Don’t assume you’re settling for second best every time you reach for a canned good for the sake of convenience. A new University of Illinois analysis points out that canned fruits and vegetables often pack as much vitamin A or C as their fresh or frozen counterparts. Being intrigued, we checked a few labels and found surprising examples like this:
- Most canned carrots have the same vitamin A as fresh, cooked carrots–over 300% DV per half cup.
- A half cup of canned pumpkin has over 250% DV for vitamin A–more than 10 times the vitamin A of fresh pumpkin cooked and mashed.
- Canned pineapple has 20% of the Daily Value for vitamin C per half cup–just as much as fresh.