As far as I am aware, both fruit and vegetables start to lose some of
their vitamin and mineral content the moment they are picked, but at a
very slow rate. So, any kind of storage will result in a little less
nutrition than when eaten straight from the plant.
The main problem with fruit is that once they are separated from the
parent plant they are designed to begin decaying in order to release the
seeds which will eventually multiply the species. They decaying process
is then accelerated by moulds, fungi and other species which use the
nutrients to reproduce their own species.
I find that certain berry fruits seem to decay faster in the fridge than
at room temperature, but why this is I dont know. This is especially
true with blackberries, raspberries and strawberries.
With larger fruits and those with harder, thicker skins a cold
environment does slow their deterioration rate, but then some of the
sugars in the fruit will slowly begin to ferment. This will alter the
nutritional structure of the fruit anyway, and may even increase the
presence of certain nutrients while other decrease.
It is a very complex subject.
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Not at any significant level. In studies, even when fruit was cut and
refrigerated it only lost 5 to 10% of vitamins after 6 days of storage.
Even this small loss is insignificant.
Some fruits however will not ripen once chilled and in general ripening of fruits will be delayed greatly by cold storage.
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It can for some, like tomatoes(yes they are a fruit). The cold destroys the flavor enzyme in tomatoes and it does NOT come back when the tomato is returned to room temperature. Storing in the fridge is okay for most fruits but not necessary unless
you prefer cold fruit and have lots of room in your fridge. Most are NOT kept in coolers at the store at all and are sold at room temperature.
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