Marketside Broccoli Florets, 12 oz vs Birds Eye Steamfresh Broccoli Florets

Buy the Marketside bag if you want broccoli to eat raw or cook within the next two weeks. Buy the Birds Eye Steamfresh bag if you want broccoli on hand for months and don't mind frozen texture. Both are plain florets at 30 calories a serving, and both steam in the bag. The difference is shelf life and texture: fresh keeps a crunch but spoils, frozen lasts a year but softens. Reviewers rate the frozen bag slightly higher, though the fresh bag has far more ratings.

• Choose the Marketside bag if you want washed, ready-to-eat florets for raw snacking, salads or a quick side this week.
• Choose the Birds Eye Steamfresh bag if you want broccoli that keeps for months and steams straight from the freezer.