The Power Is In The Peel™

Grown By Mother Nature
Fruits and vegetables contain thousands of naturally occurring nutrients, called phytochemicals, in unique combinations. They all work together synergistically to promote health and prevent disease. In apples, many of the beneficial phytochemicals are found in the peels – up to six times more than in the apple flesh. While scientists have identified many of these nutrients – like quercetin, part of the flavonoid family of antioxidants – they haven't identified them all. It's impossible to duplicate nature's combinations, and it's why whole foods are so vital to good health.

Groundbreaking Research By Cornell's Research Labs
It was in the laboratories at Cornell University's Department of Food Science that apple peel's healthful properties were first unlocked. Leading researcher Rui Hai Liu, Ph.D., focused much of his research on the health benefits of phytochemicals in plant foods. His ultimate goal: to extract maximum nutritional value out of fruits and vegetables. His research led him to develop a patented process for drying and milling apple peel, which concentrates even further the already-dense nutrients in apple peel. Because the research demonstrated that dried apple peel powder can reduce cancer cell growth and replication, the patent application was actually written with cancer treatment in mind.

Antioxidant Power
Oxidation at the cellular level is linked with risk of many of the chronic diseases associated with today's lifestyle, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's. Antioxidants block the cell-damaging effects of oxidative stress, helping to protect healthy cells and repair damaged ones.

The nutritional punch in dried apple peel powder (also known as DAPP) is nothing short of staggering. When it comes to antioxidant power, as measured in ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity). Gram for gram, DAPP ranks near the very top of the list of fruits and vegetables. It has ten times the ORAC of the most nutritious varieties of fresh whole apples. And gram for gram, DAPP scores far higher on the ORAC scale than many so-called "superfoods." It has five times the antioxidant power of blueberries, 11 times the antioxidant power of broccoli, and 14 times the antioxidant power of 100% pomegranate juice.

Out Of The Lab, And Into The Marketplace
Creating a product in a laboratory setting is one thing; adapting the process for commercial production is quite another. Leahy Orchards of Franklin, Qc., Canada, with its ample supply of organic apple peel and its history of technological innovation, was an obvious choice for manufacturing DAPP.

No commercial facilities existed that could handle a high volume of apple peel without damaging it, so the engineers at Leahy Orchards developed custom equipment that yields a superior result at a sustainable cost. Just minutes after the peels are separated from the apples they begin a gentle drying process that preserves all the delicate nutrients. The operation is extremely energy efficient, using recovered heat from the steam used to process the apples in other parts of the facility. The dried peels are then run through a carefully calibrated mill to create a smooth, uniform powder that provides nutrients in a form that is absorbed by the body.

The end result, DAPP, is an amazingly versatile food concentrate. It's perfect for encapsulation as a dietary supplement, both on its own and in multiple ingredient formulas. DAPP can also be blended into applesauce and used as an ingredient in foods like fruit chews, cereals, snack bars, smoothies, and baked goods. With so many health benefits to apple peel, the applications are limited only by imagination.

Committed To The Highest Quality

Certified Organic: We know that organically-grown produce is important to our customers. Organic means that every step in the growing process, beginning with the soil in which our apples are grown, is free of synthetic chemical pesticides, artificial fertilizers and ionizing radiation.

NSF Certified for Sport: There is growing alarm today in athletics about performance-enhancing substances and contaminants finding their way into dietary supplements. In 2008, AppleBoost DAPP capsules were awarded "NSF Certified for Sport" designation, which ensures that our dried apple peel powder capsules are guaranteed free from banned substances. NSF International has been in the business of ensuring the safety of food, water and air for 64 years. It boasts one of the top dietary supplement certification programs in the world, and AppleBoost is proud to be part of the NSF family.