Subject: Re: oil on apples

From: [email-masked] (Randall F Wilkinson)
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 19:01:55 GMT

[email-masked] (Arnold Chamove) wrote:

>What kind of oil are 'they' putting on apples these days to make them so 
>shiny?
>How much oil is on an apple?  and what is the calorie content of that oil per 
>apple?

Apples have a natural wax which, if polished, delivers a shiny apple
all by itself.  In addition, many apple packing facilities spray on an
additional wax coating and polish the apple to "enhance" mother
nature.  But, I am not aware of any oil applied to the apple.
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