Birds eye steamfresh frozen veggies?

Reed286
Reed286 Posts: 33
in Health and Weight Loss
Im not a big veggie eater lol but is the birds eye frozen veggies good for you? I hear people say when its frozen it loses all nutritional value sooo.. I dont want to eat it if it isnt healthy ya know?
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  • Sooze_1975
    Sooze_1975 Posts: 89 Member
    Usually frozen veggies are fine, but you have to look out for the sodium. If it has any kind of sauce on it, basically that means 'loaded with sodium'. Better to get the 'fresh' frozen, meaning just frozen veggies, no sauce included.
  • Reed286
    Reed286 Posts: 33
    I think the pack said 4g of sodium a serving ...is that a lot?
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    My kids can't eat the steamed. For some reason, they have an allergy to it.
  • TKRV
    TKRV Posts: 165 Member
    If you are looking at what I think you are, which is a mix of carrots, corn, peas and green beans, you are perfectly fine. No sauce. No added salt. Perfectly healthy.

    4g of sodium is nothing.
  • breyn2004
    breyn2004 Posts: 162 Member
    Frozen veggies are MUCH better than canned and as the above poster said, plain veggies (no sauce) are best. No, 4mg is not a lot. It sounds like you probably got plain steam fresh veggies...good choice.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    If you are looking at what I think you are, which is a mix of carrots, corn, peas and green beans, you are perfectly fine. No sauce. No added salt. Perfectly healthy.

    4g of sodium is nothing.

    4g of sodium is a LOT...100% DV (and that's intended as a MAX) is 2.5g

    luckily your bag said 4mg and you just made a mistake with the units when you posted.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    I think the pack said 4g of sodium a serving ...is that a lot?

    Do you mean 4 mg? That would be low sodium.

    The broccoli with cheese sauce is 500mg per serving .... so yummy. I add cooked carrots (no salt added) .... to double the serving size.
  • Reed286
    Reed286 Posts: 33
    Yes it is the mix of carrots, peas, green beans, and corn! And my mistake I meant 4 mg! Thanks for the replies!
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Im not a big veggie eater lol but is the birds eye frozen veggies good for you? I hear people say when its frozen it loses all nutritional value sooo.. I dont want to eat it if it isnt healthy ya know?
    Who do you hear say that? It's the exact opposite.
  • dmax82
    dmax82 Posts: 1
    Frozen vegetables are frozen at peak freshness, so they often have more nutrients than fresh vegetables you are buying in the store, assuming you are cooking both. I love Birds Eye brand. This week my local Publix has them all half price, so I loaded up. I only buy pure vegetables - the once with sauce add insane amounts of calories. I usually buy the ones that you can microwave in the bag.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    I ate a store brand of steamable frozen veggies today. I like the convenience.
  • kiddoc88
    kiddoc88 Posts: 244 Member
    I second sooze and breyn. Veggie heirarchy = fresh>frozen>canned. sauce= sodium. Better frozen than no veggies at all
  • fuhrmeister
    fuhrmeister Posts: 1,796 Member
    I live on birds eye from veggie and other frozen veggie. The steam bags are very convenient. My favs are broccoli and brussel sprouts.
  • Reed286
    Reed286 Posts: 33
    Im not a big veggie eater lol but is the birds eye frozen veggies good for you? I hear people say when its frozen it loses all nutritional value sooo.. I dont want to eat it if it isnt healthy ya know?
    Who do you hear say that? It's the exact opposite.

    My friends always say buy regular veggies instead of frozen
  • michellersalo
    michellersalo Posts: 60 Member
    Sodium limit per day is about 1500 mgs. So 4 mg is LOW, LOW, LOW!!!

    Great choice!! :)
  • Tropical_Turtle
    Tropical_Turtle Posts: 2,236 Member
    If you can not buy fresh, frozen is the next best thing. It is as close to fresh as you can get and much healthier than buying canned.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Im not a big veggie eater lol but is the birds eye frozen veggies good for you? I hear people say when its frozen it loses all nutritional value sooo.. I dont want to eat it if it isnt healthy ya know?

