‘Alive, fruity and with a soft texture’: the best supermarket frozen peas, tasted and rated

<p>Our expert taste-tester gives peas a chance – but which received a frosty reception?</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/aug/16/best-supermarket-oven-chips-tasted-rated-tom-hunt"><strong>The best supermarket oven chips, tasted and rated</strong></a></p><p>The sweetness of a pea is more than just a desirable taste; it’s an indication of a pea picked at the perfect moment. As the sugars convert into starch, peas lose their sweetness rapidly after picking, leading to a less sweet, more fibrous and lower-quality product.</p><p>That’s why high-quality peas are picked, blanched and frozen as quickly as possible, usually all within two and a half hours. That said, other factors such as soil, seed quality, transportation and a stable freezer temperature all affect a frozen pea’s quality.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/mar/21/best-supermarket-frozen-peas-tasted-rated">Continue reading...</a>