In Season: Get Your Dekopon On with Sumo Citrus - DailyWaffle

June 02,2024

If you ever want to know the backstory on a fruit, David Karp is your man. Last year, he wrote about the arrival of the dekopon, a Japanese variety of mandarin, just entering the market in California and I was all over my local stores in Washington trying to see if they’d carry them. No such luck. So when Karp heralded the arrival of this year’s dekopons, marketed as “Sumo Citrus,” in last week’s LA Times food section and it coincided with a trip down south to visit a friend, I knew we had to find a Whole Foods in her neighborhood. Sumo Citrus at Whole Foods– $2.99/lb. Just for comparison, on the left is the dekopon and on the right, a regular minneola tangelo. They both have the nub on top, but the dekopon’s is more pronounced. The fruit is larger, easier to peel and much lower in acid. In taste, it’s just like a canned mandarin orange (which I know doesn’t sound good, but it is) with better texture and a little zing. I always thought it was the syrup in the can that gave those mandarins their taste, but it turns out it really is the variety. […]

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