Canned foods
Explain three benifits of canned foods
Easy meal prep
Pre cooked, chopped, making easy to eat
Affordable
Last a good amount of time
Explain three benifits of frozen foods
Reduce food waste
Longer shelf life
Cost effectiveness
Retain minerals
Reduce prep time
Easy to use
Explain three benifits of fresh foods
Not heavily processed
Contain fewer ingredients such as salt and sugar.
Enhances immunity
Improves gut health
Enhances skin and cognitive health
Reduces inflammation
Reduces risk of chronic diseases
One critisism of canned foods
Canned: Nutrients can be reduced during processing, texture and taste may not be as fresh and are often high is sugar and sodium. There are also concerns of chemicals and can lose nutrient loss during processing.
What happens to vegatables before they are frozen?
They are washed, blanched and quicly frozen afterwards.
Why are fresh foods considered to be nutritious?
Contain high amounts of vitimins and minerals.
What is one way canned foods can still be nutritious?
They can still keep lots of nutreints and are save to eat for long periods of time.
Why do frozen foods keep nutreints well?
The freezing slows down oxidation and nutreint loss.
Why is it hard to find some fresh foods?
Fresh food is harder to find because it can spoil quickly, depends on the weather and seasons, and can be difficult and expensive to transport.
Which vitimins are more affected by the heat used in canning?
Vitimin C and vitimin B
Why is speed important when freezing foods?
This is because it helps keep nutrients fresh after harvesting.
Why can fresh foods lose nutreints overtime
Once harvested, fresh foods slowly lose nutreints through exposure to oxygen, light and heat.
Explain a meal you can make with canned foods
Ex: If you were to make a curry, most recipes include some kind of bean or coconut milk. Those ingredients are most common in canned foods
Explain a meal you can make with frozen foods
Ex: You can make a smoothie with frozen blueberys, bananas and strawberrys with milk.
Explain a meal you can make with fresh foods
Ex: You can make a salad with lettuce fresh vetagables and a fresh lemon vinaigrette for the salad dressing.