Get Your Ratnagiri Mango Fix: Order Online Now!

Ratnagiri mango (Hapus) is in season February to June, with peak from March to May. GI Tag No. 139 covers fruit grown across Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts. Prices run ₹1,849–₹5,399 per box. Delivery reaches most Indian cities in 1–3 days via BlueDart, Delhivery, Ekart or XpressBees.

Buy Ratnagiri Mango Online

Pre-orders for the 2027 season open from 1 February 2027. Fresh Ratnagiri Alphonso is not available July to January — that is a hard limit of the season, not a stock issue.

Ratnagiri vs Devgad: Which Should You Order?

Feature	Ratnagiri Alphonso	Devgad Alphonso
GI Tag	GI No. 139 (Ratnagiri district)	GI No. 139 (Sindhudurg district)
Season	February – June (peak March–May)	February – June (peak March–May)
Brix at full ripeness	18 – 24°	18 – 24° (typically upper end)
Fruit weight (by grade)	150 – 275 g and above	150 – 275 g and above
Price per box	₹1,849 – ₹5,399	₹1,849 – ₹5,499
Who buys it most	North India customers (repeat-order data)	Mumbai customers (repeat-order data)
Weight grades available	Small (150–180 g), Medium (180–225 g), Extra Large (250–275 g), Jumbo (275–300 g)	Small (150–180 g), Medium (180–225 g), Extra Large (250–275 g), Jumbo (275–300 g)

Both origins carry the same GI No. 139. The distinction is geography and the resulting flavour profile. Devgad fruit, sourced from sea-facing orchards in Sindhudurg villages like Devgad, Jamsande and Vijaydurg, tends to register at the upper end of the 18–24° Brix window. Ratnagiri fruit from villages like Pawas, Golap and Nachane has a slightly different aromatic character — floral, intensely fragrant. Neither is "better"; they are genuinely different mangoes.

Delivery Across India

Fruit is dispatched at 70–80% ripeness — firm enough to survive transit, fully ripe within about three days of delivery. The journey from tree to your door takes roughly 48–72 hours: about two hours from the orchard to the Ratnagiri or Devgad packhouse, then 10–12 hours by air-conditioned vehicle to the Mumbai packhouse, 24–48 hours of natural hay-bed ripening there, and then dispatch.

Courier is BlueDart, Delhivery, Ekart or XpressBees depending on your pin code. Metro cities receive delivery in 20–24 hours from dispatch. Most other cities take 1–3 days. We reach 15,000–17,000 serviceable pin codes across India.

Each box is a 5-ply corrugated fibreboard (CFB) carton — 130 gsm paper, alternate flute orientation — with a 12-slot partition that bears transit pressure instead of the fruit. Every mango sits in a foam-net sleeve (flat width 50–55 mm, length 100–120 mm by fruit size) on a hay bed. Six air holes on the top and bottom keep airflow moving during the final stage of natural ripening. If a fruit arrives damaged, photograph or video it and send to us on WhatsApp within 24 hours of delivery. No physical return is needed — we dispatch a fresh replacement or credit your account.

How to Order

1. Select your grade: Choose Ratnagiri Alphonso at alphonsomango.in/products/ratnagiri-alphonso-mango (₹1,849–₹5,399). Grades run from Small (150–180 g) to Jumbo (275–300 g); box options are half dozen, one dozen or two dozen.
2. Add to cart: Select your preferred box size and quantity, then proceed to checkout. Pre-orders placed now are confirmed for the 2027 season starting February.
3. Dispatch: Once the season opens and your fruit is graded and packed, we ship via BlueDart, Delhivery, Ekart or XpressBees depending on your pin code. Delivery takes 1–3 days to most Indian cities.

Where Ratnagiri Mango Comes From

The Alphonso mango has been grown along Maharashtra's Konkan coast for centuries. The combination of laterite soil, sea-facing slopes, humidity and the specific microclimate of the Sahyadri foothills is what gives Ratnagiri Hapus its character — and why no orchard outside these districts can replicate it, no matter what variety it plants.

