How to Tell If a Mango is Ripe

There are 4 simple signs to check if a mango is ripe and ready to eat! Whether you are picking out a mango from the grocery store or waiting for it to ripen at home this is essential knowledge any mango lover needs to know.

Step one: Check the color, mangoes should be predominately yellow orange when ripe. Often, if you buy mangoes in a country that doesn't grow them they'll be harvested unripe and given the shipping time for it to ripen. This messes with the proper ripening cycle and sometime your ripe mango will have more then half the mango green. So make sure to use all 4 tricks to check if it's ripe.

Step two: Give your mango a slight squeeze, it should be a little soft but not too soft. If it's rock solid its far from ripe.

Step three: Smell your mango, it should have that wonderful aroma of a mango and be quite fragrant. No smell means not ripe.

Step four: check to make sure there is some yellow color at the point where the mango connects to the tree, if there is absolutely none then its not ripe.

Bonus step: Some mangoes will start to wrinkle if you have one that is its ripe.

My other mango related videos:
How to Peel a Semi Ripe Mango:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWZwF3o133I

How to Peel a Ripe Mango:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4KHSkvfWs8&

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