Today we find in the market a variety of vegetables and fruits in different presentations, being the most frequent fresh and frozen, however, the former can be bought once a week and refrigerated at home before use.
Although there are three valid ways to eat fruits and vegetables today we show you the nutrients they have in their
Nutritional differences between fresh, refrigerated and frozen
It is not the first time to evaluate nutrient differences between fresh and frozen vegetables and fruits, however, a recent study published in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis included in the nutritional analysis another category: vegetables stored in refrigerator that is the form Most common in that consumers usually conserve these foods until consumption, but also, is a frequent form of storage in large supermarket chains.
The results reveal that the differences are not significant between the three forms, however, frozen foods have more nutrients than fresh refrigerated and similar nutritional concentrations or in some cases more than fresh foods, since the latter lose nutrients during their transfer, something Which does not occur when they are already frozen.Thus, storage in the refrigerator for five days (which is not too much) can lead to loss of different nutrients in fresh vegetables and fruits and in this case, it is always best to opt for frozen ones that retain their properties better.
The frozen fruits and vegetables not only allow us to overcome seasonality, but also, buy once in large quantities and keep in the freezer for a long time without losing good nutrients for the body.
If you do like me buying fresh fruits and vegetables once for the whole week, you should know that maybe it is time to change, it seems, it is better to buy these fresh foods more often to not refrigerate them for many days or opt for Frozen if you know you will not consume it soon.Even we can whiten vegetables or give them a quick steaming and freeze them at home if we know that in at least three days we will not use them for cooking.