Mangoes can vary widely in color, so it’s not always a reliable indicator of ripeness. Instead, use these tricks from a chef to select the best mango fruit at the grocery store.

Depending on the variety, ripe mangoes can have shades of red, orange, green, and yellow, often all at the same time. Keitt mangoes remain deep green even when ripe, ...

“If the mango is just barely firm it should be almost ripe, but an unripe mango will be very firm, almost rock-hard," says Vargas. Use your nose. A ripe mango will have a pleasant, subtle fruity scent ...

With respect to the papaya, pineapple, and coconut, there is perhaps no other fruit that can as effectively transport you to a palm-lined tropical island as the mango. As the author Eve Babitz once ...

“Mangoes fall off the tree when they’re ripe,” says Francisco Vargas, executive sous chef at Hawai'i's Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort, which has dozens of mature mango trees on the property ...