As of: March 12, 2024, 2:04 p.m
By: Juliane Reyle
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Which foods are recommended in spring?
With some fruits, vegetables and herbs you can now live a particularly healthy life.
Spring is here!
With the right foods, the body can prepare for the new season.
Customers should follow shopping recommendations.
Because not every fruit and vegetable that is on the shelf at Kaufland or Lidl is in season in spring and is healthy.
What many people don't know: Some herbs are also particularly suitable for nutrition in March, April and May.
Due to temperatures and harvest, caution is advised with the following foods:
Fruit
Vegetables
Herbs
Superfood
Fruit and vegetables in spring: These foods should be bought now
Some fruits and vegetables ripen in spring and are then harvested.
These greens are then rich in vitamins, nutrients and minerals.
To ensure that food does not have to be transported to the supermarket by ship or plane, consumers should pay attention to regionality in addition to seasonality.
Customers often unknowingly commit criminal offenses because they try fruit and vegetables while shopping.
In Germany, the following types of fruit and vegetables are usually ripe in spring, as “I love cheese” writes:
Carrots
rhubarb
Strawberries
arugula
Leek
asparagus
spinach
Lamb's lettuce
Mushrooms
Wild garlic
Buying recommendation in spring: These foods are in season in spring - fruit, vegetables, herbs, superfoods from the German region.
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Some fruits and vegetables are grown all year round or grow in the fields in spring.
It should be noted that the harvest depends on the weather.
Strawberries, for example, need warmth and therefore ripen later in spring.
When purchasing, customers should therefore also pay attention to the country of origin.
Be careful, there is also a purchase warning: customers should now stay away from these products.
The situation is different if the food is frozen, then you don't have to pay attention to the season.
“Merkur” explains whether frozen vegetables and fruit are as healthy as fresh ones.
Herbs in spring: These foods are suitable in spring
Along with fruits and vegetables, herbs also play an important role on the menu.
Some are in season in spring, as the “knife specialist” writes, or can be easily planted then:
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Wild garlic
chives
Parsley
cress
lovage
Woodruff
sorrel
dandelion
Greedy
Nettle
daisy
In addition to the typical spring herbs, there are also wild herbs.
Dandelions, groundweed and nettles, for example, are ready to harvest in spring and are delicious ingredients for salads, tea and smoothies, as the “Herbal Book” writes.
Seasonal superfood?
Why these foods are suitable for spring
Detoxification and cleansing: Spring is traditionally the time for spring cleaning, as “Matchaenergy” writes.
But not only the household, but also the body can be cleaned.
Matcha is said to support liver detoxification and help stimulate metabolism.
That's why the superfood is recommended in spring.
But sorrel and other herbs are now also considered local superfoods in Germany, as “Mein Harvest” writes.
Sorrel contains a particularly high amount of vitamin C. However, you should not eat too much of it because the oxalic acid it also contains can have a toxic effect, as “Foodwatch” writes.
“Spectrum” points out that superfood often comes from abroad and therefore usually has long transport routes.
As a result, the often exotic foods have a poor carbon footprint.
It is recommended to use regional and seasonal foods.
There are also alternatives for superfoods that can be replaced cheaply.
Whether “secret” codes on fruit and vegetables at Kaufland and Lidl indicate that a food comes from the region or is particularly healthy?