Is frozen fruit/canned fruit as healthy as fresh fruit?

i drink smoothies all the time as they're quick and easy to make in the mornings before work.. however, i don't always have time to slice up fresh fruit so i buy a lot of canned and fresh fruit, but i was wondering if i lose some nutrients doing this? i always use at least one source of fresh fruit, then a couple of different canned things and something frozen. i'm trying to make sure i do the whole "5 servings of fruits and veg a day" so i want to make sure this is still healthy.

Is frozen fruit/canned fruit as healthy as fresh fruit?
Canned fruit (or canned anything for that matter) has usually processed and some form of sweetener has been added. I like to use frozen fruit, just be sure to check labels to make sure they didn't add any sugar. It's obviously not fresh fruit,but in the off season, it works.
Reply:yes, canned fruit + veg are very healthy because they are canned quickly after picking.





Just make sure the water its canned in is low in sugar or salt(check label), ie the syrup or brine, most are these days
Reply:. Ya, it's a tossup. Canned stuff is Full of sugar, sucrose, but the fruit is probably freasher than what the stuff is on the shelf of the 'Fresh Fruit' section that's maybe 3 weeeks old from picking time on the farm.


IF you can buy it 'Fresh' in the Farmer's Market, 1-2 days old, it's better as long as you wash ALL the fertilizer and bugspray off it.