Frozen vegetables can be more nutritious than supposedly fresh supermarket produce, a study has found.

Fresh vegetables can lose up to 45 per cent of important nutrients by the time they reach the dinner table.

Time spent in storage, in transportation and sitting on the shelves means it can be more than two weeks from the vegetables being picked to being eaten.

By contrast, produce frozen close to the point of harvest maintains a higher level of many vitamins and nutrients.

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