OUR WORLD IS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES , THESE CULTURES HAVE VARITIES OF FOODS THAT CARRY VARIETIES OF TASTES. HERE ARE TOP 5 COSTLIEST FOODS LISTED DOWN:
SAFFORN IS USED AS A COLOURING AGENT IN FOOD, HENCE CALLED AS ‘RED GOLD’. THIS SPICE IS MORE COSTLIER THAN GOLD AS IT TAKES MORE THAN 300,000 FLOWERS TO GET A KILOGRAM OF SAFFORN. IT IS HARVESTED FROM A FLOWER CALLED "CROCUS SATIVA" AND IT REQUIRES HEAVY HARVESTING METHODS.
THE CAVIARS PRICE RANGE DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF FISH AND QUALITY OF THE SALTED ROE. TIME IT TAKES TO PRUDUCE ROE, HARVESTING, SUPPLY & DEMAND ARE OTHER FACTORS FOR THE PRICE. BELUGA CAVIAR IS THE COSTLIEST VARIANT OF CAVIAR. THESE ARE EGGS OF FEMALE FISHES TAKEN OUT OF THEIR BELLIES.
DURING THE 19TH CENTURY OYSTERS WERE A VERY CHEAP SNACK AND WERE SOLD ON STREETS ACROSS LONDON, PARIS AND NEW YORK. ACCORDING TO A SURVEY, NEW YORK WAS EATING 1 MILLION OYSTERS EVERYDAY. OVER THE YEARS, DUE TO INCREASE IN POLLUTION AND DECREASE IN POPULATION OF OYSTERS BECAUSE OF OVERFISHING THE PRICES WERE HIKED RAPIDLY.
THERE ARE 40 SPECIES OF TRUFFLES AVAILABLE AROUND THE WORLD, AMONG WHICH MANY ARE NOT EDIBLE. THEY ARE FOUND ONLY FOR A SHORT SPAN OF TIME IN A YEAR. THEY CANT BE CULTIVATED AND CAN BE SOURCED ONLY FROM THE WILD, SO THIS MAKES TRUFFLES MORE COSTLY. WHITE TRUFFLES ARE A SPECIES OF TRUFFLES THAT HAVE INTENSE FLAVORS AND AROMA.
IBERICO HAM ALSO KNOWN AS JAMON IBERICO COMES FROM REAR LEGS OF PIGS THAT HAVE A DIET OF ACORNS DURING THEIR LAST PERIODS.SUCH DIETS ARE COSTLIER FOR THE FARMERS TO AVAIL. THE HAM LEGS ARE CURED FOR OVER SIX YEARS. THEY ARE ONLY PRODUCED ONLY IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
KOPI LUWAK COFFEE IS COSTLY AS CIVETS CAN ONLY PRODUCE LIMITED QUANTITIES.CIVETS ARE CAT LIKE CREATURES NATIVE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. THEY HAVE AN ABILITY TO PICK HIGHEST QUALITY COFFEE CHERRIES.AFTER THE CIVITS CONSUME THE CHERRIES AND IT PASSES THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE TRACK,AND MOST OF THE COFFEE BEAN BITTERNESS IS REMOVED. THIS MAKES THE COFFEE MORE FLAVORFUL AND AROMATIC. A SINGLE CUP OF KOPI LUWAK COFFEE CAN COST YOU UPTO $100.
MATSUTAKE MUSHROOM ARE NATIVE OF JAPAN. A SINGLE MATSUTAKE CAN COST UPTO $600 PER KILOGRAM AS THE ANNUAL HARVEST OF THIS MUSHROOM IN JAPAN IS WITHIN 1000 TONS PER YEAR. THE COST IS SO HIGH DUE TO ITS RARENESS AND DIFFICULTY CULTIVATING. IT IS HARVESTED ONLY ONCE IN A YEAR AND VERY SENSITIVE TO WEATHER CHANGES.
