March 17, 2020

How to Buy Alphonso Mango Online

By Prashant Powle • 6 minute read

To buy Alphonso mango online, pick a seller who names the district, states the fruit grade, shows a GI Authorised User certificate and says how the fruit is ripened. We sell Ratnagiri and Devgad Alphonso from Rs 1,849 per dozen, dispatched by Blue Dart in season.

You can compare boxes and sizes in our Ratnagiri Alphonso collection.

Buy Alphonso mango online: the five-point checklist

We are Powle Home Foods in Mumbai, and we have sold Alphonso under the AlphonsoMango.in name since 2020, after starting offline in 2019. Across online, offline and marketplace sales we have served more than 47,000 customers. That experience boils down to five questions a buyer should ask any seller, including us, before paying for a box of Alphonso online.

Which district? Alphonso from the Ratnagiri and Devgad belt on the Konkan coast is GI-tagged in India under GI No. 139. A page that says only "Alphonso" without a place is vague.
Which grade? Alphonso fruits generally weigh 150 to 300 g. The grade, or weight per fruit, is the main driver of price. A dozen of 150 to 180 g fruit and a dozen of 275 to 300 g fruit are different products.
Which certificate? A GI Authorised User certificate shows the seller is registered to use the GI name. Ours is AU/5974/GI/139/260 for Ratnagiri and AU/6932 for Devgad, both on our our published brand facts.
How ripened? We do not use carbide. Our Alphonso mangoes are ripened naturally on hay beds. Selling fruit ripened with calcium carbide (acetylene) gas is prohibited under Regulation 2.3.5 of the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011.
Who delivers, and when? Perishable fruit needs a named courier and a clear dispatch rule. Ours are below.

How to buy Alphonso mango online: Hapus from the Konkan GI belt

Which Alphonso to buy: Ratnagiri or Devgad

Both listings are the same Alphonso variety from the GI belt, sold in the same five grades at the same starting price. Ratnagiri is a district; Devgad is a taluka of Sindhudurg district next to it. We do not rank one above the other. Choose by habit, by the grade you want and by what is in stock.

Our fruit is sourced across 55 villages of the Ratnagiri and Devgad belt, hand-harvested with a zela pole fitted with a catching net, and laid on hay beds to ripen. Alphonso pulp is rich, creamy and non-fibrous, which is why it is the aamras mango. For a longer comparison, read our Ratnagiri vs Devgad page.

Alphonso mango price online

Our Alphonso grades and listed dozen prices
Fruit weight (each)	1 dozen	2 dozen
150 to 180 g	Rs 1,849	Rs 3,499
180 to 225 g	Rs 2,099	Rs 3,999
225 to 250 g	Rs 2,499	Rs 4,699
250 to 275 g	Rs 2,699	Rs 4,999
275 to 300 g	Rs 2,999	Rs 5,399

A dozen weighs roughly 1.8 to 3.3 kg depending on grade. We sell by count and grade, not by kilo, so compare sellers at the same grade. Prices change through the season; check the product page for the current price. Larger boxes for offices and gifting are on the order-online page, where the biggest listing goes up to Rs 10,499. For corporate gifting orders, shipping is extra. Our price guide explains what moves the price.

When to buy: the Alphonso season

Alphonso is harvested from about February to June, with the best supply from March to May. The 2027 season opens on 1 February 2027. Fresh Alphonso is not sold outside the season; anyone offering fresh Alphonso in November is selling something else. The canned Alphonso pulp (850 g and 3.1 kg, from Rs 590) is available all year for aamras, shakes and desserts.

Early season (February): limited supply, fewer grades in stock.
Peak (March to May): full range of grades and box sizes.
Late season (June): supply tapers off as the monsoon arrives.

Our season guide has the month-by-month picture.

Delivery, arrival and ripening

We dispatch by Blue Dart, and about 65% of Indian PIN codes get next-day delivery. Check your PIN code at checkout. Orders received before 1 PM are dispatched the same day. We do not promise a delivery day for any named city; the PIN code decides. Fruit is dispatched firm so that it travels well and finishes ripening at home. Harvest to ripening of Alphonso takes about 15 days.

Give an address where someone can receive a perishable box.
Open the box on arrival and lay the fruit in a single layer at room temperature, away from sun.
Do not refrigerate firm fruit; chill only once ripe, and eat within two days.
Report any damage within 24 hours of delivery to support@alphonsomango.in or 8369048029.

Step-by-step ripening is in our ripening guide; the ordering steps are in how to order Alphonso mangoes online. There is no GST on fresh mangoes; the invoice shows GST on shipping only for corporate gifting orders.

Buying Alphonso mango online from outside India

We ship directly to the UAE. For other countries, including the UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, shipments have been arranged through the customer's own contact abroad rather than as a standard service, and we do not deliver to the USA, UK, Canada or other countries as a service. Fresh mango imports are governed by each country's plant-health rules, which can include phytosanitary certificates and, for the USA, irradiation; check current rules with your importer or customs agent, and write to us first.

The simplest option for most overseas buyers is to gift a box to family in India during the season through our gifting page. Importers and trade buyers should read our export guide and contact us through the contact page. For checks on fruit you have already bought, see how to identify authentic Hapus.