Start with Taste and smell - A mango powder should taste and smell like mangoes. Our powder is made from ripened mangoes so it has a very sweet mango flavor. If a mango powder does not have a strong mango taste it has likely be diluted with some sort of filler (such as maltodextrin). Our powder is 100% pure.
Color - Mango powder should be a light orange in color. If it is dried at too high of heat, it will turn darker orange.
Amchur vs. Freeze-dried Mango Powder - Amchur is made from drying unripened mangoes. It is a spice used mainly in Indian cuisine. Our powder is made from freeze-dried fully ripened mangoes. It is very sweet and great for adding mango flavor to things like smoothies.
Ingredient list - Our product is 100% pure organic mango powder. Many mango powders will have silicon dioxide added in to prevent the clumping in the powder. We've found that when the mango powder is properly dried and packaged, silicon dioxide is not needed.
Other things to consider - Lastly, when evaluating the quality of a mango powder it is important to understand how and where the product was grown. Was it grown using Organic farming practices and is it certified USDA Organic? Was it grown in good quality soil, or was it grown in highly polluted areas (such as China where heavy metals such as lead can be a major concern). We source our mangoes from USDA Organic Certified mango farms in South America & Mexico.