Mango Buying Hacks: Are you getting cheated while buying mangoes? Identify real and sweet mango in these 5 easy ways

News India Live, Digital Desk: As soon as summer begins, the smell of the king of fruits ‘Mango’ has started spreading all around in the markets. Just hearing names like Hapus (Alphonso), Kesar, Dussehri and Langra makes the mouth water. But do you know that not every yellow and shiny mango available in the market is sweet or healthy? In order to earn more profits, many times traders cook mangoes with chemicals (calcium carbide). In such a situation, Live Hindustan has brought for you some ‘secret hacks’, by adopting which you can choose the best and naturally ripe mangoes from the market.

1. The ‘Magic’ Test of Water (The Water Test)

This is the oldest and effective method. After buying mango or before buying it, put it in a bucket of water:

Real Mango: The mango which is naturally ripe on the tree is heavy and when put in water, sit down (sink) Will go.

Fake Mango: Mangoes cooked with chemicals are half raw from inside and there is air in them, hence they are like water. floating above Will stay. Avoid buying such mangoes.

2. Don’t go by color, look at spots

Often we buy a dark yellow and unblemished mango as soon as we see it, but this is the biggest mistake:

Natural Mango: Naturally ripe mangoes do not have the same color. It may be light green at some places and yellow at others. Also, on its peel small brown or black spots (Spots) are there.

Chemical mango: It is very beautiful to look at, shiny and completely of the same color (Uniformly Yellow). If white or blue marks are seen on the mango, then understand that it has been cooked with spices (carbide).

3. See and feel the ‘press’

Take the mango in your hand and press it lightly:

the right choice: Ripe mango is soft to touch but not mushy.

Caution: If the mango seems very hard at some places and very soft at other places, then understand that it is not ripe properly. Natural mango feels equally soft from all sides.

4. The Smell Test

The aroma of mango is the biggest indicator of its purity:

true identity: Smell the stem part of the mango. There should be a sweet, aromatic and fruit’s own natural aroma coming from there.

Danger sign: If there is no smell coming from the mango or Chemical, Alcoholic Or if there is a pungent smell, then do not take it at all.

5. Weight and size coordination

Pick up the mango in your hand and see it. If the mango is bigger than its size Heavy If you feel it, it means that it is full of juice. Dry and bland mangoes often turn out to be fibrous or tasteless inside.