Top 10 Luxury Foods

1. Beluga Caviar
Beluga caviar is the most expensive food in world. It is the fish roe of the Beluga Sturgeon that are usually found in the Caspian Sea. Beluga caviar usually costs over $1,000 for a 16 ounce tin.

2. Saffron

Saffron is regarded as the costliest amongst all food spices and it can const easily around $2,000/pound. Saffron is obtained from the three styles and stigmas of the crocus flower. The style and stigma are individually handpicked. And it is quite tough to gather thousands, so as to make an ounce of this extremely expensive spice.

3. White Truffles

White truffles are the most expensive of the members of the ascomycetes family. They are obtained from underground tubers and are famous for their stiff prices. They possess a unique odor which is quite similar to walnuts. 

4. Kobe Beef

Kobe beef is obtained from Wagyu cattle which are reared and raised in Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. The breeding takes place through a secret and conventional Japanese practice. The Wagyu cattles are fed by combining grain and beer. This method of feeding results to a softer type of beef that can rival any type of beef products that you get in the market.

5. Bird’s Nest

The bird’s nest is an extremely popular dish in China which is regarded as the most expensive food obtained from animal products. It is generally served as a soup but it may also be prepared in the form of sweets.

 6. Fugu

Fugu is a very popular Japanese dish which is prepared using pufferfish. Fugu literally stands for pufferfish and it is actually a very deadly dish if it is not made correctly. The person who prepares this dish has to ideally to go through a strict certification and training because only a mere pinhead of the poison in a pufferfish can result in the death of a person.

7. Foie Gras

Foie gras is amongst the finest cuisines available and it is considered close to caviar. It is obtained from the liver of geese or ducks and is made using a cooking method known as gravage. Grade A frozen Foie Gras will approximately cost $45.00/lb wholesale.

8. Lobster

The lobster comes from the family of crustaceans and it offers a $1.8 B business each year. Lobsters are harvested on sandy and rocky bottoms especially along the shoreline and also towards the sides of the continental shelf.

9. Matsusake

“Matsusake” is a Japanese term that stands as a collective term for a specific type of mushrooms. The food item has been a significant part of the Japanese tradition that has been practiced for above a thousand years. The highest grade of matsusake will cost you around $2,000 for every kilogram.

10. Oysters

Oysters are different kinds of mollusks that flourish on brackish and marine water. They are usually served raw and they were believed to have aphrodisiac effect for a very long time in the past.