in northern Europe and North America. In the United States, packaged apple sauce is primarily branded as a children's snack, and is ubiquitous in school cafeterias. In American cuisine, it is commonly served as pork chops and apple sauce.

American-style apple sauce is not widely available in Britain. An apple preserve, containing chopped, not puréed apples, is sold as "apple sauce." In the UK it is typically sold under the name apple purée