applesauce

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The company survived Prohibition by making applesauce and sweet cider, and later adapted to make hand sanitizer during Covid-19.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

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

“It’s kind of like mushing up the education into your applesauce — mushing it up in the beer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 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

During the evening we’d have some applesauce or homemade cake.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson