# Fruit/Vegetable skin-How beneficial?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-vegetable-skin-how-beneficial/294446>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 14, 2005, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-vegetable-skin-how-beneficial/294446 "2005-03-14T11:28:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![kristy\_mac8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f17d59/32.png) [@kristy\_mac8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kristy_mac8)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-vegetable-skin-how-beneficial/294446/1 "2005-03-14T11:28:55Z")

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I’ve always peeled the skin off of apples, I just don’t like apple skin. This has led numerous people to inform me that most of the nutrition of apples, and other fruit and vegetables, is found in the skin, so it’s important to eat it. How true is this really? Percentage-wise, how much of the nutritional value is found in the skin of a fruit/vegetable, compared to the flesh? I would be very interested to know this.

Kristy

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**Author:** ![Avumede](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/avumede/32/7235_2.png) [@Avumede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avumede)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-vegetable-skin-how-beneficial/294446/2 "2005-03-14T14:50:06Z")

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Cecil to the [rescue](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_057.html). Summary: It’s a myth the skin has most of the vitamins, but is partially true for fiber.