With the advent of freezers, we’re able to preserve our food longer than before. But is there a difference between fresh and frozen produce ＿＿（41）＿＿ nutrition? Well, it highly depends on the circumstances. Most food you take off the shelf in a grocery store ＿＿（42）＿＿ under-ripe to avoid damage during travel time. This means it hasn’t yet reached its peak nutrition. Furthermore, the minute it is picked, its nutritional content begins to ＿＿（43）＿＿ . When it finally appears on your dinner table days later, the food may lose up to 50 percent of its nutritional value. Frozen foods, ＿＿（44）＿＿ , are picked when they’re ripe and frozen immediately. ＿＿（45）＿＿ the quick freeze process may affect some of the vitamin content, it essentially locks most of the nutrients in place. Compared with the fresh produce that has been sitting around for days, there’s no doubt that frozen foods contain more nutrition.