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Originally Posted by Blindside361
Aren't frozen veggies actually better than fresh because of the pesticides?
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Nope, has got nothing whatsoever to do with this.
Frozen veggies & fruit won't wilt or decay, so the shopkeeper kan sell them for much longer than veggies & fruit that decays even when looking at it. Never mind how lots of people handle them as if it's just a basket ball.. gently touching them is a rarity, squeezing , sniffing etc. et. I bet that over 75% of the produce doesn't get sold but just goes to waste.
Compare this to frozen/packaged veggies/fruit and you see why these are tons cheaper. And always stay fresh. Not as fresh as when you get fresh veggies on the day of arrival but certainly better than after a few days in the store or at home under sub-optimal conditions.
These same frozen veggies will have been harvested in summer time when the crop was abundant and prices low.
Now compare to the fresh veggies that are grown in winter/spring in greenhouses that have to be heated. Or to be transported from who-knows-where.
BTW, I'm in the Netherlands, which seems to be the world's biggest producer of veggies and still buy frozen veggies
