Organic Mangos, Tommy Atkins - or Kent

It's no wonder the Tommy Atkins mango is one of the most popular. The meat has the sweetness of a peach, the colour of an apricot and just enough fiber to give it some chewiness.
This product traveled 8200 km to reach our warehouse.

Storage Tip: Store unripe mangos at room temperature. To speed up ripening place in a paper bag with a banana. A ripe mango can be stored in the fridge for up to a week. Mangos taste best if brought to room temperature before eating.

Preparation Tip: One way to prepare a mango is to cut the "cheeks" away from the pit, and cross hatch the flesh with a sharp knife before inverting it by turning the concave shape into a convex one. A pattern of cubes will pop out making for an easy way to eat a mango.

Culinary Compatibility: Mangos are good served both sweet and savoury. Try in a chutney or with other fruits in a pie.

Health Information: High in beta carotene, fibre, vitamins C, E, and B6. They are also a source of potassium, folate, riboflavin, thiamin and niacin.

Pronatur
Chiclayo,
Pronatur is the founder of one of South America’s most dynamic sustainable food movement. They are the marketing arms for no less then forty certified organic and certified Fair Trade agricultural cooperatives. Pronatur is based in Chiclayo Peru (400 miles North of Lima) nestled in a gorgeous tropical desert valley at the base of the Andes’ a few minutes East of the shores of the South Pacific. The forty cooperatives that make up this model include 1170 producers of which 115 growers are dedicated to mango production. The cooperatives produce organic and Fair Trade certified mangos, bananas and coffee in six distinct geographical locations throughout Peru. Each cooperative has its own legal charter and is a member of the umbrella cooperative APROECO.