Mango lovers who can't get enough of the sweet, tropical fruit can now
eat more of it - quite literally. Apparently all parts of the
mango - the pulp, peel and kernel - are edible and
they're also good for you. Mangoes, which originated in India
over 4,000 years ago, were once considered a sacred fruit. Over the
years, the fruit gradually spread throughout the Asian continent and to
the rest of the world. While the pulp of the mango is currently revered
across the modern cultures that consume it, in India, it has been
traditional to consume the mango pulp, skin and kernel (also referred to
as the seed, pit or gulti). Given those mango by-products - the peel,
seed and seed husk - constitute up to 60 percent of the whole fruit, it
makes sense not to waste the fruit once the pulp has been consumed.