The World of Dried Foods: Dried foods are now used a large variety of ways. They are used in trail mix, fruit roll-ups, baby food, cereals, MRE’s, soup mixes and many other foods including meals aboard the Space Shuttle. They retain most of nutrients and just by adding water you can return them to their predried state. So let’s get started and discover how fun and easy it is to use dried foods in our everyday lives as well as in our long term food storage program.