It isn't uncommon to find that the apples you buy from the store come with a layer of wax. While that wax may prevent moisture loss in the apples so that they last longer on the shelves, it also makes ...

There's no need to fear this shiny fruit.

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 ...

When you were younger, you may have gone to an elderly relative's house and, feeling peckish and not particularly craving butterscotch, reached for an enticing-looking apple sitting in a bowl.

Kait Thornton (@apple.girl.kait), a Washington-based apple farmer, said that it shouldn’t cause alarm that apples have a thin wax coating. To demonstrate why, she put two apples on display: one fresh ...