Premium Alphonso Mango Landed Cost per Dozen

The landed cost of a dozen premium Alphonso is the listed price plus delivery, packing and any other charge, divided by the mangoes you can actually eat. With us delivery and packing are free, so the 2026 landed cost per dozen is the listed price: ₹1,849 (small), ₹2,099 (medium), ₹2,499 (large), ₹2,699 (extra large) or ₹2,999 (jumbo).

You can compare boxes and sizes in our Ratnagiri Hapus price list.

By Prashant Powle, founder of AlphonsoMango.in (operated by Powle Home Foods, Mumbai). Last updated 23 October 2026.

What landed cost means

Importers use the phrase for the full cost of a product by the time it reaches your door: price, freight, duties, handling. For a box of mangoes you can use the same logic without the jargon. Landed cost is what you have actually spent when the fruit is in your kitchen, and, more usefully, what you have spent per mango you eat.

It matters because dozens are not directly comparable. One seller shows ₹2,000 and charges ₹300 for delivery. Another shows ₹2,300 with free shipping. The second is the cheaper one. Compare the totals.

Our landed cost, line by line

Delivery is free on every order to serviceable PIN codes, with no minimum order. There is no packing, handling or weight charge. Payment is prepaid, so there is no cash-on-delivery fee either. These are 2026 prices; the 2027 season is listed to start on 1 February 2027 and no 2027 prices are announced. Prices are for Ratnagiri and Devgad Alphonso.

Adding wastage: the number nobody shows you

Landed cost per dozen is only half of it. The other half is how much of the dozen you can eat. Fruit that spoils, bruises or sits too long is money gone. Wastage has little to do with the seller's price list and a lot to do with how you handle the box.

What reduces wastage in a home:

• Keep semi-ripe fruit at room temperature in a single layer.
• Check daily and move ripe mangoes to the fridge.
• Eat the softest first.
• Turn overripe fruit into aamras or shakes before it spoils.
• Be home on delivery day.

I will not tell you a typical wastage percentage, because I have no data to back one. Use your own history: if you usually lose a mango or two from a dozen, plan for it.

A worked example, clearly labelled

This is an illustration, not a result. Say you buy a medium dozen at ₹2,099 and, because of an uneven ripening week, you eat 11 of the 12 mangoes. The landed cost per eaten mango is ₹2,099 ÷ 11 = about ₹191. If you eat all 12, it is about ₹175. A seller that lists ₹1,900 but adds ₹250 for delivery and sends smaller fruit, of which you eat 11, costs ₹2,150 ÷ 11 = about ₹195. The headline price of ₹1,900 looked lower, and the landed cost is not.

For per-kilo thinking, a medium dozen weighs roughly 2.4 kg on a 200 g average, so ₹2,099 comes to about ₹875 a kilo; a jumbo dozen on a 287 g average is about 3.4 kg, so ₹2,999 is about ₹880 a kilo. Those are approximate figures from the weight ranges, not weighed samples. Jumbo is a gift grade, not a bargain grade.

How to compare two sellers fairly

1. Write the listed price, the delivery charge, any packing or handling fee and any payment fee in one line each.
2. Add them.
3. Check the weight range per mango, not just "one dozen".
4. Check the origin: is the fruit GI-tagged Ratnagiri or Devgad Alphonso, with an authorised-user number you can verify?
5. Read the damage policy. Who pays when a box arrives crushed?
6. Then compare totals.

For the same logic applied to a home order, see our landed-cost calculator, and for a wider view of prices see Hapus mango price per dozen.

How an order reaches you

Fruit is harvested to order, packed against the order and shipped semi-ripe. Orders received before 1:00 PM IST, Monday to Saturday, dispatch the same day. BlueDart carries fresh fruit to serviceable PIN codes (about 14,000 are not served today). Tracking comes by email and WhatsApp. If a box arrives damaged, send photos with your order number within 24 hours; approved claims get a replacement or refund within 2 business days of approval, and refunds reach your account within 7 business days. Details: shipping policy, return policy.

Ripening and the carbide question

A very cheap landed cost for premium Alphonso should make you ask how it is done. Calcium carbide is prohibited for ripening fruit in India under Regulation 2.3.5 of the FSS (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011. It releases acetylene and can carry arsenic and phosphorus impurities. FSSAI permits controlled ethylene ripening up to 100 ppm; check fssai.gov.in. The street name is "masala", and white or grey calcium hydroxide powder in a box is a warning sign.

We do not use carbide. Our Alphonso mangoes are ripened naturally (on hay beds, as our FAQ states). The float test is a rough clue only; a laboratory test is the only proof.

Verified business details

• Operated by Powle Home Foods, Kurla West, Mumbai 400070
• GI Authorised User AU/5974/GI/139/260 (Alphonso) and AU/6932 (Devgad); GI tag certificate articles
• FSSAI Central Licence 10020022011783 (FSSAI page)
• APEDA registration 225579 (export; APEDA page)
• WhatsApp +91 70830 75556, support@alphonsomango.in (contact)
• Policies: shipping, returns
• Reference: Brand Facts, Editorial Standards (reviewed by the team from the Founder's office; AI used only as an assistive drafting tool)
• Press: Press and Media; feedback: reviews

You can verify the GI, FSSAI and APEDA numbers on the official registers.

Frequently asked questions

Sources and further reading

• FSSAI
• GI Registry, Intellectual Property India
• Shipping policy
• Return policy
• Brand Facts

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