145 degrees dehydration?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

In Gabriel Cousens' new book, Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine, he says that

the Excalibur dehydrators company recommends a 145-degree F dehydration

temperature for the first several hours, to prevent the growth of bacteria. He

says

that the liquid evaporating from the food lowers the food temperature by 20 to

25 degrees.

 

But that would still leave the food at 125 degrees for several hours, which

is over the 118 degrees that enymes can still live at.

 

Have you heard this before? How do you feel about it?

 

Judy

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Judy,

 

I'd be fairly skeptical of information that the excalibur company

itself puts out, for a couple of reasons. The first is that they're

not (to the best of my knowledge) raw fooders and I'm not sure how

versed they are on the subject. But I could be completely mistaken

on that count. The second is two fold. Their thermostats are

notorious for being inaccurate, and when I asked the company about

it, they didn't respond to the question. Which isn't to say that I

don't love my dehydrator, because i do. I just always dehydrate at

95 degrees to account for any difference between where i set the

thermostat and the actual temperature it heats to. I've never had

any mold problems.

 

Also, apparently the newer machines have different, more accurate

thermostats.

 

Bridgitte

[Guest guest]

Hi Bridgitte,

 

Yes, I know about the controversy about their thermostats, which has gone on

for years. I, too, have always dehydrated things at 95 for the same reasons

you do.

 

I got a new one from them (a 9-tray) about a year ago. I wonder if it has the

improved thermostat.

 

Judy

 

In a message dated 11/8/2003 12:34:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,

syndactylcat writes:

Hi Judy,

 

I'd be fairly skeptical of information that the excalibur company

itself puts out, for a couple of reasons. The first is that they're

not (to the best of my knowledge) raw fooders and I'm not sure how

versed they are on the subject. But I could be completely mistaken

on that count. The second is two fold. Their thermostats are

notorious for being inaccurate, and when I asked the company about

it, they didn't respond to the question. Which isn't to say that I

don't love my dehydrator, because i do. I just always dehydrate at

95 degrees to account for any difference between where i set the

thermostat and the actual temperature it heats to. I've never had

any mold problems.

 

Also, apparently the newer machines have different, more accurate

thermostats.

 

Bridgitte

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I have been educated about the dehydrator from The Optimum Health Institute. My

understanding is that the smaller ones are far less accurate then the larger

models. We are trained to dehydrate at 95 degrees, though they use 105 in the

class I taught. The enzymes begin to die over 105 and completely die over 120.

Most dehydrated items purchased at the market are dehydrated at 145.

 

Bernadette