Michael and I went grocery shopping last night and while checking out the fruits I came across something called a Grapple. “Looks like an apple. Tastes like a grape.”
Why wouldn’t I just eat a grape?
Still, I couldn’t resist. How is this done? Some sort of genetic engineering? I must know! So I picked up a 4 pack and hit the website when I got home.
Unfortunately the truth isn’t as exciting as genetic engineering. On the site they explain how a grapple is made.
“Grapple brand apples begin as a Washington Extra Fancy Fuji Apple. Of all apples this is the one that takes on the grape flavor best. This Patent Pending process is complex and the ingredient mix primarily includes concentrated grape flavor and pure water.
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There is nothing but flavor being infused into the Fuji apple. The apple takes on no additional sugars or calories. They are not genetically altered in any way.
The apple is as healthy as ever but now has the new exciting grape flavor.”
So they “infuse” a perfectly good apple with fake grape stuff. That’s weird.
They smell like grape juice, nothing like actual grapes. The smell is a bit over-powering, the entire kitchen smells like grape and now my whole cubicle from a single one sitting here. If you smell the apple closely you can still smell appleness through the grapeness.
And the taste? It actually tastes a lot like a normal apple. There is a hint of fake grapeness, mostly in the aftertaste.
I’m not impressed.