Nutritional value of dehydrated fruit etc?

[Dexter]

Does the nutritional value of dehydrated food change significantly?
Or any idea where to find this out? Thanks.

[misplaced]

I found this site, seems to go into some detail.

http://www.lifescript.com/Body/Diet/...thy_Snack.aspx

[haypoint]

Calories go way up because of the water being lost. Some dried fruits are sugar coated.
All the vitimins are still there.

[where I want to]

I wouldn't say it that way about the calories. It's more that the calories are concentrated because the water removal means they str lighter.
I don't snack on them anyways (except when I'm cooking with them- shamefully.) I use most dried fruit like raisins and most dried vegetables are added to stir frys or casserole or whatever.
If I remember rightly some vitamin a and c can be lost if dehydrated at too high a temperature- especially true with canning because of the high heat. Also vitamin a (maybe c too???) can be lost over time but that is true with any preserving method.
Altogether I think it keeps most of the vitamins and minerals better as other processes use a lot of heat that can destroy nutrients.

[ronbre]

if you are planning on processing food for off the grid survival, drying is a really great way to go as it takes less space and elec to store..or prepare..esp if you are not using an elec dehydrator..

i used to dry a lot of food on top of our wood stove in the cooler autumn months..and jerkey is a really sensible way to put up meat.

we have a dehydrator but i seldom use it as it is so easy to dry foods without it.

a lot of things that people don't think about are dryable too so do some research