These aren’t your Granny’s Smiths: Why we have more apple varieties than ever before [Video]

The apple game has changed, right under our very apple tree. It’s no longer just one red and one green variety filling the produce aisle.

There are now more apple options than ever before, from Cosmic Crisps to SweeTangos. And when Brian Frange found out, he was apoplectic.  

“A whole world of tastes and flavours were opened up to me, and I realized that I had been eating trash apples my entire life,” the apple enthusiast, comedian and founder of an apple ranking website told Cost of Living. 

“I was furious that people were serving me Red Delicious and Granny Smith when there were other apples like SweeTangos out there that were basically not even the same fruit.”

The SweeTango is one of many new apple varieties that have burst onto the market, completely changing what some people believe apples should taste like. And this apple renaissance is having its impact throughout the …