This year’s 30th Manggahan Festival of Guimaras coincided with the release of the country’s first registration for geographical indication (GI) for Guimaras mangoes. Know more:
This year’s 30th Manggahan Festival of Guimaras coincided with the release of the country’s first registration for geographical indication for Guimaras mangoes.
A GI seal certifies a link between the quality, characteristics and reputation of a product and its geographical source. It helps consumers differentiate between products by leveraging the reputation of the geographic location as a production site for goods that have particular desirable qualities such as a particular taste, smell, texture, and longevity.
It is shaped like an ellipsoid with a rounded crown and an oblong end that features a distinct broad shoulder and full cheek weighing an average of 160 grams or more. Its flesh is meaty, smooth, firm, juicy and non-fibrous. It is also thin-seeded, making over 80 percent of the fruit edible. Mango is the Philippine national fruit, locally known as “mangga” and scientifically named Mangifera indica L.There are three well-known variety of mango in the Philippines: Carabao mango, Pico and Katchamita .
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