How to pick avocadoes with small seeds?
Two avocadoes may look the same size from the outside, but the one with a smaller seed will have more flesh and may thus be more desirable. So how do I tell which avocadoes have smaller seeds?
(Another fruit I can think of where the seed size can fluctuate significantly is the durian. Perhaps the trick for avocadoes and durians is similar.)
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You must remember that studies have shown that a normal avocado will have between 60% to 70% flesh. According to this Mental Masala blog post
The edible percentage is consistent across the span of weights, centered around 70%*, meaning that the amount of flesh you get from a Hass avocado is relatively independent of the total weight. The 70% result is consistent with UC Riverside's Avocado Information site, which states that the seed, skin, and flesh percentages for Hass avocados are approximately 16%, 12% and 72%, respectively.
So, it presents that across a test group of 19 avocados, there exists a linear growth pattern. Therefore, you could say that you can go to a grocery store and pick out any random avocado and it will very likely have a 15:15:70 ratio of seed:skin:flesh. Now, there could be the odd outlier with 1:1:99 or something, but that would be rare.
It's simple really. Elongated avacado's by definition have a smaller seed mass compared to the mass of the whole fruit than a rounded avacado.
In my experience, the smallest seeds are always in the avocado with the most narrow teardrop or elongated top where the stem connects it to the branch. The more round, the larger the seed...even within the same bin or basket of fruit from the same source with the same label.
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