    Frozen = processed = unclean
  • kuroi19
    kuroi19 Posts: 45
    Regular veg give you more goodness than frozen but that does not mean frozen is not healthy. They just have less vitamins than fresh but still better than nearly all the food you can come across. So go for it.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Regular veg give you more goodness than frozen. They just have less vitamins than fresh.
    False.
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    We eat them all the time and love them! And yes, they are healthy!
  • TayzerFun
    TayzerFun Posts: 45 Member
    We eat those quite a bit at my house! We usually have the broccoli and green beans. (They do have a good brown rice one, too!) If you visit there website, you can print off coupons. :)
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    One day out of curiosity I looked up the nutritional info for fresh broccoli vs frozen broccoli. Aside from the frozen broccoli listing 0 iron, there was hardly a difference (I have low iron so it's something I wouldn't care about otherwise). I eat fresh when possible but sometimes that isn't convenient so I have lots of frozen on hand. They are perfectly fine and it's better to eat them then not eat any at all.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Vegetables, when frozen, are blanched and then quickly frozen at their freshness prime. They're often more nutritious than fresh vegetables that you buy in a store that have been early picked and ripened during shipping (with the exception of local farm veggies).
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Vegetables, when frozen, are blanched and then quickly frozen at their freshness prime. They're often more nutritious than fresh vegetables that you buy in a store that have been early picked and ripened during shipping (with the exception of local farm veggies).

    ^This. Also, budget wise it fits better than fresh because I don't have to worry about the food going bad. Sometimes plans don't always work out (food wise) and I dislike wasting food like that. Plus, I have a hard time digesting many fresh vegetables.
  • nitenichiryu
    nitenichiryu Posts: 17
    One day out of curiosity I looked up the nutritional info for fresh broccoli vs frozen broccoli. Aside from the frozen broccoli listing 0 iron, there was hardly a difference (I have low iron so it's something I wouldn't care about otherwise). I eat fresh when possible but sometimes that isn't convenient so I have lots of frozen on hand. They are perfectly fine and it's better to eat them then not eat any at all.

    Where did you look it up? Frozen actually has more iron content....also, more fiber, more calcium, more zinc...

    http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2920?fg=&man=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=&qlookup=Broccoli,+raw

    vs.

    http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2922?fg=&man=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=&qlookup=broccoli,+frozen
  • jcdoerr
    jcdoerr Posts: 172 Member
    Lately I've been eating lots of the Steamfresh brussels sprouts, my new fav. Fresh veggies do not always have more nutrients than their frozen counterparts, depending on how you cook them. I saw a study a few weeks ago that if you steam or boil the heck out of a veggie (broccoli for instance) until it gets soft, it starts to lose a lot of its original nutrients to whatever water is in the pot. I had to do a double-take on that one...because I do like my fresh broccoli to be on the softer side of cooked! :ohwell:
  • twinketta
    twinketta Posts: 2,130 Member
    Im not a big veggie eater lol but is the birds eye frozen veggies good for you? I hear people say when its frozen it loses all nutritional value sooo.. I dont want to eat it if it isnt healthy ya know?

    Frozen = processed = unclean

    Birds eye steam fresh veg can be cooked in the microwave and are no more unhealthy or unclean as vegetables that are overcooked from fresh?

    Vegetables are vitamin soluble so if you cook them from fresh from the ground then you can lose all the nutrients if you overcook them in water.

    If you are going to cook veggies then stir fry or eat raw. If not go with steam packs.
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
    Vegetables, when frozen, are blanched and then quickly frozen at their freshness prime. They're often more nutritious than fresh vegetables that you buy in a store that have been early picked and ripened during shipping (with the exception of local farm veggies).

    ^This. Also, budget wise it fits better than fresh because I don't have to worry about the food going bad. Sometimes plans don't always work out (food wise) and I dislike wasting food like that. Plus, I have a hard time digesting many fresh vegetables.

    ^All of this.
  • mustang6411
    mustang6411 Posts: 89 Member
    Love those, easy to make on a busy night.
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Vegetables, when frozen, are blanched and then quickly frozen at their freshness prime. They're often more nutritious than fresh vegetables that you buy in a store that have been early picked and ripened during shipping (with the exception of local farm veggies).

    ^This. Also, budget wise it fits better than fresh because I don't have to worry about the food going bad. Sometimes plans don't always work out (food wise) and I dislike wasting food like that. Plus, I have a hard time digesting many fresh vegetables.

    ^All of this.

    Because it's worth quoting again :wink:

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