BUYING GUIDES May 14, 2026 20 min read
Dehydrated vs Fresh Onion: The Real Cost per Kilo of Onion in Your Recipe
A kilogram of dried onion costs five times a kilogram of fresh and replaces eight or nine of them, which is where the comparison starts and where most people stop. The full comparison adds waste, peeling and chopping labour, cold storage, the price swings through the year, the microbiology a plant must manage and the consistency it does not get. The method, the numbers and four worked cases.
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