Frozen question

[GHOST27M]

Is frozen fruit still alive ar just partial?

I bought some frozen fruit from the market.

but I feel guilty is it this easy?

I hate buying fresh cause I don't eat it fast enough.

Im a leafy greens guy myself.


I would LOVE to here that it is just as good as fresh but seems too easy.

[SalenaTrying]

excellent question, i would like to know the answer also.

[Stina]

Yeah, thanks for bringing this up because with the price of fruit at the market I was thinking about going crazy berry-picking this summer and freezing tons of it for over the winter. I was wanting some feedback on this. Love y'all:)

[eatyourbroccoli]

hmm..well ive heard its alive still, and i eat frozen organic berries regularly in smoothies..and i feel no difference physically between those and fresh. i mean..theoretically we can freeze our bodies, and then unfreeze ourselves in the future and still be alive, no? :p and theres that one amphibious creature that lives in the arctice that hibernates in ice through the colder months by freezing itself completely, and then "thaws out" when spring arrives. i dunno..i saw that on the discovery channel. and then if we accidentally lob a finger off, we put it on ice to keep it 'alive'. so hm. i dunno, i think itd be ok?

[hungrygirl]

hmm..well ive heard its alive still, and i eat frozen organic berries regularly in smoothies..and i feel no difference physically between those and fresh. i mean..theoretically we can freeze our bodies, and then unfreeze ourselves in the future and still be alive, no? and theres that one amphibious creature that lives in the arctice that hibernates in ice through the colder months by freezing itself completely, and then "thaws out" when spring arrives. i dunno..i saw that on the discovery channel. and then if we accidentally lob a finger off, we put it on ice to keep it 'alive'. so hm. i dunno, i think itd be ok?

I love this!

[eatyourbroccoli]

I love this!

:) just reaching for reasoning

[Veganforlife]

I believe it is still considered raw. I freeze tons of fruit. Well, not tons, but oodles of fruit. I freeze pineapple, bananas in their peels, and when ready for your banana for your green smoothie? Just put in a bowl with tap water. Not hot, it'll make em mushy. I freeze spinach that I have blended for use in my GS's. Lettuce that I've blended for use in them too. I try freezing everything. Peaches, berries (of course), melons. I figure in the old, old days, folks froze foods they gathered, right? So I'm thinking we're safe. I'm sure someone will come up with a number calculation of how the (blank number) percentage of enzymes that are destroyed, but I'm not buying it. It's working. I'm healthy, healthier then I've been in years and I'll continue to freeze fruits.
Hey! Wait! Where's my two mini Dachshunds? Oh good grief! Could I have? Nah! Sure hope not. I'm telling 'ya, I freeze everything!!!

[GHOST27M]

OK finally found this

MICROBIAL GROWTH IN THE FREEZER
The freezing process does not actually destroy the microorganisms that may be present on fruits and vegetables. While blanching destroys some microorganisms and there is a gradual decline in the number during freezer storage, sufficient populations are still present to multiply and cause spoilage of the product when it thaws. For this reason it is necessary to inspect carefully any frozen products that have accidentally thawed if the power goes off or the freezer door is left open.

I know it is about food saftey but I think its a good answer.

[RawVegan4Health]

This is GREAT news! Beware of frozen fruit that you buy bagged at the store however, it may have been blanched prior to freezing from what I understand. I was disappointed to hear this the day I bought the 8 pound bag of frozen strawberries!:(

[veggiekat]

RawVegan4Health - I think it's just vegetables that are blanched before freezing, not fruit, but I'm not totally sure on this.

As for me, I eat oodles of frozen fruit - I wouldn't have my smoothies any other way. ;)

[GHOST27M]

in the artical that I got the infoe vegies are NOT blanched but instead they use asorbic acid

[SchoolOfRAWk]

It is fine to eat frozen. It doesn't kill all the enyzmes, maybe a few. Fruit is the easiest to digest to begin with. ;-)

[jeannieh99]

in the artical that I got the infoe vegies are NOT blanched but instead they use asorbic acid

I was told that vegetables had to be blanched before being frozen. I don't know the reasoning behind that. I haven't hear about fruits being blanched, perhaps the same reasoning, whatever it is? Same for using my food saver. It says you have to blanch vegetables before storing.

I use frozen also because of spoilage. It hurts to have to toss stuff out because I didn't get to it in time. It all becomes more expensive when there is alot of spoilage.
I'm interested in more information about this. :D

[GHOST27M]

OMG im a dork

yes vegies are blanched FRUITS are not(most) dont know why I put veggies!

the reason is to preserve color

[mercurial]

I am new, but over the last week I've been researching the raw diet and I DID read that frozen fruits cannot be confirmed as to whether they blanch them or not and thus they shouldn't be used. I do not know if it's true or how reliable that site was, but you can always call the manufacturer if concerned to verify.

I personally buy fresh, clean really good, and then freeze them in the freezer lock bags. I figure this way I know they've been properly washed, especially after all the handling, plus I do not waste them by letting them spoil before getting to them.

[Dimond]

You really need to contact the manufacturers to find out because they all use a different process. I think Cascadian Farms was one of the only ones that just froze the fruit, without using anything else. But others may either blanch or use an additive making it not raw. I realized there was such a huge taste in some fruits that I ate frozen versus fresh, which to me meant that it's not ideal unless you do it yourself. I don't think any frozen veggies are raw.

[Naiad]

I like to believe that unless the item gets freezer burned, it's as good/almost as good as fresh :)