Are canned fruits and vegetables as nutritious as fresh or frozen?
For the most part, research says, canned foods are quite comparable to their fresh or frozen counterparts. In fact, a comprehensive, two-part review of the literature comparing fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables, published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture in 2007, revealed that fresh produce loses more nutrients than you might think during storage and cooking. Because of that, canned or frozen products often contain as many or more nutrients than the fresh produce you might find at the grocery store. In fact, according to the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, fresh fruits and vegetables could lose nearly half of their vitamins within a few days if not chilled or preserved properly. Even when produce is kept refrigerated, vitamin content can deteriorate over one to two weeks. But it’s not all cut and dried. According to the 2007 study, different nutrients behave differently in different foods and under different conditi
