By Sean Poulter Consumer Affairs Editor For The Daily Mail
Published: 01:07 GMT, 25 February 2019 | Updated: 01:40 GMT, 25 February 2019
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We are always told that one of the best ways to stay healthy is to eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.
But tests have shown the ‘fresh is best’ mantra may not be true after all – and that frozen or tinned fruit and vegetables are just as nutritious.
Scientists examined vitamin C levels in raspberries, pineapples, sweetcorn, carrots and peas – and found little difference between fresh or frozen.
In some cases, frozen varieties actually contained higher levels of the vitamin.
Of all the samples, it was frozen raspberries and peas which had the highest levels, while fresh raspberries had the least.
There was barely any difference between frozen and fresh pineapple for levels of the vitamin – but both had more than tinned. This was also the case with carrots.
For sweetcorn, the fresh pack had the most but the tinned variety had more than the frozen.
The reason for the results is that often fresh produce has been transported long distances and left sitting around in warehouses and on supermarket shelves
