national mango day It is celebrated annually on 22nd July. Summer is the time to welcome juicy, luscious bright yellow and green mangoes. If mango is also your favorite fruit, then one thing to look for while buying this fruit is its sweetness. Of course, there are other factors that contribute to customer choice including the variety or variety of mangoes.
However, at the end of it all, we are looking for its sweetness. So which variety of mango is the sweetest of them all?
According to Guinness World Records, the world’s sweetest mango is found in Zambales, a coastal region of the Philippines. The region is known for its iconic Carabao variety of mango which was declared the sweetest mango in the world by Guinness World Records in 1995.
A total of 23 percent soluble sugar was found in mangoes grown in Masinlok, Zambales, according to a report in the Inquirer, according to a 2013 report released after the 15th National Mango Congress organized by the Zambales government.
A CNN report noted that the sweetness had become so similar with the Carabao version of zambles that when the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) started an annual mango festival in the province’s capital, they called it the sweetest of all. A competition was held to find out the variety. local produce. The first such festival was held in 1999 to mark the completion of a decade when Philippine mango exports had increased.
The report further mentioned that the mangoes from the fields of Nida Malabed were awarded the sweetest mango in 1999. The winner was decided by panelists from the Department of Agriculture (DA), who used a refractometer, a device that measures sugar content. Malabed farm mangoes also top other categories like “pinakamalaki” and “best quality”.
Malabead also worked with fruit experts to create a new hybrid variety of Carabao mangoes that was sweeter and more flavorful. CNN reports that in 2002, DA’s National Seed Industry Council registered Sweet Elena, named after Malabead’s mother, as a new carabao strain that had a sugar content of 19 degrees Brix.
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