Hand holding supermarket apple with a glossy wax coating against blurred apple background. - Wang Yukun/Getty Images Shiny red apples are the quintessential supermarket item whenever you enter the ...

A bowl of red apples next to three green and red apples - Thanasis/Getty Images Like most fruits and vegetables, apples have a high water content, which means they are prone to losing moisture. To ...

Richa Chadha reacts to a China video showing artificial apple coloring. Check for artificial coatings with a vegetable brush and buy from trusted sources. Apples' benefits include soluble fiber, ...

Among the vast rainbow of fruits, blue fruits are so rare that scientists classify them as outliers. But strip away a blueberry’s waxy outer coating and the berry looks black. Squish it and the juice ...

Texas A&M researchers combine food-grade wax with essential oils to defend produce from bacteria. Dr. Mustafa Akbulut, professor of chemical engineering, has teamed up with horticultural science ...

If you are struggling to remove the wax coating from your store-bought apples, try using these two pantry staples next time around.