Apple sauce

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Apple sauce is made by cooking apples with water or apple cider (fresh apple juice). More acidic apples will render a finer purée; the highly acidic Bramley apple creates a very fine purée. The apples may or may not be peeled. If they are not peeled, the peels and seeds are typically separated in a food mill.Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food, 20th anniversary edition, 2019, {{isbn|1328545679}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=z99-DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22food%20mill%22&pg=PA364 p. 364] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101182458/https://books.google.com/books?id=z99-DwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&lpg=PA364&dq=%22food%20mill%22&pg=PA364 |date=2023-01-01 }} Sugar and spices such as cinnamon, allspice, and even Red Hot candies may be added for flavor. Lemon juice, citric acid, or other acidifiers may be used to preserve the color and ensure a high enough acidity for safe storage. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) also preserves the color.{{Cn|date=December 2024}}

Apple sauce can be made by baking rather than boiling, in which case the apples are peeled and cored before cooking.Eliza Acton, Modern Cookery, for Private Families, 1860, [https://books.google.com/books?id=kXsCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA124 p. 124] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101182457/https://books.google.com/books?id=kXsCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA124 |date=2023-01-01 }} The same process is applied when preparing the sauce in a slow cooker.{{Cn|date=December 2024}}

Home or commercially canned apple sauce is sterilized by heat to preserve freshness.{{Cite web|url=https://www.applesfromny.com/about/apple-products/applesauce|title=Applesauce|website=NY Apple Association|language=en-gb|access-date=2020-03-23}}{{Better source|date=December 2024}}

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Apple butter is a highly concentrated version of apple sauce. Its high concentration of sugar gives it a long shelf life.{{cite book|last=Rosenstein|first=Mark|title=In Praise of Apples: A Harvest of History, Horticulture & Recipes|year=1999|publisher=Lark Books|isbn=978-1-57990-124-0|page=135|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bq6k9IyHd74C&pg=PA135|access-date=11 January 2011}}

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Apple sauce is served as a side dish in northern Europe and North America. In the United States, packaged apple sauce is primarily branded as a children's snack, and is ubiquitous in school cafeterias. In American cuisine, it is commonly served as pork chops and apple sauce.

American-style apple sauce is not widely available in Britain. An apple preserve, containing chopped, not puréed apples, is sold as "apple sauce." In the UK it is typically sold under the name apple purée and as baby food.

In Sweden and Britain, it is commonly served with roast pork and goose. The Danish æbleflæsk combines the pork with apple sauce while cooking it.

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In Central Europe it accompanies potato pancakes, in the Rhineland it is served with Reibekuchen. In Ashkenazi cuisine, it is the standard accompaniment for Hanukkah latkes. It also accompanies matzah brei.

Apple sauce is served with many foods in Germanic cuisine: Flurgönder (a smoked brawn), various kinds of Spätzle, Schupfnudeln, Swiss Älplermagronen, a kind of macaroni and cheese. In Netherlands and Belgian cuisine, apple sauce is part of the common dish of chicken, french fries, and apple sauce (kip, frieten/patat en appelmoes). It is especially popular among children, who dip their fries in apple sauce."The Dutch Table" [https://www.thedutchtable.com/2013/09/appelmoes.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323204718/https://www.thedutchtable.com/2013/09/appelmoes.html|date=2020-03-23}}

In many cuisines, apple sauce is a common accompaniment to blood sausage: the German Himmel und Erde; the Luxembourgish träipen and the French boudin noir. In fact the only French savory dish normally served with apple sauce (compote de pommes) is boudin sausage. It is also served with other sausage-like preparations, for example goetta and knipp.

Apple sauce may also be served as a dessert in most European cuisines, or used as an ingredient in apple sauce cake.{{cite web | url=http://www.theodora.com/recipies/cakes_and_frostings/applesauce_cake.html |title=Apple sauce Cake, Source: U.S. Department of Defence |work=Theodora's Recipes|access-date= 1 March 2014}} Apple sauce may be used as a sauce for Polish pierogi, Swedish Äggakaka, Ukrainian syrniki pancakes, Central European Palatschinken, Austrian Kaiserschmarrn and various kinds of sweet and savory dumplings (Knödel). In Scandinavian cuisine, it is sometimes served with breakfast filmjölk, a kind of fermented milk.

