In conclusion, mandarins truly are the perfect fruit and I will continue to eat 17 in one sitting every time.Yes. And mandarins are packed with vitamin C, which means we’re all pretty safe from getting scurvy for a good while. It’s easy to share thanks to the fruit inside being already segmented with its own inner skin. You can throw them into a lunch box or bag without fear of the fruit inside yellowing or getting bruised. Really, eating a mandarin is just such a satisfying experience because the fruit almost makes itself too easy to eat.

The stink, the acidity and the irritation is all worth it for the sweet, sweet kick of a pile of mandarins - the most addictive substance on Earth. And sure, they do reek a little and end up make your fingers stink when you casually chomp your way through an entire bag.īut honestly, people don’t care. Mandarins also do have that white stringy part that people don’t like to eat. Plus, the high acidity and sugar content of these little fruits in the orange family isn’t great news for the enamel on your teeth. Sadly for anyone who becomes a ravenous beast around the sweet fruit AKA everyone, too many mandarins can have some bad side effects if eaten in excess.Īccording to Livestrong, the acidity of mandarins can cause irritation to the throat, mouth, and digestive tracts. You need to eat every single one in sight like a creature who has been in hibernation for months. Whatever the fruit is called in a certain country and regardless of when they’re in season, everyone agrees: you can never just stop at one mandarin.

But it turns out that consuming your body weight in mandarins seems to be a universal experience.

For the sake of my grocery bill, I wish I was exaggerating.

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