Golden Apple

The golden apple is a special food item that can be eaten by the player.

The enchanted golden apple (Enchanted Apple in Bedrock Edition), referred to also in an achievement as a Notch apple, is a rare variant of 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) and 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 II ( every 25 ticks,  × 0.4 per second) for 20 seconds (long enough to heal  points of damage), Fire Resistance I for 5 minutes and 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 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.

Data values
In Java Edition, both golden apples have the ID  (322) and are further defined by their damage value.

In Bedrock Edition, golden apples have the ID  (322), and enchanted golden apples have the ID   (466).