How to identify Carbide Ripened Mangoes?
The customer asks multiple questions and hence thought that let's make this information in the public domain.
Buy Carbide-Free Mangoes
There was one customer, Aditya from Pune; till now, they were eating mangoes from typical hawkers or Bhaiyas who come near their Home or Office, and they used to see the mangoes, and then they used to negotiate and buy. The vendor used to say this is chemical-free Alphonso mango.
Once in a similar purchase, he bought the Alphonso Mangoes 2 dozen box, and when he reached home, opened the box customer found the small pouch of some powder; when googled it was Calcium Carbide powder. Had a question:
How to detect calcium carbide in fruits
How to identify carbide ripened mangoes
How to identify carbide ripened mangoes
How to remove carbide from fruits
How to remove carbide from fruits
Mango ripening by carbide
Mango ripening carbide
Mango ripening using carbide
Mango ripening with calcium carbide
Mango ripening with carbide
Mangoes ripened with carbide.
Ripening mangoes using carbide
Ripening mangoes with carbide
Technically or traditionally, Alphonso Mangoes are ripened after Gudi Padwa, that is, in the first week of April, not before all those mangoes that are not ripe on the tree.
Fruits such as Alphonso mango are like gold mines for many due to their Taste, Colour, and aroma and are sold at nasty prices; also, Alphonso Mango is either near ripe on the tree or manually ripened through two processes: the natural chemical-free process where Grass haystack and handling of mangoes is required. In comparison, others are using chemicals like calcium carbide.
While naturally ripened, Alphonso Mango is known for the best health results for cancer patients as Mangoes are rich with Nutrients, minerals & Vitamins with aroma and taste.
Certain Mango sellers want to cut down the cycle of mango ripening which is of nearly 8 to 10 days before it reaches you (Please refer to Mango ripening chart), so some certain people or mentalities are in the market to earn more there are certain players or lobby who purchase Unripe Mangoes and Ripen mangoes using calcium carbide technically any chemist knows it as Calcium Carbide (CaC2).
Using Calcium carbide is illegal or banned for use by the government for mangoes as it could lead to cancer.
Calcium Carbide is illegal by the FDA under the FSSR 2011 & FSSA 2006, which is very harmful to the health of human beings. Calcium is a carcinogenic substance that is very dangerous for humans and may cause cancer; we should refrain from eating mangoes ripened with carbide. These mangoes, as per doctors, have been strictly banned by doctors due to harmful medical effects on the human body, but potentially it is very harmful.
How to detect Alphonso Mangoes ripened using calcium carbide.
- Artificially Ripened Mangoes using Calcium Carbide
- When Artificially ripened Alphonso Mangoes are dropped in a bucket of water, they will float on the water.
- Artificially ripened mangoes with calcium carbide weigh less and are less juicy to taste.
- By Detection of Acetylene gas C₂H₂ because Alphonso Mango release acetylene gas if Calcium carbide is used for ripening mangoes
- Match Stick test light a match stick bring it near the box of Alphonso Mango which is ripened using calcium carbide it may catch fire or sparkles traces is present in Alphonso Mango surface.
Caution does not attempt this test in the proximity of the whole crate of Alphonso Mango. The usage of calcium carbide releases a good amount of acetylene gas, which may lead to an explosion, so be careful while lifting the match stick test near Alphonso Mango with calcium carbide.
- Chemical Test Reagent Solution 1 Chemical Test by preparing reagent solution of Cupric Chloride (CuCl2 ) 1.5 gm, Ammonium Chloride (NH4Cl ) 3 gm in 20 ml of Ammonia solution dilute this solution to make it to 50 ml
Reagent Solution 2 mixes hydroxylamine hydrochloride (HONH2·HCl) in 50 ml of water.
Test Solution is a mixture of Reagent solution 1 – 20ml and Reagent Solution 2 – 40 ml; take a Whatman no. 1 filter paper, dip it in the test solution, and place this Whatman no one paper near a pile of mango or alphonso mango box or storage whichever you want to taste now Acetylene gas which is generated due to usage of calcium carbide on your Alphonso Mangoes will start to reaction on Whatman no one paper and start to change the Whatman no one paper color to brownish-purple or reddish-brown due to acetylene gas released by Alphonso Mangoes that indicates that your mangoes are ripened using Calcium carbide.
Another method is Alphonso. Mango fruit starts to get black patches in 2 to 3 days due to the usage of calcium carbide for ripening of Mango fruit.
Traces of white color powder arsenic traces are found on the mango fruit; if Calcium Carbide is applied, there will be traces of arsenic powder white powder.
Carbide turns the Alphonso Mango fruit to yellow or saffron color, but the inner section remains unripe; the flesh of Alphonso Mango but sweetness and moisture are missing as carbide kills sugar content from Alphonso Mango nutrients.
Naturally Ripened Alphonso Mangoes
When naturally ripened Alphonso Mangoes are dropped in a bucket of water, they sink in the water. That means they are naturally ripened or ripened using natural plant hormones ethylene.
Naturally ripened Alphonso Mangoes weigh more and more juicy with exact moisture.
When Alphonso Mango is naturally ripened, it is best for the heavenly taste.
At Alphonsomango, we use grass haystacks' natural ripening process and change the positions in a godown in airy locations at Ratnagiri and Devgad only. Alphonsomango. in the farmer team, always put ripe mango on the tree and then only deliver it to the customer as it is a more mature decision for mango fruit with taste, aroma, and color.