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This article confused the hell out of me. Since I don't eat apples but my kids love them, I have purposely tried all the kinds of apples at the store. And tim

• RaptorJ 12y ago
  This is maybe not inconsistent. Kids like Kraft macaroni and cheese and Hotdogs covered in ketchup. We shouldn't expect kids to like "better" foods if they haven't developed a palette yet.
• pbhjpbhj 12y ago
  Marketing? My kids nag me to buy "cheese product" which is like cheese but 10x the price (OK I'm exaggerating, it's 5x - cheese is already the most expensive single item of food we buy), tastes like plastic and is marketed in a kid-friendly way.
• nshepperd 12y ago
  Might be related to the childhood preference for sweet foods - apparently Red Delicious has high amounts of sugar, relative to other apple varieties. For example, 14.8% sugar for "Early Red" variety[1], vs 10.4% average over all kinds[2]. Maybe this is enough to explain it? [1]. http://www.researchgate.net/publication/49591548_Compositional_Characteristics_of_Fruits_of_several_Apple_(Malus_domestica_Borkh.)_Cultivars/links/0deec51e784d64eb92000000 http://www.researchgate.net/publication/49591548_Composition... [2]. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+apple http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+apple