Fresh ripe mango tastes like a sugar peach. It has a rich sweet, slightly sugary and pleasant undertones. Although, depending on the type of fruit, its taste may differ.
There are more than twenty varieties of mango, and they all have their own special unique taste. Varieties differ in skin color and fruit consistency. The fruit comes in green, yellow, orange, red and even pink hues. But the most common type of this fruit - yellow mango - has an incredible aroma and taste.
Unripe fruit has a pleasant sourness or generally hard and tasteless. A bright sour taste indicates that the fruit is spoiled.
Delicious ripe mango has a pleasant aroma that vaguely resembles a resinous or coniferous smell. If the mango does not smell, it means that it has not yet ripened, therefore, it will not fully reveal the true taste. A very pungent intense fruit smell indicates that it is overripe, and it is better not to eat it.
The mango can vary in shape from regular round to elongated ovoid. If the fruit is very tough and firm, it is not yet fully ripe and will therefore be tasteless or astringent and sour. A deformed fruit or one with a wrinkled skin indicates that it is stale or spoiled.
Many tropical fruit lovers prescribe mango to the slightly sugary taste of ripe peach. To others, mango tastes like carrots with lemon juice. And someone compares this fruit with pineapple and strawberries. But it is impossible to accurately determine the taste of the fruit and draw a final conclusion without trying it yourself.
When choosing a quality ripe mango, you need to pay attention to its color, smell, shape and condition of the peel. The surface of the mango should be smooth, shiny, firm, but not hard. It should not leave dents after pressing, and even more so, give off juice. Also, the fruit should smell good and look beautiful.
Ripe quality fruit contains a large amount of vitamins and minerals that are beneficial to health. It consists of natural sugars and carbohydrates that give strength, vigor and energy. Ripe fruit contains amino acids necessary for the body, as well as vitamins B1 and B2. Unripe fruit is rich in ascorbic, citric, oxalic, malic and other acids involved in the normal functioning of the body.
Mango not only tastes great, but also benefits. It strengthens the immune system, protects the body from infections and colds. It is also a dietary fruit, as it contains a large amount of fiber, breaks down fats and removes toxins from the body. There is even a special mango diet.
