Supermarket Greens

[bevanbawb]

Not sure if this is the right place for it, but I stumbled across an article from the US about how supermarket greens can retain and/or improve in nutrition whilst sitting on the shelf.

Relationship between Fresh-Packaged Spinach Leaves Exposed to Continuous Light or Dark and Bioactive Contents: Effects of Cultivar, Leaf Size, and Storage Duration - Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (ACS Publications)

I always thought that the sooner you can get your veg from ground to plate the better, but it's not always the case it seems.

[Alison]

Hmmmm, sounds iffy to me. Prefer to have mine fresh off the plot.

[rustylady]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm - sounds like supermarket spin to me.

[Jeanied]

I think the article just points to the fact that the spinach kept in light conditions retains the nutrients better than spinach kept in dark conditions. Translate this into what you would do in the kitchen and garden - it means pick it and eat it as fresh as possible as it loses something if you keep it in the fridge!
Makes sense to me.