Is it true that the very second that vegetables get frozen, they lose ALL of there Nutritional value???!
Where my thoughts were that they benefited my diet but they thought otherwise.
i always believed that veg lost some of their goodness once frozen but my family is adamant that they dont lose some but rather ALL of it.
So whats the truth?
Answers: I had a debate about the relavance of frozen spincah and sweet corn as an addition to my meal with my family.
Where my thoughts were that they benefited my diet but they thought otherwise.
i always believed that veg lost some of their goodness once frozen but my family is adamant that they dont lose some but rather ALL of it.
So whats the truth?
No... they are still full of horrible goodness!!!
They do NOT lose all of their nutritional value. Not as good as fresh but better than canned in terms of nutrition
All the nutrients are maintained once the veg is frozen, it depends on the way it's cooked as to how much you lose
Thats a myth. Google it and you will see.
No they dont loose their nutritional value .. they actually stay there and they are more healthy than the unfrozen one!!
They still possess nutritional value. What really takes the nutrients out of veggies is the way they're cooked. They should really just be blanched to keep as much of the nutrients in as possible.
That is absolute rubbish. Vegetables which have been frozen for a month will have far more nutritional value than ones that have just been sitting around for a month.
And they'll be more appetising!
If frozen quickly - within a few hours they lose little if any - any longer and with exposure to the air - they lose more - BUT NOT ALL.
No it's not true.
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No, it's not true. Actually, since vegetables are frozen very soon after they're picked, they retain MORE nutrients than most fresh purchased in a grocery store, because the more time that elapses between picking and eating, the more nutrients are lost. Canned vegetables, however, do have less nutrients.
That is completely untrue. More is lost through the vegetables sitting around waiting to be processed. Also, you need to lightly steam vegetable to get the most nutrients. Almost all of them are lost when you boil the crap out of them.
That is what I understand what happens.
i dont belive they do
they get frozen, molecules move less when frozen
they lose a lot of their nutrients when boiled in water
steaming them is better
they may lose a very little bit of their vitamins , but other than that freezing doesn't do very much to food . nothing changes to the amount of sugars / starch / fat , gluten etc which they contain
freezing break your vegetable's cells
which , has consequences of course.. for example , an unfrozen banana will go black and bad very quickly .
so ,
things you put in the freezer will not be the same as when you put them in ,
if you use them as soon as they are defrosted , they should have approx the same nutritional value as before..
also , freezing will kill a fair amount of bacteria , being good or bad, so never freeze cheese that has to ripen longer , like camembert , or other soft cheeses , when you pull them out they will not ripen but they will rotten. , you CAN however put a ripe cheese in , and consume it straight after you take it out .
I have never heard that freezing takes away ALL of the nutrients. The canning process it more likely to leave little nutrition behind. I eat fresh when possible, but generally frozen is more available year round. What I rarely have is canned fruits/vegetables except for tomato products such as sauces/pastes.
No, its not true.
In some countries they use "frozen" as a selling point !, advertising that it captures the goodness and prevents it from decaying.
Sure, thats advertising so they are likely to push the envelope of truth, but the arguement has been tested by the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK and they upheld the manufacturues claim that more vitimins were present in frozen food than 3 day old fresh crops.
What kills the nutriants is the way we cook the veggies to death.
Frozen vegetables have more nutrients in them than the so called (fresh) ones sitting in the grocery store for days and being drowned under water sprays.
they dont lose many at all and some have more than the fresh ones that have been hanging round a warehouse b4 getting to the shop
Nature has the best storage facility , any thing detached from its roots starts losing its value . No cold storage can be equal to natural storage.
finally there is always a erosion in nutritous value in cold storage with time
vegetables losses it's nutritional value even after five minutes when kept open beocz of dehydration. It's like no blood no life so if losses the water portion than they losses nutrition value.
absolutely not true.
Vitamins & nutrients are locked in once the food is frozen, indeed much of what people class as fresh fruit & veg actually have very little or no nutritional value.
If it isnt locally produced then it could have been in storage or transit for weeks. Vitamins & minerals deteriate at a rate of around 40% every 3 days.
Frozen food is often frozen within hours of being picked so can is actually better.
No, they don't lose all their nutritional value if frozen. What happens when food is frozen is that the cell walls are broken down and so defrosted frozen food becomes squidgy especially things like carrots, spinach. (pastry and bread goes hard as freezing dehydrates it.) For fruit and veg you should blanch it before freezing i.e put briefly in boiling water then drain this par cooks the food and lessens the damage to the cell walls. All frozen food should be well wrapped to prevent further damage. When you cook frozen vegs use a steamer to keep maximum nutrients in. Frozen vegs are better for you than tinned or prepared in a ready meal or overcooked.
actually your family is very wrong a lot of veggies are actually better for you when they are frozen. because they are usually frozen as soon as they are picked still on the farm so to speak then they are shipped to manufacturers where as "fresh" veggies or i should say UN-frozen veggies will lose nutritional value after time and not only will they lose value they decompose quickly. think of it this way if you were to catch a fish wanted to put it in the freezer for a later day would you freeze t immediately or would you wait a few days and then freeze it. same concept ... frozen are fresher.
Nope - completely the opposite, freezing actually slows down/stops the vegetable losing its nutritional value.
Sometimes frozen veg are more nutritious than the so called fresh veg in the supermarket
They do not lose all their value from freezing.