India's Avocado Moment: How A 'Difficult' Fruit Went Mainstream

India's Avocado Moment: How A 'Difficult' Fruit Went Mainstream

Much before the present wave of popular interest in avocados, the fruit was introduced in India via Sri Lanka by American missionaries.

From “Dog Fruit” to Darling: India’s Avocado Boom Takes Root

Once dismissed as an obscure “dog fruit” with little culinary appeal, the avocado is experiencing a remarkable rise in popularity across India. Fueled by growing health consciousness, social media food trends, and an expanding urban middle class eager for global flavors, demand for the creamy green fruit has surged in recent years, transforming it from […] The post From “Dog Fruit” to Darling: India’s Avocado Boom Takes Root first appeared on En…

From 'dog fruit' to darling: India's avocado boom

Published Fifteen years ago there was almost no market for avocados in India, remembers Sunil Bopaiah. Ripe fruit would fall off trees and be eaten by dogs, earning avocados the unappetising name dog fruit, he says. Bopaiah has been working in India's plantation industry for 26 years, he's…