I feel like there's something major I'm missing here. Is this satire or a metaphor? Or is this literally an article talking about how you are physiologically capable of eating and digesting (mostly) an entire apple? Personally, I don't like the taste (well, more the texture) of the apple core, so I stay away from it. But... what? The absurdity of this article just leaves me confused... like I said, I think I'm missing something.
I think that was the point, my wife eats the core, she always has. Eats the 'strings' on a bananna too. Me I'm a bit more picky than that :-). So the article is trying to point out that the whole apple is 'edible' and tries to frame it like you're "wasting" the good bits.
It's satire. I particularly liked the bit where he suggested we use the $13.2 billion we save to buy a new Mark Zuckerberg.
I admit I was sure this is all about A7 chip.
I had just eaten the last bit of an apple (I've been a core eater for years) when I saw the headline and thought A7 as well.
To be fair, the banana peel is edible, too. Have seen video where a monkey will happily eat the peel with the banana, whereas another monkey will properly peel it off with the expert ease of a human.
Will I consider eating the peel of a banana? No.
WIll I consider drying the peel out and trying to smoke it - let's not go there.
In case anybody is wondering about the actual statistics, annual production of apple in the U.S. is valued under $3 billion. And vast majority of apples are processed, rather than consumed whole. Which means the real 'waste' from not eating the core is negligible.