More Nutrients behind the Ugly Outside of Fruit Eliza Greenman is an orchardist. When she goes through her field of apple trees, she is always scared that she will find pests, fungus and heat. However, finding buckled and blemished apples give her joy and thrill. This orchardist grows cider apples without pesticides. She believes that marred apples are actually sweeter than the nice looking ones. Greenman even carried out her own experiment. She tested scabbed and unscabbed Parma apples and found out that scarred apples had 5 percent more sugar content than unmarred apples from the same tree. Parma apple are a variety of apples with high sugar content. If the apples contain more sugar, they give more alcohol when fermented and a better tasting cider is produced. Marred apples also contain more antioxidants and more nutrients than pretty apples. So, stress on fruits creates better healthier fruits. Nowadays, the awareness of nutrients in ugly fruits and vegetable leads the producers to sell these products, instead of dumping them. However, we are still dumping enough food to fill 44 skyscrapers each year. Our awareness must be raised, and therefore many food stores are today selling these cosmetically marred products. The question is whether these blemished fruits and veggies contain more nutrients …show more content…
According to many studies, organic fruits and vegetables contain less pesticide residue and 40 percent more antioxidants than regular fruits and vegetables. The antioxidants found in these organic products are carotenoids, flavonoids, anthocyanins and phenolic acid. All of these antioxidants are produced by the products themselves as a defense mechanism against pests. So, according to the studies, organic fruits and vegetables are exposed to more stress from pests as they receive lower doses of pesticides to protect them from the pests. Therefore, the products must create their own defense mechanisms in order to