Berries are a source of vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants and other important substances for the body. But you can enjoy fresh berries only in the summer. In the rest of the time we have to be content with berries that have undergone heat treatment: in compotes and preserves.
But there is another way to keep berries for the cold season - it's freezing. It is this method is considered the best and most effective in terms of preserving the berries of nutrients.
Are frozen berries useful?
The benefits, harm and composition of frozen berries are almost the same as fresh berries, because with the proper process of freezing, practically all substances remain in the same quantitative composition as in fresh ones. Hence the recommendation not to overdo with the amount of the product used to avoid undesirable consequences. Caution in the use of berries should be shown to those who are prone to allergic reactions.
In other cases, frozen berries are a delicious and nutritious product. The benefits of frozen berries are manifested in such moments:
- they retain a full set of vitamins and minerals, so in the period of beriberi, frozen berries can be a good help for an exhausted organism.
From frozen berries you can get almost all the vitamins of group B, C, A and some rare vitamins; - with instant freezing berries retain their taste. They can be used as a filling for pie, cake, compotes and ornaments for ice cream and soufflé;
- The calorie content of frozen berries remains at the same level as in fresh ones. For example, the caloric content of frozen cherry and sea-buckthorn will be 52 units, cherries - 50, raspberries - 42, strawberries - 34, cranberries - 26 kcal;
- each of the berries has its own useful properties, so you need to choose berries for the prevention and treatment of diseases with knowledge. For example, blueberries are useful for sight, black currants and raspberries for colds, cranberries for heart diseases.