Fruit

Skin

Apple skin is the thin edible peel—coloured green, yellow, red, or bicolour depending on cultivar—carrying aroma, fibre, and some bitterness. Most fresh eating keeps the skin on; peeling is common for fine sauces, baby food, and pastry where colour flecks or toughness are unwanted. Scrub rather than peel when residue is the concern. Red skins colour pink sauces; green skins stay pale. Not crackling—never deep-fry as meat skin. Dry peels can scent vinegar or tea in thrifty kitchens.

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Quantity

Unit

Kg Liters Whole

Note

Characteristics

Preparations

Dried Peels For InfusionEaten OnPeeled

Traits

AromaticColouredColourfulEdibleOptional RemovalTart EdgeThinThin Edible Peel

Nutrition

Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.

Nutrition Facts

Per 100 g edible portion

Calories 62.2

Amount per 100 g

Total Fat 0.79 g
Saturated Fat 0.05 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 4.96 mg
Salt 0.01 g
Total Carbohydrate 13.3 g
Dietary Fibre 2.11 g
Total Sugars 9.88 g
Complex / starch 1.04 g
Protein 0.53 g
Water 84.2 g

Detailed nutrients

Energy 62.2 kcal
Water 84.2 g
Carbohydrates 13.3 g
- Sugars 9.88 g
- Starch 1.04 g
- Fibre 2.11 g
Protein 0.53 g
Fat 0.79 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
  - Omega-3 0.01 g
Vitamins 37.2 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.04 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.38 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.19 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 0.9 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 13.8 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.27 mg
- Vitamin K 4.5 µg
Minerals 230 mg
- Major Minerals 229 mg
  - Calcium 22 mg
  - Sodium 4.96 mg
  - Potassium 202 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
  - Iron 1.5 mg
Salt 0.01 g

Vitamins

vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.03 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.04 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.38 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.19 · vitamin-b6: 0.08 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 0.9 · vitamin-b9-folate: 13.8 · vitamin-e: 0.27 · vitamin-k: 4.5 ·

Minerals

Sodium: 4.96 · Potassium: 202 · Calcium: 22 · Iron: 1.5 ·

Skin carries subcutaneous fat and collagen; crisping concentrates calories.

History

1800

Home cooks peeled or retained apple skins by recipe—sauces peeled, snacks unpeeled.

1950

Processors specified peel-on or peel-off lines for sauce and dried apple products.