Why do astronauts eat freeze-dried
food in space?

Food was cooked, quickly frozen, and then dehydrated in a special vacuum chamber. Freeze-dried food didn't need to be refrigerated and would last a long time. To make most freeze-dried foods, astronauts squeeze water into the food packages and then eat the food after it absorbs the water.

astronauts do this bc freeze-dried food doesn’t need to be refrigerated and lasts a long time so they can utilize it whenever needed.

this is more of a statement than a question. is there answers to go along with this, or is it opinion based?