Frozen food is more nutritious?
After years of being shunned, could it turn out that frozen food is actually better for us than fresh?
Earlier this year research commissioned by the British Frozen Food Federation, and carried out by researchers at Leatherhead Food Research and the University of Chester suggested that frozen fruit and vegetables may contain higher levels of essential vitamins and potentially healthy antioxidants than their fresh counterparts after three days of storage.
“Our data concluded that the concentrations of antioxidant compounds measured in frozen resembled those observed in corresponding fresh produce prior to refrigerated storage," explained Professor Graham Bonwick from the University of Chester - who led one of the studies.
"However, unlike frozen, some fresh produce concentrations exhibited a decrease during refrigerated storage to levels below those observed in the corresponding frozen produce," he said. "The effects were most noticeable in soft fruits.”