Fresh Food or Canned Food

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Fresh Food Or Canned Food Meghan Conwell 11/5/2012 ENG121 Colin Murcray Humans and any living organisms in the world have to eat in order to survive. The earth provides various types of foods for us to intake. Just like how bees would prefer eating well ripen and grown flower’s nectar, we humans also choose what we favor and what we dislike. We are responsible for what we eat, as many people state, “I am what I eat”. The different types of food we eat will have an effect in our bodies such as consuming fresh food or canned food. A similarity between the two is that they both originated from seeds hence the fresh foods. However, there are three main differences between the two types of foods: the flavor, its nutrition and health benefits and the cost. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the differences between consuming fresh food instead of canned foods. The most striking difference between these two foods if their flavor profile Flavors of food can vary depending on the person’s taste buds. Everyone has different opinions on how food tastes like, however majority of the people would prefer to enjoy fresh food to be served than canned food. Canned food is derived from fresh food, however some foods are seasonal and some are not grown in certain countries. In order to export these foods or sustain their shelf life, food manufactures insert additives and preservatives so that the food can stay "fresh" and be edible when one decides to eat it. The chemicals used would slightly change the flavor of the original food and therefore maybe change the appearance of it as well. Some canned food companies add other chemicals that would change the flavor of the food to please the consumer. The flavors of fresh food will be more realistic while the flavors of canned food will taste more artificial. Comparing both
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