While organic dried mango product sales have been posting consistent double-digit growth for years, the dried mango industry will be significantly affected by this season’s reduced fruit volumes in key growing regions of Mexico, Nayarit and Sinaloa.

The effects of a difficult crop year have the potential to ripple through an entire industry that many CPG brands now depend on, making the dried sector one of the most important stories that few people are talking about this season.

The bloom failures in Nayarit and Sinaloa were severe. An unusually hot season disrupted normal flowering, leaving orchards with significantly reduced fruit and creating one of the smallest crops seen in memory. The Kent and Keitt were especially hard hit and as these are the main varieties used in the dried and IQF sectors, the industry will be hard hit.

Read more about the situation from the Under The Mango Tree blog.