Frozen food is a great way to make sure you’re never left with last minute cooking needs. It’s an easy meal solution and Nutritionally speaking, frozen meals are just as good as fresh ones. However! There are a few things that you should know about frozen food before picking up some for yourself or your family.
What is frozen fresh?
Frozen fresh food is any type of meat, poultry and fish that has been flash-frozen. The term “fresh” refers to how long the product was stored before being shipped from the supplier to your door. A common example is when you buy a package of chicken breasts at the grocery store and then thaw them out in your refrigerator for a few days before cooking them up for dinner tonight (this process can take as little as a few hours). In this case, you would consider this “frozen fresh.” If we’re talking about buying whole chickens from our local farmer that were processed immediately after being slaughtered (i.e., shipped through an animal slaughterhouse), however—as opposed to frozen while still alive—then they would be considered “frozen with no time delay.”
Does frozen food go bad?
When you think of “bad,” what comes to mind? The answer is probably something like “I don’t want to eat that.” But when it comes to frozen foods, the opposite is true. Frozen food is safe for human consumption as long as it has been stored at temperatures between -18°F and 0°F (0°C and 32°C), which means that most frozen foods can be safely eaten for years without losing quality.