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I meant to say cyanide, not arsenic. As [USER=30637]@Rice_Guy[/USER] points out, arsenic comes from contamination in the soilI think that the problem with many of these warnings is that they don't pay attention to scale. If X has a small amount of a harmful chemical, they conclude that X is dangerous. But, (1) if the seeds are not crushed, they won't release cyanide, and (2) if the seeds are crushed, you would need to drink a lot of cider, all at once, to get a harmful does of cyanide.This article concludes that you would need to eat the seeds of at least 85 apples, all at once, to have a harmful effect. https://culinarylore.com/food-science:are-apple-seeds-poisonous-should-you-avoid-eating-apple-cores/ So maybe that would translate into drinking at least 2 gallons of cider, all at once, before you would have a harmful effect.
I meant to say cyanide, not arsenic. As [USER=30637]@Rice_Guy[/USER] points out, arsenic comes from contamination in the soil
I think that the problem with many of these warnings is that they don't pay attention to scale. If X has a small amount of a harmful chemical, they conclude that X is dangerous. But, (1) if the seeds are not crushed, they won't release cyanide, and (2) if the seeds are crushed, you would need to drink a lot of cider, all at once, to get a harmful does of cyanide.
This article concludes that you would need to eat the seeds of at least 85 apples, all at once, to have a harmful effect. https://culinarylore.com/food-science:are-apple-seeds-poisonous-should-you-avoid-eating-apple-cores/ So maybe that would translate into drinking at least 2 gallons of cider, all at once, before you would have a harmful effect.
