As an alternative to frozen wheatgrass you can find other options on the shelves. These seem to be the cost effective alternatives at first, but be alarmed! Are you sure that you are not wasting your money when you buy powders , pills or other heat treated products?

After a short time of picking all plants start decomposing and losing nutrients. For the maximum anti-oxidant effect the best time for consuming fruits and vegetables is the day of picking. There are no exceptions even if we put the fruit or the cut wheatgrass in the fridge (5 – 7 Celsius). It will decompose, only slower and stay fresher a little longer because of the low temperature. Professionals say that fresh wheatgrass can be kept in the fridge up to 7 days, but do not have illusions, after a few days in the fridge the wheatgrass will be only a rotten plant. Checking this is easy, you only have to know the taste of freshly pressed wheatgrass juice….

Freezing is a perfect chemical-free conserving method well known for centuries. It is scientifically proven that freezing keeps the most nutrients and vitamins compared to other food processing methods. Since humanity knows the cold’s conserving effect, uses it successfully. It’s being used for conserving vast amounts of vegetables, fruits and other food products which are sold in the shops all the time. We don’t need, a lot of “E letters” – amongst them with those conserving agents that we can thank a lot of illnesses, the over acidity of our bodies and with good chance cancer as well. Freezing can even conserve life. Since no other method is able to do so, there’s no other interesting and undeniable proof for the good usage of this process. Only freezing makes it possible for the seeds to continue their life after defrosting as nothing had happened. Only freezing conserves sperms or eggs, so that they can be used after decades. Although these methods are not that simple that we just freeze it and that’s it, but the main point is the freezing. For the resurrection of higher life forms well experimented strict protocols, special materials and technologies are essential, but without freezing the whole process would fail.

Producing frozen wheatgrass juice might seem to be a hassle at first, but in this case, where we expect so much from this plant, we shouldn’t allow the smallest compromise in the matter of quality. Yes, we need to take special care when keeping frozen wheatgrass on storage andyes, we have to use special methods to keep it safe during transport, but we believe that freezing the wheatgrass straight after juicing keeps the highest quality of this plant, so we chose this method even if this was the hardest way to go.

Read BBC and Daily Mail articles on fresh vs. frozen vegetables:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2902223.stm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2449843/Frozen-food-IS-better-Higher-levels-vitamins-

The Basic Basics Home Freezing Handbook Publisher: Grub Street (30 Aug. 1997) Use your freezer efficiently to preserve your food keeping the most nutrients possible. Carol Bowen will give you useful tips and hints in this informative freezing guide.