Mango

Studies in people

• Open question

  Vitamin A levels in children³

  In some Zambian children, turning orange during mango season happened when liver vitamin A stores were high.

• Benefit

  Diet quality and weight⁴

  People who ate mango had better diets, and teen boys and adult men who ate mango weighed less.

• Benefit

  Blood sugar control⁵

  In people with extra weight, eating mango daily for four weeks lowered fasting insulin and improved insulin sensitivity.

• Open question

  Facial wrinkles in older women⁷

  In fair-skinned postmenopausal women, 85 g of mango daily reduced wrinkles, while 250 g increased them.

• Benefit

  Muscle soreness after training⁹

  In Thai male beach volleyball players, mango puree during training was linked to lower inflammation and muscle damage markers than a placebo.

Animal and lab studies only

• Open question

  Gut bacteria balance¹⁴

  In lab studies, mango fiber from mango bars helped gut bacteria grow, but we do not know if this happens in people.

Study type not stated

• Benefit

  Overall health benefits¹⁰

  Mango pulp, peel and seed contain compounds that studies link to antioxidant effects, but more human research is needed.

• Benefit

  Gut health and inflammation¹¹

  Mango polyphenols may feed good gut bacteria and help calm gut inflammation, but dose and differences between people still need study.

• Benefit

  Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects¹²

  Mango is rich in polyphenols and vitamins that may help fight inflammation and cell damage.

• Benefit

  Antioxidants and health effects¹³

  Mango has antioxidants that may help with obesity, inflammation, cancer and diabetes, but how much the body absorbs varies.

Allergies and intolerances

These are about people with an allergy, an intolerance or coeliac disease. The signal is about the ingredient itself, and these are about the person eating it, so the signal does not count them.

• Fruit allergy reactions²

  Some people are allergic to mango, and processing it does not fully remove what triggers the reaction.

• Food allergy cross-reactions⁸

  People allergic to mango may also react to wheat, hazelnut, peanut, cashew or pistachio.

How it’s made and used

• How the body absorbs nutrients⁶

  In people, mango phenolics were absorbed from both flesh and juice, with juice giving higher chlorogenic acid absorption.

The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.