The terms Dehydrated and freeze-dried are often used and intertwined when talking about emergency food storage. However, there are some very distinct differences, such as Moisture content, Shelf life, nutritional content, appearance & composition. For more information on the main differences in emergency food storage that is dehydrated vs freeze dried see our extensive blog post on the subject below: https://thereadystore.com/a/blog/post/dehydrated-vs-freeze-dried-food You can also shop our different food storage products on our site here https://thereadystore.com/collections/food-storage