Grāpple ( ) is the registered brand name for a commercially marketed brand of Fuji or

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apple An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus'' spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (''Malus domestica''), the most widely grown in the genus, are agriculture, cultivated worldwide. The tree originated ...

that has been soaked in a solution of concentrated Methyl Anthranilate (Grape Flavor) and diluted with

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in order to make the flesh of the apple taste like a

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. The solution does not add additional sugars or caloric content, nor does it affect the nutritional value of a standard apple. All ingredients are approved by the

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and the

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, with the production process licensed by the

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. Contrary to what the name implies, it is an externally flavored fruit product, not a true

hybrid Hybrid may refer to: Science * Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding ** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species ** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two diff ...

of two fruits. These processes were initially patented in 2004 under patent No. 7824723, with revisions in 2007, and 2010, with the latter being the final patent. The patent was granted to one Mr. Gary A. Snyder, or Snyder LLC., who let the patent expire in 2022, under fee-related reasoning. The brand started selling products in 2004 and was the subject of an allergen study in 2007 after two individuals reported a

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to the fruit. In 2016, Grapple Fruits launched a more tart flavor at the PMA Fresh Summit in

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. As of 2024, the parent company responsible for the production of Grapple has discontinued both variants of the grape-flavored apple, citing low sales, declining interest, and poor publicity.

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