Mangosteen Juice

Many people that have never seen a mangosteen fruit may wonder how to eat a mangosteen fruit. There is a unique way of eating a mangosteen fruit which we will discuss here.

Can I eat the skin of the mangosteen fruit?

People usually do not eat the purple, brittle, hard skin of the mangosteen fruit. The skin contains a lot of tannin and is used in some parts of Asia to cure leather. If you ever tasted the skin of the mangosteen fruit, it is tart and bitter and most people would spit it out.

Eating the white flesh of a mangosteen fruit

The soft and white part of the mangosteen fruit inside the enclosed tough and brittle skin is usually eaten raw. It can be eating alone or in a salad. But, beware of the huge seed inside each of the white segment. Do not eat the seed and do not swallow it.

Cutting a mangosteen fruit

To eat a mangosteen, you need to cut into the fruit. You can cut with a sharp knife or a dull knife. A good mangosteen is easy to cut so you can even twist the fruit open if you are skillful at it. Of course, it looks nicer if you cut it with a sharp knife. The rind looks hard but in fact it is not hard at all. So, don't use force when cutting into the mangosteen, you do not want to cut into the flesh white fruit inside. You do not want to cut the mangosteen fruit in half - you only want to open the fruit up so you can access the white part.

Eating the white flesh fruit

Once you have cut open a mangosteen fruit, you will see the plump, white, sectioned flesh. The more white it is the better. If it is no longer white but is colorless or transparent, then the mangosteen fruit is too ripe and will not be nice or tasty to eat. With a fork, pick out a section or a few sections of the white flesh at a time to eat. Bear in mind that there are seeds inside. Eat the flesh but spit the seeds out.

If you live in a country where mangosteen is available in grocery stores, you might want to know how to buy a mangosteen fruit that will be tasty and nice to eat. Like other fruits, if you do not know how to choose a mangosteen fruit, you can end up buying one that tastes sour or it can be too hard or too soft inside. You can to choose and buy a mangosteen fruit that is sweet and is just the right softness inside.

How to choose the best mangosteen?

First of all, you should buy firm mangosteen. Pick each one up and squeeze a little to see if it is firm. If it is not firm, do not buy that mangosteen fruit. Smell of a mangosteen Usually you can tell a lot about fruit by smelling it but not with a mangosteen fruit.

The mangosteen fruit is often odorless. It does not smell at all usually. So, if you pick one up and it smells a lot, then it is a red flag. While the outside of the mangosteen has no scent, the inside is fragrant-full with a unique, sweet and citrus scent.

If you live in southeast Asia, then you usually will see a mangosteen fruit everywhere. Mangosteen is very common in southeast Asian countries but not in the US and many other countries. You may have seen mangosteen juices on the shelves in your grocery stores in the US and wondered what is a mangosteen fruit and what a mangosteen fruit look like.

What color is a mangosteen fruit?

A mangosteen is deep and dark purple on the outside with green sepals and stalk on top and white on the inside. The skin (also called rind or exocarp) color of a mangosteen can range from more red to more dark purple, almost dark brown or even black.

The top of the mangosteen fruit is green. It can be any different shades of green color from light green, almost yellow, to dark green. Sometimes, they can even have tints of red color as shown in the picture of mangosteen fruit above.

The mangosteen fruit about the size of an apple or an orange.

Which is the edible part of mangosteen?

The rind of a mangosteen is not edible but the inside aril is. The aril of a mangosteen is the fragrant edible flesh that are divided into segments inside the mangosteen. The flesh aril is described as sweet and tangy, citrusy with peach or lychee flavor and texture.