2006-11-21 03:57:32 · 28 answers · asked by Miss M 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
fresh. so long as it is absolutely fresh
2006-11-21 03:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by Lucy Chik 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You will doubtless get a bunch of people telling you that "fresh is always best". This is not always so.
While some nutrients are invariably lost in the freezing process, the time from field (where the completely ripe fruits and veg are picked) to the freezer bag can be as little as a few hours. A quick but thorough wash and "bango" suspended animation!
"Fresh" foods are often harvested early, while green (and sometimes before they've developed all of the vitamins they might), in order to have them appear ready in the market. Their exposure to handling, air, dropping, etc, can cause damage, and you have no real guarantee as to how long that green bean has been sitting around...that's right... losing nutrients.
Canning and freezing have both come a long way from the snowy, dry and gray bricks of lima beans, that used to be the standard. Some are better than others.
Really? It's a tossup. Fresh corn and tomatoes in season will always beat canned or frozen, but peas? I'll take frozen any day!
2006-11-21 04:07:08 · answer #2 · answered by HeldmyW 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it's fresh food that has just been picked from your own garden, then it's fresh without a doubt...if it hasn't come straight out of your garden, then frozen is best as it has far more nutrients and vitamins because it is frozen shortly after being picked, which makes it fresher than fresh food which may have taken days to get to the shops, been days on display, and then days in your kitchen before being cooked.
2006-11-21 04:09:57 · answer #3 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fresh
2006-11-21 04:19:29 · answer #4 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fresh
2006-11-21 03:58:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fresh food which is really fresh is healthiest but it is not easy to get hold of it. Frozen food is also good, if it is cooked and frozen while really fresh. "Fresh" food which has been on the supermarket shelves for days is probably not very good. Processed food is worst.
2006-11-21 06:03:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The results for the frozen vegetables showed that there was very little difference between fresh and frozen vegetables in the vitamins and mineral content," concluded Dr Skurry.
They were almost the same! Specifically, the fresh vegies had marginally higher levels of calcium and potassium, and in our third test for vitamin C, the frozen vegies proved to have almost twice as much as the fresh produce.
"When frozen foods are made, they snap freeze product after blanching and this preserves the vitamins, so you don't get any loss," says Dr Skurry.
Vegetables lose goodness the longer they're out of the ground. Frozen vegies are picked at the peak of their season and quickly packed, while fresh vegies can be a lottery.
"If you have had things that were fresh sitting around on supermarket shelves for a while, they can start to lose some of their nutritional value just from exposure to air and light," says Aloysa Hourigan from Nutrition Australia.
In fairness to Andrew's mates at the fresh food market, their produce did travel all the way to Sydney for testing, which won't have helped their results.
Conclusion
While it was neck-and-neck in our vegies test, with frozen winning out when it came to Vitamin C, overall fresh produce had the more nutrients. When it comes to fresh vegies, your best bet is consuming them as soon as possible after they're harvested. If you can't eat them that quickly, frozen becomes a good option.
In regards to Andrew's frozen steak, the fresh meat it was compared to had similar levels of protein and magnesium, but the three-year-old frozen steak had 20 percent more iron.
"It could be because it came from a different cut of meat; different cuts of meat have different iron contents," says Dr Skurry. "Freezing preserves the iron — there's nothing that can really happen during freezing with the iron content, and that goes for all the minerals."
That said, Dr Skurry would not eat the three year old steak. After that long, the fat can break down and become toxic.
"You definitely wouldn't want to be eating anything that's been in the freezer for more than 12 months," he says.
2006-11-21 04:00:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would have to disagree with many of you and say that frozen "may" be more nutritious. (home garden grown excepted). The reason being, vegetables, for example are flash frozen as soon as they are picked, while "fresh" have to be transported all around the country. By the time it reaches your market, it may be two days old. Fish also is another one that is flash frozen as soon as the boat docks. Canned foods may not look very appetising on the plate, but they may actually be as good as fresh because of the rapid processing.
2006-11-21 04:08:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as it is fresh food and not something that has been laid around for a week then fresh is best,otherwise go for good quality frozen,again don't keep it your freezer for a year before using it though!
2006-11-21 04:00:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fresh, especially veg. I find that frozen veg doesn`t cook up as well as fresh. Also frozen food can be susceptible to "freezer burns," if not packed properly. I think the quality of food starts to deteriorate after a while in the freezer.
2006-11-21 04:10:13 · answer #10 · answered by The BudMiester 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hiya!! thats a tricky question coz all food wheter it be fresh or frozen has its good points..and a lot of people tend to freeze fresh foods to use at a later date.good luck
2006-11-21 10:28:15 · answer #11 · answered by chick07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