Apple juice vs. whole apple

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Hi All,

How do apple juices compare for their polyphenol contents.

See the pdf-available below.

Kahle K, Kraus M, Richling E.

Polyphenol profiles of apple juices.

Mol Nutr Food Res. 2005 Jun 30;49(8):797-806 [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 15991215

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstra\

ct & list_uids=15991215 & query_hl=18

From the abstract, is:

.... For dessert apples the total polyphenol content ranged from 154 to 178 mg/L,

whereas for 'old' German cider apple cultivars 261-970 mg/L were determined. ...

From the Introduction is:

.... Apples,Malus domestica (ceae),may contain up to 2 g of polyphenols per

kilogram wet weight ...

Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@...

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