Apples

National and international facts about Apples

• In an average year, U.S. farmers grow about 250 million bushels of apples.
• About 60 percent of the U.S. apple crop is consumed fresh.
• Red Delicious is the apple variety with the greatest production in the U.S.
• The top U.S. apple varieties are:
• Red Delicious (Grown in:Vermont Apples)
• Golden Delicious
• Gala
• Granny Smith
• Fuji
• [McIntosh]Create? (Grown in:Vermont)
• The average American consumes about:
• 19 pounds of fresh apples each year.
• just over 4 pounds of canned apples
• about 1.7 gallons of apple juice annually.

• China
• United States (States where apples are grown:Vermont Apples)
• Italy
• France
• Poland
• Germany.

Health and Nutrition Facts About Apples

• A medium-size apple weighs 154 gram or 5.5 ounces.
• A medium-size apple has only 80 calories, no fat, no sodium and no cholesterol.
• Cornell University researchers have found that that 100 grams of unpeeled fresh apple (about 2/3 of an apple) provides the total antioxidant activity of 1,500 milligrams of vitamin C.
• Researchers in Finland reported in the May 2000 issue of The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition that individuals who ate the most apples had the lowest risk of thrombic stroke, possibly due to phytonutrients found in apples.
• British researchers have found that apple eaters have better lung function than non-apple eaters, as reported in the January 2000 journal, Thorax.
• Epidemiologists from Finland’s National Public Health Institute found that consumption of a favonoid-rich diet (including apples) was associated with a reduced risk of developing cancer.