Choose Well, Eat Well / avocado varieties

Why avocado flesh turns dark — the six causes, a five-second good-or-not chart, and how each avocado variety browns, from iBuddies Hong Kong

Why Is My Avocado Black Inside? The Truth About Dark Flesh, and How Each Variety Behaves

You cut it open and the flesh is dark. In most cases that is normal avocado behaviour, not a bad fruit. An honest Hong Kong guide to the six things dark avocado flesh can be, a five-second "is it still good?" chart, how Hass, Shepard, Reed and Fuerte each brown, and how to judge ripeness properly.
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