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Freeze-Drying of Foods: Cost Projections

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  • Bird, Kermit

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Excerpts from the report: The future growth of the freeze-drying industry depends largely on the absolute level of freeze-drying costs. It also depends on the cost of freeze-drying relative to costs of processing by alternative methods. Developed here are estimates of the industry's future. Also, predictions are made concerning competition of freeze-drying with other food processing industries, and the effects on associated industries. The general purpose of this study is to add to the economic understanding of freeze-drying. Presented are some research projections that serve as a basis for estimating the future of food freeze-drying, especially as processing costs affect the industry. Specific objectives include: (1) Determining the effect of different foods, multiple shifts, length of processing season, wage rates, and drying-cycle time on short-run, freeze-dry processing costs and (2) determining the effect of plant size on long-run costs. Emphasis is on changes in cost of freeze-drying associated with changes in size or scale of the plant.

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  • Bird, Kermit, 1964. "Freeze-Drying of Foods: Cost Projections," Marketing Research Reports 313389, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:uamsmr:313389
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313389
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    1. Perloff, Jeffrey M, 1981. "Can health warnings and nutritional information lower welfare?," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt6fc1k3tj, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.

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