Mangos and other fruits at WholeFoods have been frozen

[Linda1970]

Yesterday, I had a chat with a guy working at the produce department at WholeFoods. I asked him if they can bring in U.S. mangos because the imported fruits don't smell/taste as good due to hot water treatments. He told me that they don't smell great because they have been frozen. :eek: He said that a lot of fruits that they carry and are not in season have been frozen. He said that this is a standard practice. :eek: :mad:

[juliebove]

Yesterday, I had a chat with a guy working at the produce department at WholeFoods. I asked him if they can bring in U.S. mangos because the imported fruits don't smell/taste as good due to hot water treatments. He told me that they don't smell great because they have been frozen. :eek: He said that a lot of fruits that they carry and are not in season have been frozen. He said that this is a standard practice. :eek: :mad:

Does that mean they have been given a hot water treatment and then been frozen? If they have just been frozen would they not still be raw?

[Linda1970]

Does that mean they have been given a hot water treatment and then been frozen? If they have just been frozen would they not still be raw?

Yes, you're right. I would think that they are still raw but just very very NOT fresh.

[Judy]

And they are not very 'alive' anymore. Also, freezing damages the molecules in fruit or something. I don't know where I read that exactly, so I can't post the link. You can certainly google it up. But besides that, it's just not fresh. Fresh is always the best.

[RawChicky]

that's it I'm starting my own farm :mad:

[Graciebeliever]

Boy you are not kidding about starting your own farm or going to live on a desert isalnd with all the mangos, papaya, bananas and young coconuts you can manage!!
*sigh* Oh well just gotta keep keepin on :)

I'm in Mango depression :(

[Linda1970]

that's it I'm starting my own farm :mad:

That is my plan (dream & goal) too. :p

[Coriander74]

*puts all the spare change in the house into a "Future Ranch Fund"*

That's just NASTY to think about eating previously frozen mangoes. YUCK.

[CAdreamer]

Sorry, but this doesn't make a bit of sense to me. Any fruit that has been frozen will not last when thawed and looks pathetic. The freezing process damages the cell wall and it's never the same again. Just take any raw piece of fruit out of the freezer and watch it change into a lump of mush when thawed. It's not as bad when the fruit has been cooked first, but....then that defeats the purpose of eating raw.....

[veganman]

Things I have learned regarding freezing - food that is high in water is at greater risk of damage when being frozen. Dried fruits and nuts - little damage.

That being said - I am not sure whether the fruit you saw was frozen or not, just wanted to add this info if it is helpful. :o

[ellenalesa]

Sorry, but this doesn't make a bit of sense to me. Any fruit that has been frozen will not last when thawed and looks pathetic. The freezing process damages the cell wall and it's never the same again. Just take any raw piece of fruit out of the freezer and watch it change into a lump of mush when thawed. It's not as bad when the fruit has been cooked first, but....then that defeats the purpose of eating raw.....

I would think the mangoes would be all mushy if they were frozen. Every fruit I freeze, I usually use frozen because they are never the same after they've been frozen. If I could freeze a mango and have it taste like the one's I've been enjoying lately, I'd be very happy! :)

[asil]

This doesn't quite make sense to me. I lived in Mexico for a while, and ate fresh mangoes, ripe from the trees in our yard and our neighbor's yards. We had lots of varieties that we don't get in the US (since not all mangoes travel well) and they were often more flavorful since they ripened on the tree. But the texture was very similar to those I buy at WF and other stores in the US. I can't imagine how these mangoes would have been frozen and still maintain the same texture. I did also work in a produce department when I was a teenager. I know a lot of fruits are kept in a very cold, low oxygen environment (bananas, for example) to keep them from ripening in transit. Maybe this was what they were talking about at WF?