This is the world’s costliest mango, and here’s everything you need to know about it

We all love mango and enjoy it in various forms, whether it’s ice cream, shakes, smoothies, cakes, or other forms of dessert. While the market is flooded with many varieties that come at a varied rate, will you ever spend more than a lakh for a kilogram of mango? Well, there exists a mango that is also the world’s costliest mango, and here’s why. (Image: Twitter/harshgoenka)

The mango is called Miyazaki mango or Taiyo-no-Tamago, "Egg of the Sun", because of its intense colour and egg shape. As per reports, these mangoes are grown during the peak harvest between April and August in Japan’s Miyazaki city. They are purple in colour and turn flaming red when ripe. The report says that a single Miyazaki mango can weigh around 350 grams and is sold at Rs 2.70 lakh per kilogram in the international market. Also, one mango can grow up to 900 grams in weight. (Image: istock)

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While it was originally cultivated in Japan’s Miyazaki city, the variety is now available in India, Bangladesh, Thailand, and the Philippines. It is often categorised as a type of Irwin mango. (Image: istock)

As per experts, this variety of mango requires a typical sort of warm weather, abundant rainfall, and prolonged sunlight, which Miyazaki city offers and the whole intricate process of growing it makes this variety an expensive mango. Also, as per online reports, each mango is wrapped in a small net so that sunlight gets distributed evenly and gives them a uniform ruby-red colour. And at some places, they also use reflectors below the plant so that the sunlight is bounced upward. The taste of this mango is described as mango-flavoured candy with hints of pineapple and coconut. (Image: istock)

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It has a 15 percent or higher sugar content than normal mangoes and is loaded with antioxidants, folic acid, and beta-carotene. This non-fibrous variety of mango is good for vision improvement and has very delicate flesh, which makes it perfect for smoothies and shakes. (Image: istock)

As per studies, this variety of mango is available in five grades. First grade is called AA, which is reddish in colour. The second grade is called A, has hints of blue on it, and is slightly less perfect than AA in perfection. The third grade is B, which is slightly more yellow at the base. Next is C, which is smaller in size and has yellow at the base. And the last grade is substandard, which is very small with lots of yellow at the base. (Image: istock)

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