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Peaches have been around far longer than the peach emoji — more than 3,000 years longer, to be exact. The stone fruit was first cultivated in China in prehistoric times, and they were spread from there to Europe and modern-day Iran before Spanish missionaries snatched them up and brought them to other countries.


More than 100 peach varieties are grown in the U.S. and the flesh of the fruit can be yellow, white, or (sometimes) red. That said, most found in the U.S. have yellow flesh that's sweet but balanced with a bit of acidity. White peaches, on the other hand, have low acidity, taste nearly as sweet as honey, and lack the quintessential tang of the yellow variety.


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Peaches do have a lot of nutritional perks—including fiber and antioxidant compounds—and the highest concentrations of these healthy benefits are the skin, rather than the flesh.

That means that when you peel a peach, you’re also stripping away many nutritional perks. So one thing to consider is that if you do want to maximize fruit’s natural health benefits, including fiber, vitamin A, and antioxidant compounds, it’s best to eat the skin in addition to the flesh.