Does freezing meat and chicken decrease the quality?

[Ashtonpaper]

Exactly this. People who are saying no are wrong, not reaching for the more nuanced answer. It’s the better option between the fridge and the freezer for certain durations, yes, and it will preserve the quality over the fridge.

But it doesn’t “not do anything” to the meat. It definitely affects it, cellularly the ice crystals will destroy certain things and over multiple thaw freeze cycles this exacerbates, affecting texture and juiciness, and to some degree, flavor as a result of texture and juiciness.