# Is there a word for dried fruit that means dried like a raisin? As opposed to freeze-dried. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 12, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417 "2018-11-12T18:35:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417/1 "2018-11-12T18:35:34Z")
I am trying to find dried strawberries that don’t have sugar added, which for some inexplicable reason is rarer then unicorn horns because the fruit-drying companies have decided, in their infinite wisdom, that the strawberry- one of the most perfect fruits in nature- needs to be disgustingly, unhealthily sweet before consumers will but it. (Yes, this post _was_ almost a Pit rant, how did you tell?) Google is being its usual unhelpful self; searching for “dried strawberries no sugar added” will bring dried non-strawberry fruit, dried strawberries with the standard amount of sugar added, and freeze-dried strawberries. I don’t want freeze-dried strawberries. Doing an advanced Google search with the word “freeze” excluded does absolutely nothing. I’m trying to be optimistic here, and if I can’t exclude “freeze-dried”, maybe I can input… whatever the opposite word is, and see if that helps any. Again, Google is being no help with fruit-drying vocabulary, so I turn to you. Is there, somewhere out there, a helpful word that can light my way? Or am I stuck with disgusting sugar-berries forever? (PS. I’m also looking for the strawberries to be _kosher-certified_, but so far that hasn’t come up in that I can’t find _any_ unadulterated strawberries, kosher or no). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417/2 "2018-11-12T18:41:15Z")
Would you consider using a dehydrator to make your own? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417/3 "2018-11-12T18:44:30Z")
[Sun dried strawberries](https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=38npW86XGsed5wLU1pWQBg&q=sun+dried+strawberries&btnK=Google+Search&oq=sun+dried+strawberries&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i22i30.1995.7606..7715...0.0..0.69.1238.22......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i131j0i10.1R6tdQ8RQUQ) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417/4 "2018-11-12T19:08:20Z")
“Raisined” is a word with the meaning you want. However, it’s not all that commonly used, especially in product names/descriptions. So go with “sun-dried” as suggested above. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417/5 "2018-11-12T22:53:50Z")
Air-dried? That’s what I would say if I were trying to distinguish it from other methods. I think I have also seen “flu-dried” for a method using hot air. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417/6 "2018-11-12T23:21:47Z")
I just did a quick search on “unsweetened dried strawberries” and found [these](https://www.feedyourselfbetter.com/organic-dried-strawberries-sulphur-free-unsweetened), and [these](https://www.stevespaleogoods.com/dried-strawberries-p/fruit-straws.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417/7 "2018-11-12T23:58:54Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > and [these](https://www.stevespaleogoods.com/dried-strawberries-p/fruit-straws.htm). I’d question those. The label just says “no refined sugar”. If you read the description is says that they “are infused with apple juice concentrate”. That’s a common trick; companies sweeten things with processed apple or grape juice so they can claim it’s all-natural fruit. But sweeteners extracted from apples or grapes are no healthier than sweeteners extracted from sugar cane or corn. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417/8 "2018-11-13T00:31:18Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Would you consider using a dehydrator to make your own? If I had fresh strawberries in my house, I’d eat them. They’re too good for this earth. ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417/9 "2018-11-13T00:49:51Z")
Try these [https://www.bellaviva.com/unsweetened-dried-strawberries](https://www.bellaviva.com/unsweetened-dried-strawberries) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417/10 "2018-11-13T01:10:03Z")
One word for it is _desiccated_. Often applied to fruit. [Example](http://ponika-invest.com/products-11-en.html). Can’t find any desiccated strawberries on sale, though. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-dried-fruit-that-means-dried-like-a-raisin-as-opposed-to-freeze-dried/824417/11 "2018-11-13T06:25:54Z")
Sun-dried is the term of art used around here (where most of our dried fruit is made that way)