Hello everyone!!!
A while ago I received an email with a video where they talked about a wax applied to apples to make them bright, so after that I decided that every time I ate an apple I would remove the shell, believing in those videos that Every day we receive, despite knowing that in the husks of fruits we can get up to twice the nutrients contained in the fruit itself.
Fuente http://cdn2.cocinadelirante.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallerie/public/manzanas-lindas.htm
But after talking with some people, I was curious and I investigated how true this story of apple wax was.
Fuente http://english.cri.cn/6909/2012/02/16/2941s681571.htm
I discovered a few things when investigating.
The apples produce their own wax. If you rub a newly caught tree you can see how it shines.
In general humans do not process the wax. But apples help them avoid rotting or dehydrating quickly when they reach maturity. It helps them to have a hard skin that protects them from bacteria and small insects.
The skin is not hard enough for small or large animals. For them, the wax of the apple is an invitation. It makes it stand out, that it shine.
The apple is good for these animals to see it appetizing and eat it. In doing so they will probably also ingest their seeds. And the seeds will be deposited in some other place when the animal defecates. That will help the species (of the apple) spread, thrive.
When they put pesticides, they stay on the skin, getting the apple to have extra protection. That is more impervious to bacteria and small insects.
When the apples are picked for marketing, the packing plants basically do two things: give them water to remove dust, leaves and pesticides, and put an extra layer of wax on them, because when washing them, they leave part of them becoming vulnerable.
The wax that is put on it is, the vast majority of the time, of vegetable origin. Since 1920, it has been used almost always. The wax of Carnauba or E-903. The Carnauba is a plant of Brazilian origin and the wax that is obtained from it is harmless for the human being. Normally we do not even digest it.
The wax of Carnauba offers superior protection to the fruits that are bathed with it (it is more resistant to water or heat than the wax of the apples themselves). It's like a kind of miracle product: it's cheap, its uses are multiple and it offers extraordinary results. And, of course, being simply wax, you do not need to remove it with a knife or melt it by heating the apple as I have seen someone doing for youtube.
So, interestingly, a fruit that shines is a good sign even if it's artificial. And to eat it the only thing you need is to wash it a little, to remove what was able to adhere to the wax layer, and enjoy as if you just picked it up from the tree.