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USDA Says New Apple Bars Equal Nutrition of Two
Apples
 Developed
by Agricultural Research Service which calls them "delicious"
By
Tucker Sutherland, editor
Feb. 24, 2006 – Every senior citizen knows the
health value of apples – highly touted for slowing memory loss in the
elderly and even preventing some cancer – but keeping apples fresh and
available is not always easy. Today, however, the Agricultural
Research Service has announced an apple bar with the nutritional boost
of two fresh apples.
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"Moist, chewy apple bars pack the flavor and
nutritional boost of two orchard-fresh apples into a handy, all-natural
snack," says the report by Marcia Woods.
These sweet treats—about the size of an ordinary
energy bar, but slimmer—result from patented technology developed by ARS
scientists in California. ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
chief scientific research agency.
The scientists' food-processing procedures enable
the bars to stay moist and intensely flavorful without artificial
preservatives. Also, the rich flavor means there's no need to add salt
or sugar, according to the report.
The bars make a tasty addition to a child's school
lunch or a grown-up's afternoon coffee break, according to Tara H.
McHugh in the agency's Western Regional Research Center at Albany,
Calif. They can also be a very easy way for senior citizens to capture
the health benefits of apples any time of day.
The soft, single-serving bars are made from apple
puree that's mixed with apple concentrate and shaped—in a standard piece
of food-processing equipment—into neat rectangles.
Apple bars are the newest addition to the line of
all-natural fruit snacks from McHugh's team, the Processed Foods
Research Unit of ARS.
Gorge Delights of Hood River, Ore., uses crisp, delicious apples
from the "region's picturesque orchards" to make the bars, says the ARS.
A box of 16 bars will cost you $15.84 at the
Gorge Delights Website.
Although the USDA group also says Great Foods of
America, the Cresskill, N.J., marketers for the well-known
Earth Balance and
Smart Balance brands, markets the bars under the Earth Balance name,
SeniorJournal.com could not locate the items on their Websites.
Apple bars are already showing up in natural-foods
stores, says ARS. No information was provided on how to identify these
bars, but if patented by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service, it
can be assumed the bars would so indicate.
The government agency also says, "Moist, chewy,
all-natural apple bars can be made not only with apples, but also with
delicious combinations of apples and other fruits."
Links:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Processed Foods Research Unit
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