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by Judy Wellsworth

When you first hear the term dehydrated onion, you would probably wonder, who in the world would want to use a dehydrated onion? For one thing, whenever an onion is required in a recipe, what you always do is take a fresh onion and chop away. This is also what your mother did, as well as your grandmother. There is nobody you know who uses dehydrated onions in cooking. Furthermore, you do not even know what a dehydrated onion looks like...or so you think.

Practically everybody has eaten something with dehydrated onion in it - maybe as often as everyday, for some people. Unless you are a vegetarian, I'm sure you have probably eaten a McDonald's hamburger at least once in your life. Tiny pieces of dehydrated onions are in this burger mix that America consumes by the millions each year.

Of course, chances are you have never seen what these dehydrated onions look like outside of the burger. And even if you do know what they look like, you probably would not want to eat it or use it in your cooking. They are not very aesthetically appealing, although they are a quite useful ingredient in many fast foods and instant foods.

Speaking of instant foods, dehydrated onions are very much in demand by manufacturers of instant soups. Dehydrated soups are very popular among young people today primarily because of their convenience.

Because of the large volume of instant soups that are produced each year, a large supply of dehydrated onions is also needed. Due to this demand, dehydrated onions are regularly imported from other countries like China and India.

Because of the compact nature of dehydrated onions, they are much more easily imported than the fresh varieties. Shipping of these vegetables is also more convenient and much cheaper.

Even if dehydrated onions are not generally used in home cooking, they are essential in other food industries, and they are sure to be around for a very long time.

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