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FROZEN FOODS Not all frozen foods are created equal. Healthful choices certainly are available. Here’s some advice on how to help your clients find them. By Maura Keller
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s consumers rush through their hectic lives, those with an interest in healthful eating often seek convenient, quick-toprepare frozen foods that offer similar nutritional content as nonfrozen natural foods or that help meet other dietary needs. And frozen food manufacturers are responding to that market demand. In addition to better-quality foods, says Rachel Begun, MS, RD, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, consumers can find more organic, gluten- and allergen-free, ethnic, and nongenetically modified organism (non-GMO) food options in the freezer aisle.