When it comes to apples in your local supermarket, the best buys should be with red delicious and granny smiths, since more of each variety remain in storages than a year ago…..You may see higher prices on golden delicious and fuji apples since fewer of those are available to complete the current season, which will be ending around July and August.
Delicious and crunchy apples are one of the most popular fruits favored by health conscious, fitness freaks who believe in “health is wealth.” This wonderful fruit packed with rich phyto-nutrients that in the true sense are indispensable for optimal health. The antioxidants in apples have many health promoting and disease prevention properties; thus justifying the adage, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
Apples are low in calories; 100 g of fresh fruit slices provide only 50 calories.
Apple fruit contains good quantities of vitamin-Cand beta-carotene.Vitamin C is a powerful natural antioxidant.