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Ma-pring-chae-im (brined then syrup-candied plum mango)มะปริงแช่อิ่ม

Young plum mangoes are halved, firmed in alum water, soaked two days in salt water, then candied in a syrup that is boiled up with more sugar each day for three or four days. It is a boundary entry. JIRCAS gives its fermentation as the 2 days in salt water. Thai candied fruit (chae-im) has a national community standard.

Fully documentedFruit5.1 days – 6.1 days

Recipe

Amounts from a sourceA home-industry recipe for 100 fruits from the JIRCAS Database of Fermented Foods of Thailand, measured in teaspoons and cups.
Young plum mangoes (Bouea oppositifolia)100 fruitsWashed, halved and seeded[jircas]
Alum, dissolved in waterA small amountTo firm the fruit[jircas]
Salt1 teaspoon in 1 1/4 cups of waterThe salt solution for 100 fruits[jircas]
Sugar3 cups, plus 1/2 cup each day3 cups boiled with 2 cups of water to a heavy syrup; half a cup more at each reboiling[jircas]

Total time across the recorded steps: 5.1 days – 6.1 days

Start
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What changes: Young plum mangoes are washed, cut in half and seeded

Step 1 of 6
Halve and seed the young fruit
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: plum-mango halves.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Young plum mangoes are halved, firmed in alum water, soaked two days in salt water, then candied in a syrup that is boiled up with more sugar each day for three or four days. It is a boundary entry. JIRCAS gives its fermentation as the 2 days in salt water. Thai candied fruit (chae-im) has a national community standard. Made in 6 steps over 5.1 days – 6.1 days. The longest step, candy in syrup, reboiling with more sugar each day, takes 3–4 days (JIRCAS 2026). Lactic acid bacteria and yeasts does most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main step3–4 daysReported[jircas]Candy in syrup, reboiling with more sugar each day

What makes this one different

Unlike the Thai dorng fruits, which are pickled in brine, ma-pring-chae-im has only a two-day salt soak and is then candied in sugar syrup. Thailand's standard for candied fruit describes soaking in syrup, with salt or citric acid optional and sun-drying optional, and bans preservatives.

Related ferments

Safety

Thailand's community standard for candied fruit and vegetables sets water activity at no more than 0.85 (0.6 for dried) and bans preservatives. Its limits are total microbes below 1 × 10^6 per g, yeasts and moulds below 1 × 10^3 per g, no Salmonella in 25 g, S. aureus below 10 per g and E. coli below 3 per g (MPN).

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

History
The sources we found do not record its history.
Starter
The sources we found do not say how its fermentation begins.
Temperature, salt and pH
The sources we found give no temperature, salt or pH figure for any of its steps.
  1. [jircas] JIRCAS, Database of Fermented Foods of Thailand, Ma-pring-chae-in (ma-pring-chae-im) card, read 2026-10gov
  2. [tcps161] Thai Industrial Standards Institute 2015, Thai Community Product Standard มผช.161/2558, Candied fruits and vegetables (phak lae phonlamai chae-im)spec
  3. [indrati2022] Indrati N., Phonsatta N., Poungsombat P., Khoomrung S., Sumpavapol P., Panya A. 2022, Metabolic profiles alteration of Southern Thailand traditional sweet pickled mango during the production process, Frontiers in Nutrition 9:934842, doi:10.3389/fnut.2022.934842 (introduction, citing Sumpavapol et al. and Maneerat and Meebun)paper