De orange color Inside the fruit and a dark green that covers it, this product is gaining more and more space in the fruit bowl of kitchens. Because the mango in Spain It has been experiencing an increase in consumption for half a decade, thanks to its healthy properties and flavor. According to data from the Agrarian Association of Young Farmers (Asaja), until a 277% it has increased in the last five years. In addition, it has almost tripled its presence in the Spanish diet of 0,21 grams per inhabitant in 2014 to 0,58 grams in 2018.
Mango production and sale in Spain
Maybe one of the main reasons for which the consumption of mango in Spain is in production. Our country is absolute leader of the European Union as a grower of this fruit, with already 36.000 tons registered in 2018. Mainly, the Malaga region of La Axarquía it brings together most of the crops of the product in the national territory. As they point from Asaja, its production figure still "remains modest", although it remains "constantly growing".
Thus, year after year, the numbers also of the mango sale in Spain they have been increasing, like the exports of the fruit. In this context, marketing within the European Union places our country in the second place with 17,3% of the total. Asaja values these data positively due to the "good evolution" that the product maintains both in the national and international markets. Even the organization hopes that cultivation is also increased "in the next years".
Along with the aforementioned Malaga area, some farmers from Granada and Canary Islands They also cultivate a fruit that bears fruit in the summer after a slow growth. Being a tropical fruit brought to the Spanish countryside, it takes longer than in native countries. Of the four planted varieties of mango in Spaina, the predominant is osteen.
