Mango – mahachanok ‘rainbow mango’

Description

The Mahachanok mango is oblong in shape with thick smooth skin and is about 20cm in length, and weighs approximately 330g.

The Mahachanok mango looks quite similar to the Nam Doc Mai mango. Like usual mangoes, the Mahachanok starts out with green skin and ripens to a yellow with pink blush on the side most exposed to the sun. With buttery flesh, the taste of these mangoes is buttery, fragrant and sweet, the flesh being juicy and described as melt-in-your-mouth.

What’s great about the Mahachanok is that the seed is long and flat, almost paper-thin – creating a great flesh to seed ratio – and there is little to no fibre to get stuck in your teeth.

Thailand is where these mangoes are mainly grown. They are extremely popular in Southeast Asia and India, and are usually exported to Japan and Europe.

As all fruits and vegetables, the Mahachanok mango is rich in nutritional value. They are rich in vitamin C, B1, B2, beta carotene, carbohydrates, protein, calcium and phosphorus. In Australia, Mahachanok mangoes are available in late November.