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THE SEASON ENDS. THE CRUNCH DOESN'T.
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ASTROVE freeze-dried Alphonso mango chunks, showing the porous open structure left behind after freeze-drying

Freeze-Dried Fruit The season ends. The crunch doesn’t.

Most dried fruit meets heat.
Ours meets the cold first.

ASTROVE freezes real fruit first, then removes its water under vacuum rather than relying on prolonged hot-air drying.

The fruit stays unmistakably itself.
The texture becomes something else entirely.

Alphonso. Jamun. Pineapple.
They just crunch now.

  • One fruit
  • One ingredient
Try all three — ₹599 Shop individual fruits

20g packs from ₹225

Three fruits. Three textures. Nothing else.

Alphonso Mango. Jamun. Pineapple. Start with the full range, then come back for the one you can’t stop thinking about.

The three ASTROVE 20g pouches standing side by side: Alphonso Mango Chunks, Jamun Chunks and Pineapple Slices
First Harvest

ASTROVE First Harvest Trio

Alphonso Mango, Jamun and Pineapple. Three pouches. Three distinct textures. The fastest way to find the one you’ll come back for.

₹599 3 × 20g ₹675 Save ₹76

Single fruits₹225 each All three ₹599

01 / THE PRINCIPLEWHAT WE BELIEVE

THE INGREDIENT LIST
IS THE PRODUCT.

Alphonso Mango. Jamun. Pineapple.
Nothing added to make the fruit more convincing.

Naturally occurring sugars remain.

WE REMOVE THE WATER.
NOT THE FRUIT.

A fresh jamun cut in half, its deep purple flesh wet and radiating from the stone cavity. The same jamun freeze-dried: a dry, matte piece opened into a deep purple honeycomb of pores.

≈200–225G Fresh fruit

20G Freeze-dried fruit

One ingredient 24 months Nothing added

02 / HOW IT WORKSFOUR STEPS / ONE INGREDIENT

ALPHONSO / ICE / VAPOUR / CRUNCH

THE SCIENCE IS COMPLEX.
THE INGREDIENT LIST ISN'T.

We freeze the fruit, then let its ice leave as vapour under reduced pressure rather than melting away as water. What is left is light, porous and emphatically crisp — and still tastes recognisably like the fruit it started as.

ASTROVE Alphonso Mango Chunks pouch
01
SELECTALPHONSO / PEAK
STEP 01 / SELECT

NAMED FRUIT.
NOT GENERIC FLAVOUR.

Not generic flavour.

We begin with recognisable Alphonso Mango. Because no machine can manufacture the aroma, colour and character the fruit did not bring with it.

STEP 02 / FREEZE

FROZEN FIRST.
STRUCTURE, ARRESTED.

Structure arrested.

Freezing turns the fruit's water to ice before drying begins. That is the first reason the finished piece can keep its visible form.

STEP 03 / SUBLIMATE

ICE LEAVES.
CRUNCH ARRIVES.

Crunch arrives.

Under reduced pressure, ice bypasses the liquid stage and leaves as vapour. Less water means the fruit becomes lighter, drier and emphatically crisp.

STEP 04 / SEAL

SEALED DRY.
SEALED AT THE SNAP.

Sealed at the snap.

Once dry, the fruit is sealed into one precise pouch — protected from moisture and oxygen, and ready for the desk, commute or 4pm decision.

COREFRUIT / PEAK
FIELDAMBIENT
RESULTINTACT

SCROLL THROUGH THE PROCESSREAL FRUIT. NOTHING ELSE.

How freeze-drying worksFreeze-dried vs dehydrated

What comes out

In soft.Out crunchy.

Freeze-drying removes the water without relying on high heat, helping preserve more of what was already in the fruit.

Texture
SofttoCrunchy
Flavour
As pickedtoMore intense
Moisture
Mostly waterto4.0% max
Shelf life
In seasonto24 months

Manufacturer product specification for all three ASTROVE SKUs, not a single-batch test result.

Compared with conventional hot-air dehydration. Retention varies by fruit, nutrient, process conditions and storage.

04 / THE ORIGINSTHREE FRUITS / THREE STORIES

THREE FRUITS. THREE ORIGINS.
THREE OBJECTS OF DESIRE.

Every ASTROVE pouch begins with a fruit people already know by name. We keep its identity visible, its character intact and the ingredient list radically short.

01 / 03

01 / ALPHONSO MANGO

Alphonso Mango Chunks

There are mangoes. Then there is the mango people request by name. Orange-gold Alphonso becomes a crisp 20g interruption to the long wait between seasons.

  • 20gNet per pouch
  • ₹225Per pouch
  • One ingredient
  • No added sugar
  • No added preservatives

01 / 03

02 / JAMUN

Jamun Chunks

Spiced tartness. A gentle astringent pull. Then a decisive crunch. Jamun already had complexity; ASTROVE gives that familiar summer fruit a new architecture.

