Golden Apple

The golden apple is a special food item that bestows beneficial effects.

The enchanted golden apple is a rare variant of the golden apple that has stronger effects.

Usage
To eat a golden apple, press and hold while it is selected in the hotbar. Both restore points of hunger and 9.6 hunger saturation.

The regular golden apple provides:
 * Absorption I for 2 minutes (providing points of absorption health)
 * Regeneration II ( every 25 ticks, × 0.4 per second) for 5 seconds (long enough to heal  points of damage).

The enchanted golden apple provides:
 * Absorption IV for 2 minutes (providing points of absorption health)
 * Regeneration level II $$ or V $$ for 30 seconds ($$, is restored every 25 ticks,  × 0.4 per second) for 20 seconds (long enough to heal  points of damage; $$,  is restored every 6 ticks,  × 1.66 per second)
 * Fire Resistance I for 5 minutes
 * Resistance I (20% reduced damage from all sources except the void) for 5 minutes

Golden apples can be eaten even when the player's hunger bar is full.

Curing zombie villagers
A regular golden apple and a potion of Weakness can be used to convert a zombie villager into a regular villager.

Horses
Both types of golden apples can be used to improve the chances of taming a horse by 10%, for breeding horses and for speeding up the growth of baby horses by 4 minutes.

ID
Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Trivia

 * The damage tag of an enchanted apple obtained in Bedrock Edition is 1.
 * They are the only food source in the game that restores health points when eaten.