Why is freeze dried fruit so much more expensive than fresh fruit?

In order to appreciate the difference in price between fresh and flustered fruit, you need to understand the weight comparison between the two. Rostered foods have 98% of their water removed. This reduces the food's weight by approximately 90%, making it easier to handle and less costly to ship. For instance, 10 pounds of strawberries weigh only 1 pound when they are freeze dried. So if 10 pounds of frozen strawberries cost $1/pound, the raw material cost equals $10. When the 10 pounds of frozen strawberries are freeze dried, the final product weighs only 1 pound, but the raw material cost remains $10.

Added to the raw material costs are the other factors of production - labor, equipment, packaging, regulation compliance, and profit.

While the above info is correct, if you are looking around to buy freeze dried fruit, it's actually pretty inexpensive and comparable to the price of other healthy snacks. Looking online for a 10g bag of freeze-dried Apples costs under a dollar and you can get a box of 20 for like 18 bucks. . . Places like Trader Joes are a little more expensive, but they do carry exotic fruits that are very pricey if you buy them fresh in the supermarket. Then again, fresh fruit expires if you don't eat it when it is just right.