How to Buy Mangoes

• Look for: Mangoes with a sweetly fragrant aroma and skin that yields slightly to the touch. A perfectly ripe mango should be neither too hard nor too soft. The skin may have a few black spots—an indication that the fruit is very ripe.
• Avoid: Mangoes with shriveled skin and a fibrous flesh. These mangoes have been picked too early and will have acidic, unpleasant-tasting flesh. They’re also of inferior nutritional value compared to ripe mangoes.