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The ancient Incan people used to store their meats and vegetables high on the slopes of the Andes Mountains in Peru. The cold temperatures froze the food and the low atmospheric pressures at the high altitudes dried the food out. The Incas were practicing one of the earliest methods of preserving foods: freeze drying.
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Hartel, R.W., Hartel, A. (2008). Freeze Drying – High-Quality Food Preservation. In: Food Bites. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75845-9_6
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