Vegetables may lose 50% of their nutritional quality after harvest 📉

Fresher is better! Or does it depend on the veggie?

A comparison of the vitamin C content of fresh and frozen vegetables

Background

Vitamin C is commonly used in research as a marker of nutritional quality of fresh and frozen vegetables 🥬

It is a popular belief that “fresher is better” regarding most foods or food products, but implementing this belief is not always practical or cost-effective ⏳

So how much…