Machine-readable companion to the public website. Personal browser passport information is not included. Canonical human page: [Ataulfo mango — Taste & ripeness \| Mango Rankings](https://mangoranking.com/mango/ataulfo). Description: Custardy and floral with a buttery texture and a bright sweet-sour balance. Search indexing: this Markdown companion is noindex; use the canonical human page when citing this resource. [Mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md) # Ataulfo Custardy and floral with a buttery texture and a bright sweet-sour balance. ![Two golden-yellow Ataulfo mangoes on a white plate](https://mangoranking.com/fruit/photos/ataulfo-photo-v1.jpg) Ataulfo mangoes purchased at Medellín Market in Mexico City, photographed by El Mono Español. Mangos ataulfos.jpg — El Mono Español. [Photograph source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mangos_ataulfos.jpg) · [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Original source file; no edits. ## How it tastes Honey · Floral · Bright **Texture** buttery **Fibre** Low fibre **Eating styles** Bring a spoon **Harvest** [See regional calendars](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md) ## How to enjoy it Often sold as honey mango, Ataulfo has a slender stone and a generous amount of smooth flesh for its size. A few wrinkles on golden skin can be welcome. Inside, the texture is closer to custard than a crisp fruit salad. Slice off the cheeks and scoop with a teaspoon. A squeeze of lime is an optional sharp counterpoint. ## When it is ripe Choose a wrinkled golden skin with a little give. Flavour notes are subjective. Ripeness, handling and growing conditions change the fruit. [Compare this mango](https://mangoranking.com/compare.md?mango=ataulfo) · [Saved mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/passport.md) Names, history & sources ## Recorded names A shared name does not by itself establish an identical cultivar. Place, language and source matter. **Ataulfo** - [Government of Mexico — Nuestra Riqueza: Mango Ataulfo](https://www.gob.mx/lotenal/videos/sorteo-zodiaco-no-1600-nuestra-riqueza-mango-ataulfo) - [Secretaría de Economía — Ataulfo designation of origin](https://www.gob.mx/se/articulos/13680) - [National Mango Board — Honey (Ataulfo)](https://www.mango.org/mango-variety/honey/) **Ataulfo / Ataúlfo** Remembers Ataulfo Morales Gordillo of Tapachula. - [Government of Mexico — Nuestra Riqueza: Mango Ataulfo](https://www.gob.mx/lotenal/videos/sorteo-zodiaco-no-1600-nuestra-riqueza-mango-ataulfo) - [Secretaría de Economía — Ataulfo designation of origin](https://www.gob.mx/se/articulos/13680) - [National Mango Board — Honey (Ataulfo)](https://www.mango.org/mango-variety/honey/) **IMC-M2** The selection designation recorded in the official Mexican history. - [Government of Mexico — Nuestra Riqueza: Mango Ataulfo](https://www.gob.mx/lotenal/videos/sorteo-zodiaco-no-1600-nuestra-riqueza-mango-ataulfo) - [Secretaría de Economía — Ataulfo designation of origin](https://www.gob.mx/se/articulos/13680) - [National Mango Board — Honey (Ataulfo)](https://www.mango.org/mango-variety/honey/) **Honey** English market name used for Ataulfo mangoes. - [Government of Mexico — Nuestra Riqueza: Mango Ataulfo](https://www.gob.mx/lotenal/videos/sorteo-zodiaco-no-1600-nuestra-riqueza-mango-ataulfo) - [Secretaría de Economía — Ataulfo designation of origin](https://www.gob.mx/se/articulos/13680) - [National Mango Board — Honey (Ataulfo)](https://www.mango.org/mango-variety/honey/) **Champagne** Existing catalogue label. It may be an alternate name, translation or market nickname; it is not an assertion of genetic identity. ## Five trees, one remembered name Documented history: consult the claims and qualifications in the cited sources. The name remembers Ataulfo Morales Gordillo, whose property in Tapachula held five exceptional mango trees. Mexico’s official account records research on those trees in 1963 and the nursery work of agronomist Héctor Cano Flores at Rosario Izapa. A neighbourhood fruit became a selection that growers could share. The scientific selection was called IMC-M2; the name that travelled was Ataulfo. In 2003, Mango Ataulfo del Soconusco Chiapas received a protected designation of origin, preserving the connection between the fruit and this corner of Mexico. “Honey” is a market name you may meet abroad, but Ataulfo carries the person and place with it. [Read the full story](https://mangoranking.com/stories/ataulfo.md) - [Government of Mexico — Nuestra Riqueza: Mango Ataulfo](https://www.gob.mx/lotenal/videos/sorteo-zodiaco-no-1600-nuestra-riqueza-mango-ataulfo) - [Secretaría de Economía — Ataulfo designation of origin](https://www.gob.mx/se/articulos/13680) - [National Mango Board — Honey (Ataulfo)](https://www.mango.org/mango-variety/honey/) ## Places in this record Country associations alone do not establish botanical origin. - **Mexico** Catalogue association Associated place in the tasting catalogue; this does not establish botanical origin. - **Tapachula, Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico** A place in the story Setting of “Five trees, one remembered name”. Read the story for its evidence and qualifications. - [Government of Mexico — Nuestra Riqueza: Mango Ataulfo](https://www.gob.mx/lotenal/videos/sorteo-zodiaco-no-1600-nuestra-riqueza-mango-ataulfo) - [Secretaría de Economía — Ataulfo designation of origin](https://www.gob.mx/se/articulos/13680) - [National Mango Board — Honey (Ataulfo)](https://www.mango.org/mango-variety/honey/) [Harvest calendars by growing place](https://mangoranking.com/seasons.md). These regional calendars do not specify this cultivar’s exact season. ## Sources - [Government of Mexico — Nuestra Riqueza: Mango Ataulfo](https://www.gob.mx/lotenal/videos/sorteo-zodiaco-no-1600-nuestra-riqueza-mango-ataulfo) - [Secretaría de Economía — Ataulfo designation of origin](https://www.gob.mx/se/articulos/13680) - [National Mango Board — Honey (Ataulfo)](https://www.mango.org/mango-variety/honey/) [Back to mangoes](https://mangoranking.com/explore.md)