Vegs in fridge

[lynbrown]

My husband is retired and does the shopping and cooking. He likes to buy 3 or 4 packs of veg from M&S at a time so that i could be eating broccoli 4 days after he has brought it home. He says as long as it is inside the sell by date, it is OK. I think that every day it sits in the fridge it loses goodness and would prefer him to buy veg daily. Who is right?

[Pea Pod]

As soon as veg is picked it starts loosing its vitamin content,so after 4 days it probably has lost quite a lot.If he goes daily tell him to take packets from the back of the fixture because thats where the freshest will be.

[Gef]

Veggies are not refridgerated in the supermarket. However, if you are concerned about it buy frozen stuff or find a local supplier who sells real fresh stuff.

[pauln90]

Now that the kids have left home a full cauliflower or brocolli can be too much for one meal so what I do is put the fresh unused cauli or brocolli in boiling water for about three minutes,then cool quickly and then put it in the freezer in portions for further use.It always seems to keep its colour and flavour

[ConfusedJohn]

Veg is refridgerated in super-markets as long as it's not in one of the island units. Tesco is good for this. Buying produce from the back is good advice as stock rotation ensures this is the freshest and, if in a cooled unit, probably the coolest.

The sell by date is advice for the supermarket staff on when to remove it from sale. This is different from best before date and the use by date.