  • 20gNet per pouch
  • ₹225Per pouch
  • One ingredient
  • No added sugar
  • No added preservatives

01 / 03

03 / PINEAPPLE

Pineapple Slices

Bright pineapple, vivid acidity and a clean crunch. Pure fruit, with nothing added.

  • 20gNet per pouch
  • ₹225Per pouch
  • One ingredient
  • No added sugar
  • No added preservatives

Before you order

Fruit does not
normally do this.

What it tastes like, why it crunches, how much fresh fruit goes into a pouch, and which one to start with.

Why does freeze-dried fruit taste so intense?

Because most of the water is gone.

Fresh fruit is largely water. Freeze-drying removes most of that water while leaving the fruit itself behind.

What changes is the experience: the fruit becomes incredibly light and crisp, but still tastes unmistakably like the fruit it came from.

No flavouring. No syrup. No imitation.

Just fruit, with most of the water removed.

How much fresh fruit goes into one 20g pouch?

Approximately 200–225g of fresh fruit goes into one 20g pouch. Freeze-drying removes most of the water, leaving 20g of freeze-dried fruit. Exact input varies by fruit, season and batch.

Why is freeze-dried fruit crunchy instead of chewy?

Because freeze-drying removes water in a very different way.

The fruit is frozen first. Under vacuum, the frozen water leaves directly as vapour — a process called sublimation.

That leaves behind a dry, porous structure instead of the dense, flexible texture associated with conventional dried fruit.

  • MangoCrisp and light
  • JamunAiry with a tart crunch
  • PineappleBright with a firm snap

Same fruit. Completely different texture.

What is the difference between freeze-dried fruit and dehydrated fruit?

Both remove water. The biggest difference is how they remove it.

Conventional dehydration typically uses warm air or heat over time. Freeze-drying freezes the fruit first, then removes the frozen water directly as vapour under vacuum through a process called sublimation.

Because freeze-drying avoids the prolonged heat exposure typical of conventional hot-air drying, it generally preserves heat-sensitive nutrients and bioactive compounds better. It also does a better job of protecting the fruit’s colour, aroma and porous structure.

  • Dehydrated fruitTypically dried with warm air or heat over time. More heat exposure. Usually denser, softer and chewier.
  • Freeze-dried fruitFrozen first, then dried under vacuum. Generally better retention of heat-sensitive nutrients and bioactive compounds. Light, porous and crisp.

Less heat. Better retention. Completely different crunch.

Retention varies by fruit, nutrient and processing conditions.

And ASTROVE keeps the fruit simple.

  • One fruit ingredient
  • No added sugar
  • No added preservatives
  • No syrup
  • No coating

What am I actually paying ₹225 for?

Fruit — and what it takes to remove almost all of its water.

A 20g ASTROVE pouch starts with a great deal more fresh fruit than it finishes with.

Then comes the difficult part.

  • The fruit is frozen
  • Pressure is reduced
  • Frozen water leaves through sublimation
  • The finished fruit is packed dry, light and crisp

ASTROVE keeps the formula deliberately simple: one fruit ingredient, no added sugar, no added preservatives.

You are not paying for a longer ingredient list. You are paying for the fruit and the process required to turn fresh fruit into a shelf-stable crunch.

The pouch is light because the water is gone. The fruit input is not.

How freeze-drying actually works

Which fruit should I buy first?
  • Alphonso MangoRich. Fragrant. Naturally sweet.The easiest place to start.
  • JamunDeep. Tart. Slightly wild.Probably the one you have never experienced like this before.
  • PineappleBright. Tangy. Aggressively crisp.The sharpest crunch of the three.

Cannot choose? That is why the First Harvest Trio exists.

Why buy the First Harvest Trio?

Because ASTROVE is not three flavours of the same snack. It is three different fruits with three completely different experiences. The First Harvest Trio lets you experience all three at once.

  • Alphonso Mango20g
  • Jamun20g
  • Pineapple20g

₹599₹675Save ₹76

If this is your first ASTROVE order, start here.

Try all three — ₹599

Is there added sugar?

No.

Nothing is added to make the fruit sweeter. No added sugar. No syrup. No artificial sweetener.

The sugars present occur naturally in the fruit.

Why would I choose this over fresh fruit?

Sometimes you should eat fresh fruit. ASTROVE is for all the times fresh fruit is inconvenient.

  • No washing
  • No peeling
  • No cutting
  • No refrigeration before opening
  • No bruised banana at the bottom of your bag
  • No pineapple juice running down your hands

Fresh fruit when you can. ASTROVE when you cannot.

Will it actually stay crunchy?

Yes, if you keep moisture away from it.

Freeze-dried fruit readily absorbs humidity. That is why ASTROVE comes in a resealable pouch.

Open it. Eat what you want. Seal it again.

Protect the fruit from moisture and protect the crunch.

What is the simplest reason to try ASTROVE?

Because fruit does not normally behave like this.

  • MangoAlphonso Mango that crunches
  • JamunJamun that almost disappears when you bite it
  • PineapplePineapple that snaps

One ingredient created the entire experience.

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