BioActive Dehydration - the most successful of all drying methods

Algae AquaSource – the only in Bulgaria, which are produced by Bioactive Dehydration ™

• Really unique drying process at low temperature;

• Stabilize the product without denaturing volatile ingredients;

• The result AFA algae are almost identical to fresh.

LiquaDry (www.liquadry.com) is a company chosen by AquaSource (the provider of seaweed powder). Its revolutionary patented drying process Bioactive Dehydration ™ is able to dehydrate almost any liquid biomass to dust. So dried algae are the closest to fresh, with virtually no degradation or nutritional value, not even their colour, aroma, taste and enzymes. A juice powder LiquaDry, prepared from different plants are almost identical with freshly squeezed juices, when dissolved in water.

When drying organic root high temperatures cause deterioration of their natural qualities (clearly the most important factor), oxygen (oxidation) and duration of exposure to destructive forces. Bioactive Dehydration ™ offers a solution for all three problems - with its product temperature never exceeds body temperature of 105 ° F (41 ° C) and it is done over in less than 2 minutes.

The results are slightly different for different products. Many components of plant materials are more vulnerable when the product is wet than when the product is dry. Water is a necessary catalyst for many biochemical reactions, including thermal degradation. Bioactive Dehydration ™ is a delicate process, designed to be the cooler until the product is wet.

LiquaDry's juice powder reaches maximum temperature, when the humidity is very low (only 8% humidity). This graph illustrates the product humidity (% H2O by weight) in time for the juice of barley. The results are slightly different for different products. In conventional drying techniques, the main reason for the destruction of natural ingredients in organic foods are high temperature, duration of exposure to heat, vacuum and deep impact of oxygen (oxidation). Bioactive Dehydration is solution to all these problems.

Due to evaporation the product remains cool until almost dry. The results are slightly different for different products. In Bioaktiv  Dehydration™ temperature never exceeds 105 ° F (41° C) and higher than body temperature (37º C) for at least two minutes. The entire process of drying at a pressure close to atmospheric pressure, and using Oxyguard ™ - a patented method in which an inert gas prevents the product from oxygen during most of the drying process.

By the comparison of different drying techniques bioactive dehydration ™  by LiquaDry is far superior to all other methods of drying, which are currently used in the production of juice powder. The following charts and analyzes the differences between the methods of drying.

Conventional spray drying product sets in 10 minutes to 248 ° F (120 ° C). It is cheap, and the product reaches high temperatures when it is almost dry. The problem with spray drying is that the product is very hot and has a significant oxidation. This method is rough and most of the delicate nutrients are denatured product. Freeze drying state product for 8 hours to 122 ° F (50 ° C). Temperature is lower than conventional spray drying and there is no oxidation. The problem with freeze drying is that length of heat exposure is high and the process is very expensive.

Refractance window exposes the product to 162 ° F (72 ° C) for 4 minutes. The duration of heat exposure is less than Freeze drying and has some oxidation. The problem with Refractance window drying, the temperature is very high, and the product reaches the highest temperature when it is wet. This method is relatively widespread drying of AFA algae as an acceptable compromise quality / price.

In this method, dried algae AFA is offered by other companies in the country. For those who understand the difference is significant - at temperatures above 55 ° C to denature the proteins, enzymes are broken down and fatty acids and other heat-labile and volatile ingredients change or vanish. Bioactive ™ puts dehydration product of 105 º F (41 ° C) for 2 minutes, temperature of drying is very low and there is no oxidation. The highest temperature of only 105 ° F (41 ° C) is reached only when the product is almost dry. This is the method in which the dried algae AFA by brand AquaSource. Of all the algae available in the country, only they are not exposed to temperatures at which it denaturalised protein. They are therefore a natural choice for anyone looking for the best quality.