture removedEuropean-made
Create your own premium freeze-dried products:
Independent. Multi-brand. CE-certified. · European manufacturers we carry
What we actually do
We spec the right machine for your product and your numbers — not the one we make.
Independent freeze-drying specialists. Three outcomes drive every recommendation, in this order.
Cut waste.
Turn surplus and seasonal gluts into sellable product instead of a disposal cost.
Create value.
Premium, lightweight, shelf-stable goods for retail, export and ingredient supply.
Proven economics.
Transparent prices and an honest, visible payback on every product page.
Start here
What do you make?
Pick your starting point — we'll show the right capacity, the economics, and a real use case.
Fruits & Vegetables
Freeze-drying fruits and vegetables removes ~95-98% of water at low temperature, keeping colour, flavour, nutrients and shape for long shelf life.
Explore →Herbs, Spices & Microgreens
Freeze-drying herbs, spices and microgreens locks in essential oils, colour and aroma that hot-air drying drives off, for premium, shelf-stable product.
Explore →Mushrooms
Freeze-drying mushrooms removes ~95-98% of water at low temperature, keeping shape, colour, umami and nutrients for a light, shelf-stable ingredient.
Explore →Confectionery
Freeze-drying confectionery turns sweets, fruit and fillings into light, crunchy, intensely flavoured treats with long shelf life and no cold chain.
Explore →Bakery Ingredients
Freeze-drying preserves the colour, flavour and structure of fruit, herbs and inclusions for bakery use, with long shelf life and no cold chain.
Explore →Dairy & Eggs
Freeze-drying turns milk, cheese, yoghurt and eggs into shelf-stable powders and pieces that rehydrate cleanly and keep nutrients without a cold chain.
Explore →Meat & Seafood
Freeze-drying makes meat and seafood shelf-stable and lightweight while keeping protein, texture and flavour, and rehydrating close to fresh.
Explore →Ready Meals & Snacks
Freeze-drying turns complete meals and snacks into lightweight, shelf-stable products that rehydrate fast and keep flavour, colour and nutrients.
Explore →Soups, Broths & Stocks
Turn liquid soups, broths and stocks into instant, shelf-stable powders that rehydrate in seconds with full flavour intact.
Explore →Coffee & Tea
Produce premium instant coffee and tea that rehydrate in seconds and keep the aroma and flavour of the fresh brew.
Explore →Nutraceuticals & Supplements
Protect probiotics, botanicals and sensitive actives with low-temperature drying that preserves potency and extends shelf life.
Explore →Pet Food
Freeze-drying turns raw meat, organs and single-ingredient treats into shelf-stable products that keep nutrients and palatability.
Explore →Hemp
Gentle low-temperature freeze-drying preserves cannabinoids and terpenes in hemp biomass and flower while bringing moisture to a stable target.
Explore → Equipment
Four tiers. One catalog.
From a 4-kg compact for a single farm to 600-kg industrial integration. Pricing visible at every tier — no "contact us for a quote" wall.
Ships in stock 01 / Compact
R&D, farm, artisan.
4–10 kg / cycleFirst lyophilization line, or labs prototyping recipes.
FROM€4.950
02 / Light Growing food businesses.
11–19 kg / cycleStepping out of seasonal volumes into year-round shelf-stable product.
FROM€8.950
03 / Commercial Established producers.
Up to 50 kg / cycle24/7 operation, traceability built in, for established production lines.
FROM€13.950
04 / Industrial Factory integration.
Up to 600 kg / cycleMulti-chamber, multi-shift, integrated into the factory.
FROMPrice on request
Catalogue
Machines in the catalogue.
35 models across the four tiers. Each links into the side-by-side comparison so you can weigh them on neutral specs.
Run the numbers
Honest economics. Visible payback.
Set your inputs — fresh tonnes, electricity cost, cycles per week — and we show payback on the same page, with our assumptions in plain text below. Every product page ships with this calculator.
Freeze-Drying for Fruits & Vegetables illustrative
Startup · 3 t/yr
Exeat LIO 140 L · €9,980
€18.53/kg
3 mo payback
Commercial · 18 t/yr
Exeat LIO 140 Pro ×4 · €44,520
€16.20/kg
3 mo payback
Industrial · 36 t/yr
Leosmak LEO-130-D · €145,480
€6.58/kg
4 mo payback
Assumes list price for the recommended tier, 98% moisture removal and a 1.4× retail premium over fresh. See full assumptions →
Worked examples
Three ways the economics play out.
Reference scenarios by capacity tier — not customer accounts. Plug your own numbers into the calculator above.
Illustrative figures — example inputs, not quotesPremium product.
Pet food · snacks · coffee · D2C
Fresh input120 t / yr
Cycles per week7
Electricity0.18 €/kWh
Payback
~21 mo
Margin lift
~€210k
Same input, premium price — a single-ingredient product the shelf rewards.
Open in calculator →New capability.
Nutraceutical · biotech · R&D
Fresh input240 t / yr
Cycles per week9
Electricity0.18 €/kWh
Payback
~24 mo
Margin lift
~€340k
Unlock a sensitive-actives product you simply can't make any other way.
Open in calculator → Comparison tool
Compare like an engineer.
Weigh every tier — and every brand we carry — on neutral specs. No favourites, no hidden fields. Just the numbers a procurement team actually compares.
CapacityShelf areaEnergy / cycleFootprintMaintenance intervalLead time
Why freeze-drying
The numbers that make the category.
Three figures we stand behind. They build the case for lyophilization before they build the case for any one machine.
25 yr
Shelf life · up to
Sealed and stored correctly, freeze-dried product stays stable for up to 25 years — no cold chain, no additives.
97%
Nutrient retention
Low-temperature sublimation keeps colour, flavour and nutrition where high-heat drying loses them.
98–99%
Moisture removed
Near-total moisture removal is what makes the product lightweight, shippable and shelf-stable.
Why buy through us
One partner, from pilot to factory.
Why buy through a specialist and not direct from a single manufacturer? Three reasons.
Independent.
We carry multiple European manufacturers and spec to your product and your numbers — not to one catalogue.
Transparent.
Real prices on the page and an honest payback model — rare in industrial equipment, and deliberate.
Full-cycle.
Consultation, ROI assessment, installation, training and a scale-up path — one partner from pilot to factory.
For Industrial-tier projects
Site visit, on us.
For projects above €100k, an engineer visits your facility before we quote. Half a day on the line. A two-page feasibility brief by the end of the week. No deck, no slides, no salesperson.