# False Labeling of Freeze Dried Strawberries? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368 "2025-09-25T00:00:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368/21 "2025-09-26T18:44:54Z")
> [@bump](#): > > And it’s always a roll of the dice in some sense, in that even using all the tools of picking good ones, you still end up with a fair number that just aren’t quite up to par. I like fresh strawberries on my Cheerios, and I’ve found this to be true. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368/22 "2025-09-26T18:50:07Z")
My boys LOVED strawberries (“strawbies”) as young children, and I often do a fair amount of our grocery shopping, so I have a lot of experience picking strawberry cartons. And no matter what, they’re bland/sour as often as not. There’s a brief period when the US ones are in season when they’re typically pretty good, but the rest of the time, they’re either not in season, or they’re from elsewhere and picked too early. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368/23 "2025-09-26T22:59:12Z")
> [@bump](#): > > strawberries in the grocery store vary wildly in how sweet they are. I find that to be true of grapes too. One bunch is wonderfully sweet, another is inedibly sour. I usually taste one grape before buying a bunch. That’s the only thing that I will eat in a grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368/24 "2025-09-26T23:28:20Z")
It says each package contains oxygen absorber. Maybe that adds sweetness to it. > **Summary** > > 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368/25 "2025-09-27T00:29:20Z")
Protects against Godzilla attacks, too. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368/26 "2025-09-27T16:28:11Z")
I’m pretty sure that’s not the case. I spend a lot of time scouring the labels of dried and freeze dried fruit as it is one of the few healthy treats my kids will eat. A LOT of the regular dried fruit have sugar in them, but it’s in the ingredients (I was gonna post a pic of the label from some dried blueberries we’ve had sitting around for ages, but I guess someone finally ate them 😉 ) I think it’s just the freeze drying process that means they are much sweeter than regular dried fruit. No idea what the chemical process is that causes it. I really think it’s _very_ unlikely that there is some special loophole that allows manufacturers to put sugar in freeze dried fruit, and not put it on the ingredients label, but not regular fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368/27 "2025-09-27T23:51:54Z")
I don’t think the OP thinks it’s a loophole. I think he thinks they’re just cheating and hoping not to get caught. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-labeling-of-freeze-dried-strawberries/1023368.md?page=1)