Cut Fruit

Can I peel or chop up fruit ahead of time or will it lose nutrients?

Keeping your cut fruit chilled is the key to keeping vitamin C levels high, according to a recent study. Food scientist from the University of California took pineapples, mangoes, watermelon, rockmelon, strawberries, and kiwifruit and divided them in half. They cut up half the fruit and left the other half whole. Both lots were refrigerated for nine days and were then tested for nutritional content. Compared to the whole fruit, the cut fruit revealed only small loses of antioxidant compounds.

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Scientist from University of California