Freezedry Harvest
Ingredient · Parsley
Organic parsley flakes,
or powder when you ask.
FD Harvest supplies certified organic freeze-dried parsley (Petroselinum crispum) as chopped flakes, and as parsley powder made to order. It is grown on our own farms at Lake Naivasha, dried the day it is picked, and certified USDA and EU Organic by Ecocert. Samples are free, and there is no minimum order.
01 — What it is
The everyday green herb, in a dry form.
Parsley, Petroselinum crispum, is one of the most widely used green herbs in the world: in soups, stocks, sauces, stuffings, tabbouleh and the bouquet garni. Its flavor is fresh, grassy and slightly bitter, and it is often chosen as much for color as for taste.
We grow parsley on our own farms at Lake Naivasha and harvest it all year. It is graded, washed and in the freeze dryers the day it is picked, and certified organic by Ecocert to the USDA and EU standards.
02 — Formats
Three ways to buy freeze-dried parsley.
Parsley flakes are our standard cut. Powder and other cuts are made when you ask; products stay single ingredients unless you specify a blend.
| Format | What it is | Typical uses |
|---|---|---|
| Chopped flakes (standard) | Small green pieces of leaf, cut after drying | Seasoning blends, soups and sauces, dressings, pet food toppers, garnish on ready meals |
| Parsley powder | Flakes milled fine; can be made certified organic | Greens and smoothie powders, drink mixes, colored coatings, baby food blends |
| Custom cut or blend | A size, grade or herb mix to your specification | Products where flake size, color or a set herb ratio is part of the recipe |
Every format comes with a spec sheet, and lots are micro-tested in our own lab.
03 — Two growing markets
Parsley in pet toppers and greens powders.
Pet food toppers need a dry, light ingredient that keeps its color on top of kibble and needs no cold chain. Parsley flakes fit that brief, and unlike chives or onion, parsley is not an allium. Ask us which crops suit your pet product. See pet food toppers.
Greens and smoothie powders use parsley as a single-ingredient green. We mill it to powder only when you ask, and the powder can be certified organic. The low product temperature during freeze drying avoids the heat that breaks down chlorophyll and vitamin C in hot-air drying. See greens and smoothie powders.
Parsley also carries color in seasoning blends, where a flake that stays green in the pack is part of what the buyer sees.
04 — What drying keeps
Color is the clearest gain; aroma varies.
Freeze drying removes water from the frozen herb under vacuum, without hot air. Green herbs dried this way keep more chlorophyll and stay greener than hot-air-dried herbs, and the porous flakes take up water quickly. They are not identical to fresh.
On aroma, published trials differ by herb and by drying method, and hot-air drying loses the most. Judge a free sample in your finished product.
In use: add flakes dry to blends, and near the end in soups and sauces. Dried parsley is concentrated by weight, so start low and adjust at the bench.
05 — Working with us
From a parsley sample to scheduled supply.
The same four steps for every ingredient in the range.
- 1
Samples
Free parsley samples, shipped globally from the plant with a spec sheet.
- 2
Trial
You test on the bench and on your line; together we set the cut, the moisture target and the lot size.
- 3
Pilot run
A first run with no minimum order and full paperwork, packed in metalized pouches with a lot number.
- 4
Supply
Scheduled lots by sea from Mombasa or by air. Shelf life is 3 years in sealed packaging.
Questions
Questions buyers ask about freeze-dried parsley.
Is your freeze-dried parsley certified organic?
Yes. Our freeze-dried parsley is certified USDA and EU Organic by Ecocert, and parsley powder can be made certified organic.
Do you sell parsley powder?
Yes, made to order. We mill parsley into powder only when a customer asks, to that customer's specification.
Can freeze-dried parsley be used in pet food?
Parsley flakes are one of the ingredients we suggest for pet food toppers: light, dry and green on kibble. Ask us which crops suit your product.
Does freeze-dried parsley stay green?
It stays greener than hot-air-dried parsley because no hot air touches the herb, though not identical to fresh.
How should freeze-dried parsley be stored?
Sealed, cool and dry. Shelf life is 3 years in sealed packaging; once opened, reseal the pouch.
Is there a minimum order for freeze-dried parsley?
No. A pilot run is developed with you, run small at the plant, then scaled to scheduled supply.
Contact us to discuss your product requirements.
Flakes, powder or a custom cut: tell us the product and we will send parsley samples with a spec sheet.
Contact us