kyrsyan
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Okay, I know all about dehydrating fruit etc. But it just doesn't work for water flavors, even when I powder them. They just don't reconstitute into water correctly without heat. And hot tea is not on any of our drinking lists for the foreseeable future. Right now I can make a pretty affordable water flavoring from kool aid packets and a mix of monk fruit/stevia. It actually came out a lot better than I expected. But not really digging all the extra stuff in kool aid packets.
Anyways, right now I'm focusing on son. And I was wondering, has anyone tried mixing juice concentrate and sugar without additional water? And then putting that in the dehydrator so that in the end you have flavor infused sugar that can be used like Kool Aid or Country Time or Tang? I know that the sugar will most likely have to be ground again when it is done. I'm not looking to use any heat except the low setting on the dehydrator but I may need to use some low heat to dissolve the sugar in the concentrate.
Except if I use some of our freezer fruit or dried teas. Those I might instapot with a minimal amount of water and then add the sugar after it comes out of the pot.
Or for that matter, although there aren't many he can have, dehydrating juice concentrate that is already sweetened?
I am going to take some of the freeze dried fruit and see if I can grind that, mix it with sugar, and get some success there. But that is still a pretty limited selection of flavors, unless I get into spending big money again. I can find strawberry and mixed fruit at the local Dollar Tree. I've got some mango tucked away.
I know you can buy flavor powders. I can't afford them. Pure and simple. And it's a lot of money to spend for 1/2 lb at a time of different flavors, only to possibly discover that they won't work for what I'm doing.
Anyways, right now I'm focusing on son. And I was wondering, has anyone tried mixing juice concentrate and sugar without additional water? And then putting that in the dehydrator so that in the end you have flavor infused sugar that can be used like Kool Aid or Country Time or Tang? I know that the sugar will most likely have to be ground again when it is done. I'm not looking to use any heat except the low setting on the dehydrator but I may need to use some low heat to dissolve the sugar in the concentrate.
Except if I use some of our freezer fruit or dried teas. Those I might instapot with a minimal amount of water and then add the sugar after it comes out of the pot.
Or for that matter, although there aren't many he can have, dehydrating juice concentrate that is already sweetened?
I am going to take some of the freeze dried fruit and see if I can grind that, mix it with sugar, and get some success there. But that is still a pretty limited selection of flavors, unless I get into spending big money again. I can find strawberry and mixed fruit at the local Dollar Tree. I've got some mango tucked away.
I know you can buy flavor powders. I can't afford them. Pure and simple. And it's a lot of money to spend for 1/2 lb at a time of different flavors, only to possibly discover that they won't work for what I'm doing.