The apple, the regional fruit par excellence

The apple harvests are already well advanced and should continue until the end of October, announcing an average year in the Lake Geneva basin. The apple is the local fruit par excellence and the only one that can be eaten all year round. Producers in the cantons of Vaud and Geneva produce around 18% of Swiss production (photo Pixabay). The apple has long been a recognized health asset because it contains a large number of vitamins, minerals and trace elements, yet we often hear that apples are less nutritious than before. The Union fruitière lémanique proposes in a press release published on Tuesday 6 October to know what really is. Several factors to consider This suspicion, fueled by studies carried out at the end of the 1990s in the United States and England, is now widespread and often debated. Indeed, these publications indicated that the amounts of vitamins and minerals had sharply decreased in apples with sometimes drops of 100 times less vitamin C than in 1950. In fact, ...