Like frozen spinach, corn, carrot, ess
Frozen vegetables are cut at a point of peak ripeness and their vitamins are preserved by the cold. Fresh vegetables lose some of their vitamins through oxidation, especially when exposed to higher temperatures.
Fresh and ripe fruits and vegetables with minimal heat exposure will be best for a day or two, but frozen ones will remain almost ideal for weeks.
Yes, absolutely, sometimes more.
Frozen vegetables are flash frozen at their peak. So, if you learn how to cook them properly (heat up with butter + garlic etc., don’t boil with water), you’re in good shape!
they have more vitamins than fresh veggies! they get shock frozen which means they keep all the nutrients, whereas fresh veggies, are on long journeys, or are altered to look fresh longer in the supermarkets light.
Yes they pretty much do. However, considering many individuals in developed countries do not consume enough vegetables eating vegetables in the first place should be your primary focus. If frozen is more convenient for you than by all means get it. Do not be shamed into doing what doesn’t work for you.
I think it depends on how quickly they’re frozen, Birds Eye pick their vegetables when they are perfectly ripe, and freeze them in a matter of hours.
Don’t over cook your veggies, you don’t want to lose all the nutrients, maybe try stir-frying them for extra flavour 😋
This is a wrong question. Always indicate what you mean by “nutrient”.
You have micro and macro nutrients. Micro is your mineral and vitamins. Macro is your carb, fat, and proteins. Also fibres.
Also, keep in mind that just because frozen has more ripeness preserved, doesn’t mean it’s better if you are considering the effect of pesticides that could be present and not washed away. So yes on the vitamin dimension you might have better deal, but on the control of pesticides, you would do better to buy fresh.
I would generally go for fresh. I select leafy greens to make up for all the good quality micro nutrients. It’s environment friendlier too since there isn’t plastic packaging or an extra carbon producing freezing operation added.
I took a nutrition class in college and my professor had explained to us that frozen is a really good alternative to fresh sometimes even better because it stays fresher longer. It freezes the nutrition value with the food basically.
Frozen vegetables need to be blanched before they are frozen, so some vitamins are lost that would be in fresh even if they are a few days old. It’s not that many, and frozen is kind of the way to go when vegetables are out of season, especially if you supplement with sprouts or a few fresh in the cabbage family like broccoli or kale. Mostly just get some vegetables and try to eat a rainbow of colors.