Apples (only 50 calories per 100 g) are an excellent source of water and micronutrients(vitamins and mineral salts), and so represent a light, nutritious food that is ideal for contemporary lifestyles and always ready to eat: just bite into one! Apples are available in many different varieties and flavours. They are filling, nutritious and easy to digest, and as well as being nourishing, they have “functional” properties too, Because they contain soluble fibre (pectins) and organic acids, in addition to antioxidant carotenes and polyphenols.