Ataúlfo mango
Mangifera indica 'Ataulfo' · Tropical fruit
Top 10 pairings
The Ataúlfo is Mexico's signature small, golden dessert mango — a compact, kidney- to sigmoid-shaped fruit with thin skin, a tiny flat stone and buttery, near-fibreless flesh that is intensely sweet and tropical-honeyed when ripe.
Picking a good onedrag
UnderripeOverripe
Firm ripeBuy itIt gives a little but still dices cleanly for salsa, salad or grilling.
SkinGround colour starting to lift
FleshYields a little under the thumb
StemShoulders full, level with stem
SmellFaint sweet resin at the stem
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What you get from one
71%
Edible part
336 g flesh · stone and skin out
473 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
Below about 10 °C the skin greys and it ripens unevenly. Chill only ripe fruit, and only briefly.
85-95%
Humidity
Open and uncovered
Airflow