EXPLORING Simple Truth Freeze - Dried Fruits: SuperChef vs Supermarket

All right

So, on this episode of Super Chefer Supermarket, we are going to try out something that is all the raid everyone's talking about

So, we're going to do freeze-dried mangoes and freeze-dried strawberries

First of all, I've never had the candies freeze-dried, never had the fruit, so it's a little

healthier snack

So, we're going to do snacks today

Let's try these out

Let's get back to the kitchen. [Music] All right, so we're back in the kitchen now

Finally, the grocery shopping's over

Just so we know, this is Super Shver Supermarket, but I do not like

shopping in supermarkets, so much rather somebody else did it

But let's get right into it

We have freeze-dried mangoes and freeze-dried strawberries

So, just a little open book here

I've never had a freeze-dried or freeze-dried freeze-dried piece of fruit in my life, so it's going to be my first time

actually having it

My kids have allowed me to try some of their freeze-dried candy, which not a fan of

I might as eat regular candy

But um let's just dive into this

If you don't know what freeze-dried is, it's basically them taking all the moisture out, basically just saving that nutrients, saving the

color

I mean, and preserving it

It's a big It's huge for preservation

So, um I don't know by nature

I think it makes the food taste more intensified, but since I've never had it, we about to find out right now

So, before we get into this, let's see how these products talk that talk

You know what that is?

That's what how they brag

That's what they say on the front of the bag that really lets you know who they are

And this is a simple truth, which is a Kroger's product

So, this is their own thing

How they talk that talk

It says no artificial ingredients or flavors or preservatives

I mean, it shouldn't be.

I mean, it is fruit

Um, not a low calorie food

Okay, let you know

At least they at least they honest

So, just so you know, this bag is 2 oz

Let's just be clear

Just so you know, 2 oz this bag and it wow smells very weird

Doesn't smell anything like fruit

Not 1% doesn't smell like fruit,

which the strawberries taste a little strawberry, but the mangoes for some reason don't even taste like a food at all

Smell like a food at all

But let's go ahead and try these out

I'm going to try the strawberries first cuz strawberries tend to not be as flavorful as mangoes.

Freeze dry strawberries

This like what you get in your cereal all like if you get like the Kelloggs something with strawberries in it

This is like exactly what it looks like

So we trying to try some healthy snacks

Just so you know why I got these

I'm into snacks right now with the kids and

I wanted to try a healthier snack

This is definitely a healthy snack

But um I think this is good for somebody who who's looking for a different option in life

Your texture is very like a what's it ASMR? Is that what it's called? Like when it sounds good

It chews like something that you want to hear that

sounds perfect

So it has a nice soft pillow crunch to it

Not like a brittle one that can break your teeth

This is like it gives as soon as you bite into it

So texture wise is fire

All right, let's go to these mangoes

Now the mangoes, look at them

I mean, this is real fruit though, which is

crazy

It looks like fake fruit. [Music] I'm N

That ain't it

That ain't it at all

Uh, so let's get straight into taste since I threw it away

These No taste

F plus F++

Maybe you shouldn't freeze try these mangoes

That probably the best thing.

Let's go ahead get that right out the way

Is it still in the camera? It's still the frame

Now it's out

All right, we good

Let's just put it right back here

Horrible. doesn't taste good at all

Do not get freeze-dried mangoes

And that probably tastes like that anywhere you

go

The freeze-dried strawberries are palatable

Like they they're not the sweetest thing in the world

They um they definitely don't intensify the flavor

So, if you're thinking like you're actually losing flavor when you're eating these

So, like I told you before, I have heard people talk about

it, but since I've never actually done it, I want to make sure on camera that people are getting like an actual chef's opinion, someone who actually knows what they're talking about

So that's why I try to give like my little thought on these things

And it's a healthy snack

The strawberries, I can live with the

strawberries

I I could do them

I would never choose them again, but I would understand if somebody was going this route

Um I'm just into natural things, man

I'm just into natural things

Uh I would give F for the mangoes for sure

And if you try out freeze-dried mangoes, you probably F2

The strawberries, I

give it a D+

It's just not it

Like you could taste that the process of freeze drying has altered its like integrity

You know what I'm saying? So it didn't intensify and make it more beautiful or didn't like may have the the nutrients in here, but I don't know what you want these

for

Um so D+ F++

Uh let's get into the price

All right, let's get straight into price

I'm bring this bag back up here one more time so you know what we got going on

Booyah

So, as far as price goes, both of these bags are $9. $8.99 for 2 oz

Just so you're clear, 2 oz ain't a lot

Fresh strawberries, a

pine of fresh strawberries will cost you about $5.99. 2 oz, which is about which is 16 ounces

So, 16 oz fresh strawberries about $5.99 right now at the same store. $8.99 for freeze-dried strawberries

So, I couldn't imagine why you wouldn't get the fresh strawberries

I mean, if a

recipe calls for it, I mean, I get it

You making your own cereal at home, but it's like just put it in there every day

Like, I I could see it for granas and stuff like that, but I just wouldn't really understand why you wouldn't just get the fresh if it was optional

Especially cuz fresh is cheaper

So,

price, I'm going to give it a hard F

It costs $3 more and you're getting less

Granted, the actual strawberries do have the water in them still, so they weigh more, but I feel like if I was a slice of strawberries up, I feel like I'll get more full, too, cuz that water does would help with that sensation of

getting full

So, for everyone, did I give an F for price? Yeah, F for price

If I didn't give it an F for price, it got one now

So, F for price

Um, what do we got next? Uh, let's see

Let's see

Let's see

Nutrition

Let's look at the back

A serving is one ounce

So you only get

two servings on each bag

Uh so 200 calories per serving

It's good

And he's the right calorie

This the good stuff here

Um [Music] it's high in dietary fiber, but I mean it's fruit

That's this how you want

I mean it's a I give it 100% A++

when it comes to nutrition

So, A when it comes to nutrition, F when it comes to price, D plus F plus plus plus when it comes to taste and availability, I mean, you can get freeze-dried fruits any and everywhere

So, it's a A for there

But when it comes down to this product and

freeze-dried fruit so far, I mean, it's a hard pass

Get the fresh stuff

I mean, obviously, if you're going like on a hike, you're going camping and you need it to last, this is your best friend. get these

But yeah, DM me, message, let us know what you want us to try

Let me know what you want to see me

critique

If it was I told you, I'm going to tell you the truth

We're going to grade it on a scale that's understandable, and I'm going to give you the Super Chef way of life

So, I'll see you next time on Superhe versus Supermarket

Peace out.