Our results partially disagree with the lower nutritional value attribut- ed to processed vegetables compared to uncooked ones (Danesi & Bordoni, 2008; Mazzeo et al., 2011; Zhang & Hamauzu, 2004). According to this study, the final nutritional value of processed broccoli depends on the cooking treatment. In the case of steamer steaming and steamable bag microwaving, some of the ascorbic acid of the frozen broccoli was lost during cooking but its antioxidant capacity was increased. Therefore, the overall nutritional content of broccoli can be increased cooking this with either steamable bag microwaving or steamer steaming.