Frozen Food just as good as fresh.

Author:Emma Trudgill

A new scientific report has disproved the common assumption that fresh food has greater nutritional value than frozen. In some cases, fresh food may even have less nutritional value due to deterioration in the supply chain and does not always offer “nutritional superiority”.

Researchers, from the Centre for Food Innovation at Sheffield Hallam University on behalf of The British Frozen Food Frederation (BFFF) and Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA), investigated the nutritional value of fresh and frozen foods.

Comparing nutritional content of fresh and frozen food, the research showed that frozen food can be nutrionally comparable or in some cases nutrionally superior. The study states that frozen food is frozen shortly after being harvested locking in the nutrients and vitamins.

Lead researcher Charlotte Harden said: “We must disregard the mistaken view that fresh food is always better for us than frozen food.”

Chairman of LACA Beverly Baker welcomed the report and said: “It supports our long held belief that there is no significant difference in nutrional quality between fresh and frozen produce.”