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How to freeze berries to preserve vitamins?
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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Summer is the best time to enjoy the taste and aroma of fresh berries and, at the same time, recharge your body with natural vitamins. But, unfortunately, this season passes too quickly, and you want to get "live" vitamins in the winter. There is a way out: you can prepare berries for future use.
Prepare a container for storing frozen berries. You can use cellophane bags (bags with clips are especially convenient) and plastic boxes or cups with lids. The main thing is that the container closes hermetically. Fruit stored in bags takes up less space in the freezer. And in plastic containers it is convenient to freeze berries sprinkled with sugar or in sugar syrup. Choose what is most convenient for you.
Prepare the fruit: overripe, slightly spoiled ones are not suitable for freezing. Sort out all the berries, remove debris, remove the stalks, and wash lightly. It is recommended to dip raspberries and blackberries in a weak salt solution for a minute to remove any possible bugs and their larvae from the fruit. Lay the washed berries in one layer on trays (baking sheets) to dry.
Place the prepared berries in one layer on a tray and put them in the freezer until completely frozen. It is very good if your refrigerator has a "quick freeze" function - the less time it takes to freeze the berries, the more vitamins will be preserved. After the berries are frozen, transfer them to a container for long-term storage. Try to leave as little free space for air as possible when laying the berries, but do not tamp the berries too much so as not to damage them. Be sure to ensure that all packages with berries are hermetically sealed. Put in the freezer.
You can also freeze berries, preserving vitamins, in sugar. The principle is the same as with regular freezing, only first cover the fresh berries with sugar. Fruits frozen in sugar syrup are very tasty and no less healthy. Before freezing, place the berries in a freezing container and pour syrup over them (200 g of sugar per 1 liter of water), put the container in the freezer.
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