applesauce

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In the US in 2023, hundreds of children were poisoned by lead from imported cinnamon that made its way into applesauce.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

There is applesauce, made with an apple peeler you crank by hand, simmering on the stove.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

And if we want to truly understand the role of processing in modern diets, we need to move beyond comparing apples to orange juice — and start comparing apples to applesauce.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025

As the years passed, her family became reliant on a short list of Olivia’s “safe foods”: chicken nuggets, applesauce, popcorn.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2025

We sat in the cab of his dad’s dump truck and tore open the bags: beef stew, applesauce, shrink-wrapped crackers, little packets of strawberry jam, iced-tea mix, and hot chocolate.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings