Golden Apple

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

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

The 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)

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

Horses
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.

Piglins
are attracted to golden apples and run toward any golden apples on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory. However, piglins do not eat golden apples (or any food).

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Trivia

 * Along with one of the Suspicious Stew varieties, they are the only food source in the game that directly restores health points when eaten.