Why Your Mangoes Might Be Poisoning You: The Shocking Truth Behind India’s Fruit Market Crackdown
The FTA seized over crates of mangoes across Indian markets. All of them were artificially ripened using a banned chemical called calcium carbide. In fact, a 2020 study published in the International Journal of Food Safety in 2022 found that over 68 percent of mangoes sold in India during peak season contained traces of calcium carbide.
May 25, 2025, 11:16 AM IST
Bad news for mango lovers! Production down by 70% in UP, say growers - Here's why
Unusually high temperature during the flowering season in February and March this year has hit the mango crop, mango growers said as quoted by PTI.
May 29, 2022, 12:53 PM IST
India ranked as top mango producer, China secures second place
India is considered to be the main birthplace of mangoes that too was founded around 4000 years ago, since then it has reached the corners of the world today.
Jun 07, 2021, 16:36 PM IST