What is Freeze Dried?

Freeze-drying is a process that allows food to be shelf stable while retaining the maximum amount of nutrients. Freeze dried foods retain their original color, form, size, taste and texture. Whether eaten every day or saved for the future, THRIVE Freeze Dried products will taste great, stay fresh, and contribute to overall health.

A more traditional preservation process is dehydration, and many items offered by us are dehydrated rather than freeze dried. Dehydration is an excellent option in many cases, but the process does tend to change the color and texture of your food. Dehydration also doesn't remove as much water as freeze drying, resulting in foods that weigh more and have shorter shelf lives.

Helpful Food Storage Systems and Tips...

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Be Practical

Store the food you eat and eat the food you store. It doesn’t make sense to buy food storage that your family isn’t accustomed to eating. Many items, such as wheat, flour, oats, and dried milk are needed to sustain life and are already included in many of the foods that we enjoy each day. Become familiar with recipes that include ingredients contained within your food storage. This will not only enable you to become familiar with the preparation of foods within your food storage, it will also allow you to rotate your food in a timely manner.

Dried Bean Cooking Instructions

Quick soak: After rinsing and sorting dry beans, place beans in a large pot with 3 cups of water for every cup of dry beans. Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and let sit for 1hour. Drain and rinse beans.

Slow soak: After rinsing and sorting dry beans, place in a large pot with 3 cups of water for every cup of dry beans. Let sit overnight or 6-8 hours. Drain and rinse beans.

Cooking: In large pot, add 3 cups of water for every cup of dry beans. Bring to a boil; simmer with lid tilted until tender, about 1 ½ to 2 hours. Beans are done when they can be easily mashed with a fork or between two fingers. Cooked beans should be refrigerated or frozen. A cup of dry beans equals 3 cups of cooked beans.

What is TVP

TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) is an excellent protein source that is easy to store and use. TVP is made from soy our where the soy oil has been extracted. It is cooked under pressure and then extruded and dried. Not only is TVP high in protein, but its also high in ber and low in fat. This makes TVP ideal for food storage and also for every day use. Because TVP is not made from meat, it does not have the contamination risk that many meats have with bacteria such as E. Coli and Salmonella. Because it is soy based, it is perfect for those on a vegetarian diet.

Food Storage Shelf Life

So you’ve followed the emergency preparedness guidance of the experts by stocking up on food storage for yourself and your family. No matter what the future brings, your outlook is bright because you know you’re ready for even the direst times. But how long will your preparation efforts last? Do they have an expiration date? There are varying points of view on this topic, but the short answer is your food storage will have a “sustain life” shelf life of at least 20 years.

Chart for THRIVE Milk

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Bulk Spices

Here is where you'll find the best in flavorful organic spices, all natural spices and seasonings and fair trade spices. Our dedication to sustainable sourcing and stringent quality standards means you get the highest quality every time.

Quality you can trust, and taste

Using our in-house and independent labs, we perform rigorous tests on every product we offer to ensure the best flavor, color, aroma, moisture, and violate oil content. We process our products naturally, without the use of radiation or ETO chemical sterilization, a common practice in the seasonings industry.

Freshness Guaranteed

We want to ensure our spices are the best quality when you use them, not just when we package them, so we stamp each spice with a freshness date as it's packaged — a use-by date to ensure you get the maximum flavor from your spices.

Good for you, good for the planet

We're committed to providing pure organic seasonings that taste great and promote a healthy planet. We're proud to offer the largest selection of organic spices available.

Taste that makes a difference

We source our spices from growers committed to quality, sustainability and ethical trade. We strive to build partnerships and better the lives of smaller growers in developing countries with fair pricing programs.

Freshness Dating

The bottom of every Frontier brand bottled spice and baking avor is printed with a date code to help ensure maximum freshness. The code reads "Best By" followed by a date that the product should be used by to guarantee its freshness and avor. The image to the right shows where to nd this date.

Bulk Herbs

If you use herbs to make teas, salves, tinctures, remedies, cosmetics, dyes or potpourri, you want high-quality products from a trusted source. We buy, test and handle our herbs with exacting care to maximize their natural properties.

Quality you can count on

Using our in-house and independent labs, we perform rigorous tests on every product we offer to ensure the best flavor, color, aroma, moisture, and violate oil content. We process our products naturally, without the use of radiation or ETO chemical sterilization.

Bulk Teas

We're proud to offer a wide array of familiar and exotic loose leaf teas from the best tea estates for optimum sipping. We've got a wide selection of organic and Fair Trade Certified™ teas, along with premium black teas, green teas, herbal teas and yerba mate amongst others.