We source from 55 named villages across Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg. In Ratnagiri taluka: Pawas, Golap, Nachane, Mavalange, Waravade, Purnagad, Gaonkhadi, Ambeshet, Shirgaon, Mirya, Kalbadevi, Majgaon, Kasheli and Adi. Further south and east across the district: Rajapur, Bankot, Jaitapur, Ansure, Musalmanwadi, Dhopatwadi, Khavati, Veravali, Prabhanvalli, Kelshi, Anjarle, Velneshwar and Velas. Over 100 partner farmer families supply us. Their orchards are typically 12–25 years old, selected by Prashant Powle on Brix consistency, tree longevity and how the farmer manages alternate-bearing years.

How Ratnagiri Hapus Differs from Other Mangoes

Fibre content is the first thing you notice — there is none. The flesh is a deep saffron-yellow, the skin turns golden-yellow with a slight pinkish blush near the apex, and the aroma is strong enough to fill a room before you cut the fruit. Brix at full ripeness runs 18–24°. A Kesar or Dasheri at peak will rarely exceed 18°. The difference is not marginal.

What makes it harder to replicate: the trees are not irrigated in the conventional sense. They depend on Konkan rain patterns. A dry spell at the wrong moment in flowering — which happened in 2026, leading to Prashant Powle's interview in The Economic Times (June 2026) about an "existential crisis" for Alphonso — can cut yield sharply. That yield variability is inseparable from the fruit's flavour. A controlled, irrigated orchard in a different climate cannot produce the same stress-response sugars.

GI Tag and Authenticity

GI Tag No. 139 covers Alphonso mangoes grown in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts. Powle Home Foods holds GI Authorised User number AU/5974/GI/139/260 (Registry Certificate No. 4163, issued 16 October 2019). This is a legal designation, not a marketing label. It means every box we sell has been verified at source, not blended with fruit from outside the GI zone, and documented under APEDA registration 225579.

We also hold a separate authorised user number for Devgad (AU/6932). Both are live credentials you can cross-check with the GI Registry.

How the GI Tag Protects You as a Buyer

Without the GI authorisation, a seller cannot legally label fruit "Ratnagiri Alphonso" or "Devgad Hapus" and ship it as such. In practice, un-authorised sellers mix in fruit from Konkan-adjacent areas — Raigad, Thane district, parts of Goa — which looks similar but lacks the flavour profile. The GI tag gives you a legal anchor: if the seller cannot show their authorised-user number, the product label is a claim, not a certification.

Ratnagiri Alphonso won the Gold Medal at the national One District One Product (ODOP) Awards 2024. That is a district-product recognition, not an award to our brand specifically — but it confirms the national-level standing of the origin.

Harvesting and Ripening

Every fruit is hand-harvested using a Nutan/Zela pole fitted with a catching net and cutting mechanism. The tree is never shaken and the fruit never falls. For tall trees, an indigenously developed length-extending pole with a camera is used. This matters because a single impact bruise — invisible at harvest — turns into a soft patch three days later in your kitchen.

After harvest, fruit goes through post-harvest hot-water treatment to reduce surface issues and extend shelf life, then post-harvest cooling at the packhouse. Every mango is weighed, graded and scanned by AI/ML-assisted machine vision that checks for spongy tissue (internal browning) and external deformities before packing.

What "Natural Ripening" Actually Means

We use natural hay-bed (Aadi) ripening only, in temperature-controlled rooms. No ethylene chambers, no calcium carbide, no artificial ripening agents of any kind. The 24–48 hours the fruit spends at our Mumbai packhouse is monitored natural ripening on hay — not gas-triggered. Calcium carbide ripening is illegal in India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, but it remains widespread. Our fruit is independently tested by Envirocare Labs Pvt. Ltd. (NABL accredited, NABL certificate TC-8284) — all 28 pesticide residues tested in the April 2025 lab report (certificate 01/ETHAP2500044) fell within Codex maximum residue limits; 27 of 28 were below the limit of quantification (0.01 mg/kg). We do not claim "carbide-free certified by lab" because the panel does not test calcium carbide — but the ripening process is fully documented and we test carbide markers weekly through the season.

Weight Grades and What They Mean at the Table

Small (150–180 g) suits single servings and kids. Medium (180–225 g) is the most common gift-box choice. Extra Large (250–275 g) and Jumbo (275–300 g) fruit are what corporate and HoReCa buyers typically order — the larger sizes hold more flesh relative to seed and look impressive on a fruit platter. Fruit is dispatched at 70–80% ripeness and reaches full ripeness about three days after delivery.

