# Are some kinds of apples more nutritious than others? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 30, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-kinds-of-apples-more-nutritious-than-others/483703 "2009-01-30T10:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-kinds-of-apples-more-nutritious-than-others/483703/1 "2009-01-30T10:59:07Z")
My eight-year-old son loves Granny Smith apples, and complains that other types taste too sweet. (I never said I had normal children.) But now he’s started asserting that he was taught at school that “green apples are more nutritious than red or yellow ones.” As long as he eats his fruit happily, I am not complaining, but I wonder if there’s any truth to that assertion? (Erm, not the assertion that he was taught that at school, but that green apples are better for you. I don’t think you folks, smart as you are, can answer a question about what my son has learned at school. 😉 )Are any kinds of apples generally more nutritious than others? I was under the impression that apples in general weren’t exactly high-nutrient fruits anyway, though they have a good bit of fiber. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-kinds-of-apples-more-nutritious-than-others/483703/2 "2009-01-30T17:44:03Z")
Apple as a whole fruit is pretty good for you, they have a variety of vitamins and a good fiber. There is no significant difference nutrionally in the varieties, afaik. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-kinds-of-apples-more-nutritious-than-others/483703/3 "2009-01-30T19:03:19Z")
There was a study a few years ago that found that a few varieties of red apples had more antioxidants that others. These included the much-maligned red delicious. > **[Red Delicious, Northern Spy Apples Have Most Antioxidants, Chemists Find](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050523234141.htm)** > > Red Delicious, Northern Spy and Ida Red contain more disease-fighting antioxidants than other apples studied, Canadian researchers say. They also pinpoint the individual chemical compounds responsible for antioxidant activity in apples. The findings... ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-kinds-of-apples-more-nutritious-than-others/483703/4 "2009-01-31T08:27:26Z")
Huh. I did not know that. Thanks for the answers! I’ll keep on encouraging the kid to eat his Granny Smiths 🙂