The best tasting teas are brewed loose

Loose-leaf tea is superior in both flavor and health benefits. Whole, intact leaves retain the full components of the teas which are diminished with the chopping, grinding and sifting that prepares tea for tea bags. Loose-leaf teas unfurl while steeping and release their full aroma, taste and goodness.

Sip Responsibly

We have a taste for tea. And nothing tastes better than teas that are sustainably farmed and socially benecally. That's why we're committed to offering a large selection of organic Fair Trade Certied™ teas. Purchasing Fair Trade teas benefits farmers commited to sustainable practices and provides support to their communities.

Storage

A spice jar over the stove might be handy, but because herbs and spices deteriorate when exposed to heat, light, and moisture, it’s not a good place to keep them.

The best storage temperature for herbs and spices is one that is fairly constant and below 70° F. This means you need to stock them away from the furnace, stove, and the heat of the sun. Temperature fluctuations can cause condensation, and eventually mold, so if you store spices in the freezer or refrigerator, return them promptly after use.

A good storage system keeps herbs and spices dry and in the dark, too. Amber glass jars with airtight lids are ideal. You might also keep them in a cupboard or drawer, cover the jars with large opaque labels, or use a curtain to cover them when not in use.

In a nutshell, store your herbs and spices in clean, airtight containers, away from heat and light, and handle them thoughtfully.

Shelf Life

How can you tell if your seasoning is past its prime? The shelf life of each herb and spice is differe, and all age, even under the best conditions. Check your herbs and spices—and those you consider purchasing—to see that they look fresh, not faded, and are distinctly aromatic. Replace them as soon as you detect deterioration.

The shelf life of herbs and spices will vary according to the form and plant part, too. (Those that have been cut or powdered have more surface area exposed to the air and so lose their flavor more rapidly than whole herbs and spices, for example.) Here are some guidelines:

WHOLE SPICES AND HERBS:		GROUND SPICES AND HERBS:
Leaves and flowers	1 to 2 years	Leaves	1 year
Seeds and barks	2 to 3 years	Seeds and barks	1 year
Roots	3 years	Roots	2 years

PURE Hypo-allergenic Nutritional Supplements

At Pure Encapsulations, Inc., we manufacture a complete line of hypo-allergenic nutritional supplements. Our products contain absolutely no hidden llers, coatings, articial colors or other excipients that would disrupt or diminish the bioavailability of the ingredients. Additionally, our products are always free of wheat, gluten, preservatives and hydrogenated oils. We believe the guidance of a qualied health professional is essential in order to maximize the eectiveness of our professional strength supplements.

Supplements for Sensitive People

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Ingredient Quality

We have built our business by producing the nest supplements possible. Ingredient quality, manufacturing excellence and quality control are our most important priorities. We dierentiate ourselves by holding our suppliers to the highest standards and by following strict near-pharmaceutical manufacturing procedures.

Our ingredients are selected solely on the basis of quality and purity and are provided in their most bioavailable forms. We source premium raw materials from trusted industry leaders, including the nest suppliers from the U.S., France, Japan, Switzerland, Germany and Italy. All ingredients are tested for purity and potency by independent certied laboratories. Ingredient suppliers must meet rigorous testing and quality criteria to qualify as a Pure Encapsulations supplier.

Manufacturing and Quality Control Excellence

We manufacture our own products in our own state-of-the-art plant in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Pure Encapsulations is NSF-GMP registered in the U.S., GMP certied in Canada and exceeds the standards of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).

All manufacturing takes place in temperature, humidity and dust-controlled rooms. Each piece of equipment is dismantled and sterilized before each production run. This includes scales, mills, blenders, powder fillers, encapsulating machines and capsule counters. Our warehouse is climate controlled in order to maximize the stability of our raw materials and finished products.

Certified independent laboratories test raw materials, and finished encapsulated products. Using the most advanced equipment and test methods, including HPLC and GM-MS, these labs verify the potency and purity of ingredients. Independent microbiological testing is also performed to ensure supplement purity and safety.

Full Label Disclosure

Our supplement labels have always listed all ingredients, including the composition of the raw material. Additionally, standardizations of herbal extracts are provided to indicate primary active marker compounds. Furthermore, minerals are listed by their true elemental weights.

Your Trusted Source

When you order Pure Encapsulations' supplements, you and your patients will receive the highest quality nutritional supplements and health information available.

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