Is Fresh Fruit or Frozen Fruit better

lcastillo36

I'm wanting to know if fresh fruit is better or is frozen fruit better I like frozen peaches and strawberries but i also like fresh strawberries as well. I also like grapes and oranges as well, I'm also looking for ideas for healthy snacks and healthy dinner ideas as well please feel free to send me ideas

livingleanlivingclean

Better for what? I buy frozen organic berries because fresh are too expensive and not available all year.

Alatariel75

From the moment they are picked, fruit and vegetables begin to degrade nutritionally. "Fresh" fruit, depending where you get it can actually be weeks old, having been kept in cold storage. This is especially true if it is out of season. Thus the fruit you get in a supermarket may really not be very fresh at all.

Frozen fruit (and veg) is usually frozen reasonably shortly after being picked, and the nutrients are frozen along with it. So in many cases, frozen is actually better, as the nutrient levels have been preserved.

The best of all is truly fresh fruit, from your own trees/plants or from a farmer's market or the like.

lcastillo36

Great thank you im gonna get some frozen fruit and veggies and keep them in the house

Ilikelamps

for throwing at people? frozen...To eat right now? fresh

Christine_72

Alatariel75 wrote: »

From the moment they are picked, fruit and vegetables begin to degrade nutritionally. "Fresh" fruit, depending where you get it can actually be weeks old, having been kept in cold storage. This is especially true if it is out of season. Thus the fruit you get in a supermarket may really not be very fresh at all.

Frozen fruit (and veg) is usually frozen reasonably shortly after being picked, and the nutrients are frozen along with it. So in many cases, frozen is actually better, as the nutrient levels have been preserved.

The best of all is truly fresh fruit, from your own trees/plants or from a farmer's market or the like.

That does make total sense. I've recently swapped over from fresh berries to frozen ones. I've never been a frozen fruit or veggie person, but because berries are out of season now I have no choice but to swap over to frozen... I just hope they do contain the same nutrients as the "fresh" stuff.

EvgeniZyntx

Alatariel75 wrote: »

From the moment they are picked, fruit and vegetables begin to degrade nutritionally. "Fresh" fruit, depending where you get it can actually be weeks old, having been kept in cold storage. This is especially true if it is out of season. Thus the fruit you get in a supermarket may really not be very fresh at all.

Frozen fruit (and veg) is usually frozen reasonably shortly after being picked, and the nutrients are frozen along with it. So in many cases, frozen is actually better, as the nutrient levels have been preserved.

The best of all is truly fresh fruit, from your own trees/plants or from a farmer's market or the like.

Partially true.
Freezing and the processing for it destroys some of nutrients and flavor. Degradation also continues, albeit much slower.

But, yes, fresh, locally sourced fruit / vegetables are always the best choice.

But, but, if you like frozen or appreciate the convenience - there isn't anything particularly bad with it.

LKArgh

Freezing always destroys some of the vitamins, but how the fruit where processed, how long they are stored, how you store your fresh fruit etc, everything counts. Now as for flavour, to be honest, while I can consume frozen veggies no problem, the taste and texture of frozen fruit seems to me so unnatural, that I can only use them in smoothies or cooking.

Christine_72

Yeah, I wouldn't be able to eat frozen fruit straight up! I only use them for my smoothies.

livingleanlivingclean

christinev297 wrote: »

Yeah, I wouldn't be able to eat frozen fruit straight up! I only use them for my smoothies.

Lots of fruit is really nice frozen - berries, grapes, pineapple, banana, mango, melon, kiwi. I freeze them on purpose haha

PeachyCarol

I can't afford my berry habit if I go fresh except when they're in season and the farm has them. THEN I buy them fresh.

Otherwise, frozen are just fine for smoothies, or partially defrosted... stirred into yogurt.

Sarasmaintaining

I'm not a big fan of fruit and don't eat a lot of it. What I mostly eat is the blueberries that I flash freeze every summer that I pick from a U-Pick farm. Last year I picked over 30lbs and I still have some left. I use them in muffin recipes, in yogurt and in oatmeal. Besides that I can't remember the last time I had other fruit? I do like cherries so when cherry season opens up I'll go to a U-Pick farm and get those, though they don't freeze well so that's a seasonal treat. Oh and the occasional banana-sometimes I'll cut one up in my oatmeal, maybe one a month?

eta: for veggies-I do eat a LOT of these and I do a mix of fresh/frozen. Right now I have 10 red and orange bell peppers in my fridge that I will cut up and eat with ranch. I also have around 5lbs of green bell peppers frozen in my freezer that I use for stirfry's. I eat a lot of veggie/rice stirfrys and prefer frozen veggies for those

isulo_kura

aggelikik wrote: »

Freezing always destroys some of the vitamins,.

No it doesn't that's a myth. It can destroy other things such as texture etc but it doesn't destroy vitamins. Most fruits in stores are frozen so quickly even a lot of the texture is kept. I eat both fresh fruit when in season frozen when not.

kristydi

Fresh for eating as is, usually only in season. Frozen for smoothies, homemade popscicles, and baking.

ahamm002

They're both very healthy. Eat whichever you prefer.