This small, easy-to-peel fruit is perfect for snacking on the go for a healthy and delicious snack. With a sweet and tangy flavor, mandarins are a refreshing addition to salads or smoothies.
Mandarin can be grown in tropical and subtropical areas. Together with the citron and pomelo, the mandarin is one of the original citrus species. Through breeding or natural hybridization, it is the ancestor of many hybrid citrus cultivars.
China is the top producer with 56% of the global total produced. Other bigger producers are Spain, Turkey, Morocco, and Egypt.