Trust in the food industry is not exactly great. But are the findings in this video really that “shocking”?

Fact check: Apples are covered in wax. It is understandable that consumers do not trust many foods. Some sites often report alarmistly about poisons in food. A video is now intended to demonstrate how simple methods can be used to determine that food has been manipulated.

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Do these simple methods really do what they claim?

In the video you can see an apple being poured with lukewarm water. A layer will then come off the apple.

As an apple hangs on the tree, it develops a natural waxy layer on the peel that feels mealy to the touch. Oranges, pears and other fruits also have such a layer on their peel. The reason: The natural wax prevents the fruit from drying out too much when exposed to sunlight or from being soaked with water when it rains.

After harvesting, the fruit is washed thoroughly to remove dirt and chemical residues. However, the natural wax layer also comes off. That's why an artificial wax layer made from beeswax, carnauba wax and shellac is often applied to apples, which is harmless to health.

The reason for the subsequent growth of the apples is to protect them from insect infestation during transport until they are sold. Plus, the apples actually look better.

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Important: Artificial growing of apples is prohibited in Germany, but permitted in other EU countries and third countries.

Import into Germany is permitted if the method is harmless to health in the country of origin. However, these apples must be labeled.

If you still doubt the harmlessness of the wax layer (regardless of whether it is natural or artificially applied later), you should use organic apples. They must not have a wax layer, even if they were imported from abroad. So the claim is true, but the wax is not harmful to health.

The scene at the beginning of the video in which Snow White bites into an apple and it then rolls out of her hand is probably intended to associate the toxicity of the wax layer. But the wax is not poisonous.

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