Most people never think of Florida as a place for fresh-tasting apple juice. But the "Simply Apple"-brand "pure-pressed" pasteurized apple juice, "not from concentrate," offers exactly that on a year-round basis in the refrigerated juices section of an H.E.B. supermarket in my neighborhood where I generally shop for groceries.
The "Simply Apple" juice is consistently delicious, in sharp contrast to the vast majority of the apple-juice brands available in the non-refrigerated section of the supermarket.
The plastic bottle container for the "Simply Apple" refrigerated juice states that this particular product with an expiration date of October 8, 2017 --- a product I purchased inside an H.E.B. store in mid-August 2017 --- contains apple juice produced from apples raised in both the United States and Canada. This is one example of a happy harmony between the U.S. and its neighbor to the north. The U.S. state or states of origin are not specified.
Apple juice at its worst (and I am referring here to what several other companies offer in the non-refrigerated section of the supermarket) tastes to me a bit like pineapple juice---and I dread that insipid aftertaste from apple juice when it is NOT delicious or fresh-tasting.
I am grateful to an ingenious company in Florida, "Simply Orange Juice Company" of "Apopka, Florida" (a central Florida town situated near Orlando) for offering me a product that makes drinking apple juice a pleasure. (The trade-marked "Simply Apple" juice product from that company also cites a copyright date of 2016.)
As for apples, I read recently that red-delicious apples are particularly good for the health, which is one of the reasons why when I shop at H.E.B. supermarket, I am very happy with the three-pound bags full of smaller, medium-sized red-delicious apples from a first-rate producer in Washington State.
A tag label attached to each bag does not state any company name, but instead states: "WA (Washington) EXTRA FANCY RED DELICIOUS 3# (pounds) NET WT. (weight), 2 1/4" (inches) MIN. (minimum) DIA. (diameter?) OR 76 GRAMS. Meets or Exceeds Us (USDA?) Extra Fancy (standards)."
No city of origin is cited, but the bag does clearly identify the state of origin as Washington State. The front of the bag features a large red apple logo, which from what I understand is the virtually-trademark symbol of pride being used by Washington State apple farmers on packaging for their produce.
The smaller red-delicious apples also appeal to me because they do not have any worm-holes or bruises on them. By contrast, the full-sized red-delicious apples being sold at H.E.B. sometimes do present that unappetizing problem.
(The only possible drawback occurs on occasion when the smaller-sized red-delicious apples are not fully ripe at the time when I purchased them. When their inner fruit is green, the taste is not satisfying and the vitamin benefit from eating that apple is less than otherwise. I plan to do some research to find out the best strategy for how to ripen an entire bagful of smaller red-delicious apples inside my apartment unit.)
I generally find that the smaller, medium-sized red-delicious apples are big enough for me to get the vitamin benefit I need from eating them.
As for apples, I read recently that red-delicious apples are particularly good for the health, which is one of the reasons why when I shop at H.E.B. supermarket, I am very happy with the three-pound bags full of smaller, medium-sized red-delicious apples from a first-rate producer in Washington State.
A tag label attached to each bag does not state any company name, but instead states: "WA (Washington) EXTRA FANCY RED DELICIOUS 3# (pounds) NET WT. (weight), 2 1/4" (inches) MIN. (minimum) DIA. (diameter?) OR 76 GRAMS. Meets or Exceeds Us (USDA?) Extra Fancy (standards)."
No city of origin is cited, but the bag does clearly identify the state of origin as Washington State. The front of the bag features a large red apple logo, which from what I understand is the virtually-trademark symbol of pride being used by Washington State apple farmers on packaging for their produce.
The smaller red-delicious apples also appeal to me because they do not have any worm-holes or bruises on them. By contrast, the full-sized red-delicious apples being sold at H.E.B. sometimes do present that unappetizing problem.
(The only possible drawback occurs on occasion when the smaller-sized red-delicious apples are not fully ripe at the time when I purchased them. When their inner fruit is green, the taste is not satisfying and the vitamin benefit from eating that apple is less than otherwise. I plan to do some research to find out the best strategy for how to ripen an entire bagful of smaller red-delicious apples inside my apartment unit.)
I generally find that the smaller, medium-sized red-delicious apples are big enough for me to get the vitamin benefit I need from eating them.
These bagsful of smaller-sized red-delicious apples offer yet another example of a product that is often purchased by parents for consumption by their schoolchildren offspring, but that adults can also themselves enjoy eating.
Smaller is often better, as this Washington State company demonstrates.
Smaller is often better, as this Washington State company demonstrates.
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