ARE CANNED VEGETABLES GOOD? 

Canned food is often supposed to have less quality and nutritional value than fresh or frozen food. So how about canned vegetables? Are they good? In this blog, we will learn about canned vegetables to know more about them.

What is canned food?

Canning is a way of preserving food by the sealing method, canning food requires 3 main steps:

+ Processing: peeled, chopped, sliced ​​or cooked.

+ Canning: put the food in the box and seal the food.

+ Heating: Heating the can to a certain temperature to kill bacteria that spoil food.

Nutritional value of canned vegetables

Canned vegetables still contain a lot of fiber similar to fresh vegetables, good for digestive system health.

More oxidizing compounds are produced after heating for canning. For example, canned tomatoes contain more antioxidants than fresh tomatoes.

Vitamin A after heating also produces more, especially canned corn has a higher amount of Vitamin A than fresh corn.

The nutritional content in canned vegetables does not decrease over time, on the contrary, the nutrients in fresh vegetables will gradually decrease over time.

Some disadvantages of canned vegetables

Some canned vegetables, such as beans, can lose vitamin and mineral content.

Canned vegetables are often high in sodium to preserve vegetables. Washing vegetables before use causes loss of water-soluble vitamins.

Canned vegetables may also contain sugar syrup, or salt, which reduces the real quality and texture of the vegetables.

Some notes when choosing and storing canned vegetables

Choose canned fruits that are soaked in their own water, do not contain syrup or salt, some canned vegetables will have sugar, choose unsweetened types.

Only reheat canned vegetables, because they are already cooked, reprocessing will lose the nutrients in vegetables.

After opening the can, use up all the vegetables in the box, and only store them in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days.

Thus, canned vegetables are still good, and very convenient on busy days but still more economical. However, we must be careful when buying to choose the best product for ourselves and our families.

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