Tech: Chocolate-flavoured strawberries

[dracodraconis]

A company in Tokyo has discovered a new way to add value to fruits and vegetables by first freeze-drying them, then rehydrating them with fortified water or other substances. For example, they replaced the water in a freeze-dried strawberry with white chocolate. On a healthier (and less decadent) note, they plan to rehydrate foods with water containing additional vitamins and/or minerals.

Comments

[ziggy-b.livejournal.com]

White chocolate != chocolate

For the record.

[dracodraconis.livejournal.com]

True, but if they can do it for white chocolate, a nice dark chocolate shouldn't be too much harder. They may have stayed with white because the dark would cause the strawberry to appear almost black. White chocolate would leave the red color mostly intact while providing a reasonable approximation to the taste of chocolate. Not being a food scientist, I may be wrong but that's my guess.