It’s all good!
- When it comes to good nutrition, all forms of fruits and vegetables matter—fresh, frozen, canned, dried and 100% juice. With 200+ options and a variety of convenient packaging to make fruits and vegetables easy to store and easy to serve, there’s bound to be something to please everyone!
Most frozen and canned foods are processed within hours of harvest, so their flavor and nutritional value are preserved.
Studies show that recipes prepared with canned foods had similar nutritional values to those prepared with fresh or frozen ingredients.
Canned foods are "cooked" prior to packaging, so they are recipe ready.
Frozen foods also require little preparation—washing and slicing, for instance, is already done.

SOURCE: fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org, July 2007.