Still drying your own fruit?
Does that make cents?
See what in-house dehydrating really costs once fruit shrinkage, labor, spoilage, and equipment are counted — and what the same garnish costs from Blue Henry.
Fully loaded. Defaults to the US average for food prep labor: $16.98 an hour plus a 23.6% employer burden (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Fine-tune the numbers
bruised fruit, failed batches
slicing, traying, packing, cleanup
spread over 3 yrs of use
12+ hr runs add up
counter + storage the machine ties up
Fresh-to-dried yield is set per fruit: roughly 7–11 lbs of fresh fruit per dried lb, because fruit is mostly water.
Your estimated savings with Blue Henry
$0 a year
Drying it yourself
$0 / dried lb
- Fresh fruit + spoilage$0
- Labor$0
- Equipment & energy$0
- Kitchen space$0
- Monthly total$0
- Your team’s time0 hrs
Every batch also needs 7 to 10 days of conditioning, shaken daily and watched for condensation, before it is safe to store.
Blue Henry, ready to garnish
$0 / lb
- Your monthly supply$0
- Labor$0
- Equipment & energy$0
- Kitchen space$0
- Monthly total$0
- Your team’s timenone
Estimates only. Blue Henry pricing follows the 2026 bulk rate sheet. Bulk minimums apply to the whole order in any combination of fruit, so the 10, 60, and 360 lb rates are applied automatically once your monthly program reaches them. Your food, labor, and utility costs may vary.
