Mango is called “The King of Fruits”. Pakistan is known to produce the best mangoes in the world. Mango is the second most exported fruit from Pakistan mainly to the Middle East, Iran, Germany, Japan, China and Hong Kong making its valuable contribution as an important foreign currency earning fruit crop. Pakistan is now the 4th largest producer in the world behind India, China, Mexico, and Thailand. Mangoes have been produced in Pakistan for well over two thousand years.
Mangoes are one of the most nutritious and delicious fruits. It is high in fiber, low in calories and contains a small number of carbohydrates, calcium, iron, potassium and a little protein. It is rich in vitamins A, B, and C containing other antioxidant vitamins as well. It is one of the sweetest fruits in the world.
The fruit is mostly eaten fresh. It is also processed into preserves, juices, chutneys, jellies, nectars as well as crisp mango chips, which are eaten as snacks.
Among 1595 varieties of mangoes known, only 25 to 30 are being grown on a commercial scale. The varieties of the king of the fruit are producing in Pakistan include Chaunsa, Sindhri, Langra, Dasehri, Anwar Ratool, Saroli, Samar Bahisht, Toota Pari, Fajri, Neelum, Alphanso, Almas, Sanwal, Surkha, Sunera, and Desi.
Chaunsa mango of Pakistan is one of the worlds’ top available varieties. Chaunsa is a variety of mango grown in different parts of the world, but originally from Rahim Yar Khan and Multan in Punjab. It is an extraordinarily sweet mango with a wonderful fragrance and deliciously soft, succulent flesh with only the minimum of fiber.
Sindhri is a Leading variety of Sindh. Its shape is ovalish long, large in size, lemon yellow skin color when ripe, pulp color yellowish, texture fine and firm fibreless, stone medium-sized, flavor pleasantly aromatic and taste sweet. It’s origin is from Mir Pur Khas.
Langra mango’s flesh is fiber-less, yellowish brown in color and has a strong smell when it ripens. As compared to other varieties of mangoes, it is naturally very sugary and soft. The size of the seed is small and oval in shape.
Dasheri mango is long and oval shaped, with a light green or yellow-green skin when mature, becoming golden yellow when ripe. Dasheri mangoes have a fiberless, peach-colored flesh with a medium-sized stone. The flavor is very sweet and aromatic.
