– What makes some fruit “freezable” and others not? Here (in America, anyway) you can buy frozen mango and peaches and berries, but not oranges or apples or pears.

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– What makes some fruit “freezable” and others not? Here (in America, anyway) you can buy frozen mango and peaches and berries, but not oranges or apples or pears.

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Answer 1

Pears and apples can be frozen, so I’m not sure why they are not as common in the frozen food section. But citrus fruit and watermelon cannot be frozen because there’s too much water in them, and when the water freezes it expands, rupturing the membrane of the fruit. When thawed it will be mush.

Apples might not be sold frozen because fresh apples are readily available year around and keep well. There’s just little demand for frozen or canned apples.

That wouldn’t apply to pears, though. Maybe it’s just that pears are a popular canned fruit and freezing never caught on.