# What are those chewy cubes found in mango pudding?

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**Created:** [September 27, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-chewy-cubes-found-in-mango-pudding/323670 "2005-09-27T14:46:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-chewy-cubes-found-in-mango-pudding/323670/1 "2005-09-27T14:46:17Z")

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It sure as hell isn’t _mango_.

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**Author:** ![tiltypig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@tiltypig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiltypig)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-chewy-cubes-found-in-mango-pudding/323670/2 "2005-09-27T16:31:50Z")

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> [@csharpmajor](#):
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> It sure as hell isn’t _mango_.

It could be [konjac/konnyaku](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konjac). It’s a vegetable-derived gel, usually clear when you find it in desserts–sort of like a harder, chewier, more slippery version of gelatin.

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**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-chewy-cubes-found-in-mango-pudding/323670/3 "2005-09-27T16:39:33Z")

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It could possibly be dried mango. Like but not entirely the same as actual mango, it’s chewy and kinda weird.

Define pudding, too. Are you talking about a steamed/cake style pudding, or the american style custard-“pudding”?

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**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-chewy-cubes-found-in-mango-pudding/323670/4 "2005-09-27T17:33:25Z")

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Could be tapioca.