Freeze-Dried Food Prices & Profit Margins

Retail prices are the median of direct-to-consumer and marketplace listings for freeze-dried products across the EU, in standard consumer pack sizes. We exclude KoRo (bulk, largely Asia-sourced stock that doesn't reflect EU-produced small-batch economics) and exclude professional/novelty packs that distort the per-kg price.

The Premium / organic tier is a separate, curated view of EU premium and organic positioning — higher raw material cost, higher retail price. It is not an average of the standard tier; it represents a different market segment entirely, and the calculator lets you switch between the two.

Fresh (raw material) prices come from EU Commission DG-AGRI wholesale supply-chain data for Spain and Portugal where a material is covered by that dataset (marked with the DG-AGRI badge below) — these rows refresh automatically on a schedule. Everywhere else, the fresh price is a curated estimate from trade sources, reviewed manually.

The B2B reference is a published wholesale benchmark, not a live quote — real business-to-business pricing is negotiated per volume and relationship. Treat it as a starting point for your own sourcing conversations, not a guaranteed rate.

Confidence badges tell you how much to lean on a number. High = cross-checked across multiple independent sources with a tight observed range. Medium = fewer sources, still credible. Low = thin market data or, for materials like sweets and ready meals, no natural "fresh" commodity price at all — treat these as directional, not precise.