Nutrition and Health

Ripe Alphonso pulp contains roughly 30–36 mg vitamin C per 100 g. A 100 g serving meets about 40–45% of the ICMR-NIN 2020 recommended daily intake for adult men (80 mg/day) and about 50% for adult women (65 mg/day). These are per-100 g figures; a medium Ratnagiri fruit at 180–225 g gives you proportionally more.

Mangiferin, a polyphenol concentrated in mango skin and seed, showed anti-inflammatory activity in a cell study (Govindappa et al., 2011). The pulp also contains beta-carotene (the saffron colour is a direct indicator of carotenoid content) and dietary fibre. We state these as nutritional context, not therapeutic claims.

Alphonso puree is suitable for babies from about 6 months as a first fruit. Keep it as a serving suggestion and check with your paediatrician if you have concerns.

Storage After Delivery

Fruit arrives at 70–80% ripeness. Leave it at room temperature for two to three days. Do not refrigerate unripe mangoes — chilling interrupts the ripening process and causes chilling injury (dark patches under the skin). Once fully ripe — soft at the shoulders, fragrant, the skin moving slightly under thumb pressure — refrigerate and consume within two days. A ripe Alphonso held in a refrigerator beyond 48 hours loses its aromatic top notes.

You can freeze ripe pulp (peel, chop, bag flat). Frozen Alphonso pulp holds flavour well for up to three months and works in smoothies, aamras and ice cream. Whole frozen mangoes are not worth it — the texture degrades badly.

Frequently Asked Questions

Authority

AlphonsoMango.in is operated by Powle Home Foods, founded in 2017 by Prashant Powle (operating entity registered July 2019, first full commercial season 2020). GI Authorised User AU/5974/GI/139/260 (GI No. 139, Registry Certificate No. 4163, issued 16 October 2019). FSSAI licence 10020022011783. APEDA registration 225579. All fruit is hay-bed ripened — no carbide, no ethylene chambers. We have served 47,000+ customers since 2019. 46% of customers reorder, placing an average of 2.8 boxes per season. Verified buyer rating: 4.35★ on Judge.me.

Source: Powle Home Foods (AlphonsoMango.in), Envirocare Labs NABL-accredited test report 01/ETHAP2500044, issued 5 April 2025 — all 28 pesticide residues within Codex maximum residue limits.

People Also Ask

Which mango is famous in Ratnagiri?

Alphonso mango, locally called Hapus, is Ratnagiri's most celebrated fruit. It holds GI Tag No. 139 covering Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts. The laterite soil, sea-facing slopes and Konkan humidity give it a fibre-free flesh, deep saffron colour and an aroma strong enough to fill a room before you cut it.

What is the rate of 1 kg Alphonso mango?

Ratnagiri Alphonso is sold by the box rather than by the kilogram, because individual fruit weight varies by grade from 150 g to 300 g. Boxes on alphonsomango.in range from ₹1,849 to ₹5,399 depending on grade and quantity — half dozen, one dozen or two dozen fruits per box.

Buying by box protects every fruit in a 12-slot CFB carton with foam-net sleeves rather than loose weight packing.

Which mango costs 1 lakh?

No Alphonso variety is priced at ₹1 lakh in normal trade. Prices that high are typically auction records for novelty or exhibition mangoes — usually Japanese square or designer varieties cultivated under controlled greenhouse conditions and sold as luxury gifts, not as eating fruit available to everyday buyers.

Ratnagiri GI Alphonso, among India's finest mangoes, sells between ₹1,849 and ₹5,399 per box in season.

Can you find Alphonso mangoes in the US?

Yes, GI-certified Alphonso mangoes reach the US during the March-to-June season, exported through APEDA-registered exporters. AlphonsoMango.in holds APEDA registration 225579 and exports fresh Alphonso to the US, UK, UAE, Singapore and Japan each season. Availability is limited to the harvest window — no fresh Alphonso ships after June.

Read our full guide to Alphonso Mango GI Tag certification and Ratnagiri Mango online delivery for more sourcing detail. Browse the full range in our Alphonso Mango collection.

Season opens February 2027. Pre-order your box now and we will dispatch the day your fruit is graded and packed.