Formerly heavily sweetened and boiled-down apple sauce was prepared for winter storage. Made with sour apples, it was eaten with meat; made with sweet apples, it was eaten with tea.{{cite book|last=Hale|first=Sarah Josepha Buell|title=The good housekeeper: or, The way to live well and to be well while we live : containing directions for choosing and preparing food, in regard to health, economy and taste|year=1839|publisher=Weeks, Jordan|page=[https://archive.org/details/goodhousekeeper00halegoog/page/n85 79]|url=https://archive.org/details/goodhousekeeper00halegoog|author-link=Sarah Josepha Hale|access-date=11 January 2011}}

In some recipes for baked goods, apple sauce can be used as a substitute for fat{{cite web|url=http://www.wilton.com/blog/index.php/baking-alternatives-reducing-fat-in-your-favorite-baked-goods-recipes/|title=Baking Alternatives - Reducing Fat in Your Favorite Baked Goods Recipes|work=Wilton Blog - Ideas from Wilton|access-date=1 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104224919/http://www.wilton.com/blog/index.php/baking-alternatives-reducing-fat-in-your-favorite-baked-goods-recipes/|archive-date=4 November 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/low-fat-baking3.htm|title=HowStuffWorks "Ultimate Guide to Low-fat Baking"|work=HowStuffWorks|date=April 2000 |access-date=1 October 2014}} or eggs to make them low-fat or vegan.{{cite web |author=Julie R. Thomson |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/7-ways-to-substitute-eggs-in-vegan-baking_us_55c2558ae4b0138b0bf4ccb7 |title=5 Ingredients To Substitute For Eggs In Vegan Baking |website=Huffington Post |date=11 August 2015|orig-year=6 August 2015 }}

Bavarian sweet mustard may be made with apple sauce, and is typically served with Weißwurst (similar to boudin blanc) or Leberkäse (a sort of pâté).

According to the USDA, a {{convert|100|g}} reference amount of unsweetened apple sauce is 82% water, 18% carbohydrates, and contains negligible fat and protein, while supplying {{convert|68|kcal}} of food energy.{{Cite web|title=Regular applesauce|url=https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/1102645/nutrients|access-date=6 April 2021|publisher=FoodData Central, US Department of Agriculture|date=30 October 2020}} It has an acidic pH between 3.3 and 3.6.{{cite web |author1=William McGlynn |title=The Importance of Food pH in Commercial Canning Operations (Applesauce in Table 2) |url=http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Rendition-3801/FAPC-118web.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223010718/http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Rendition-3801/FAPC-118web.pdf |archive-date=2018-12-23 |url-status=live |publisher=Oklahoma State University - Data from FDA, 1992 |access-date=6 April 2021 |date=1994}}

The BRAT diet and the CRAM diet, which are given to children with diarrhea and stomach problems, include apple sauce.{{cite journal|last1=Mackell|first1=S|title=Traveler's diarrhea in the pediatric population: etiology and impact|journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases|date=1 December 2005|volume=41 |issue=Supplement 8|pages=S547-52|pmid=16267717|doi=10.1086/432950|doi-access=|s2cid=7714807}}{{cite journal |vauthors=King CK, Glass R, Bresee JS, Duggan C |title=Managing acute gastroenteritis among children: oral rehydration, maintenance, and nutritional therapy |journal=MMWR Recomm Rep |volume=52 |issue=RR-16 |pages=1–16 | date=November 2003 |pmid=14627948 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5216a1.htm}}

Apples are the third most internationally traded fruit, behind bananas and grapes.{{Cite book |last1=Tuberosa |first1=Roberto |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qgrGBAAAQBAJ&dq=Apples+are+the+third+most+internationally+traded+fruit,+behind+bananas+and+grapes&pg=PA388 |title=Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources: Volume 2. Crop productivity, food security and nutritional quality |last2=Graner |first2=Andreas |last3=Frison |first3=Emile |date=2013-12-23 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-94-007-7575-6 |language=en}} The global apple sauce trade is expanding, with a market valued at US$1.611 billion in 2017 projected to reach US$2.169 billion by the end of the year 2026. This increase in demand can be attributed to an increase in interest for apple flavored products, with increased global consumption of apple flavored juices and sauces.

Apple sauce is most commonly packaged in cups, jars, pouches, and cans. Apple sauce cups are the largest segment of the apple sauce market, comprising 40.9% of the revenue share in 2017.

Brick-and-mortar retail stores account for about 85% of the market share for apple sauce, as compared to 15% among e-retailers.{{Cn|date=December 2024}}

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Sauces made with apples date to at least the Middle Ages.{{Cite web|title=Food history: applesauce {{!}} ErinNudi.com|url=https://www.erinnudi.com/2014/09/05/food-history-applesauce/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=www.erinnudi.com}}{{Cite web|title=The Food Timeline--history notes: algae to creamed onions|url=http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq.html#applesauce|access-date=2020-11-18|website=www.foodtimeline.org}}

Apple butters were brought to the Americas by German immigrants such as the Moravians and Pennsylvania Dutch. They are traditionally associated with the Appalachian region of the United States and Southern Pennsylvania.

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• Seneca Foods, a major US producer
• Prigat, a major Israeli producer
• Three Threes Condiments, an Australian producer

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