Top 5 most expensive food ingredients from around the world


	Top 5 most expensive food ingredients from around the world
esengulov
1-4-2007 2:40 PM
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1-4-2007 4:27 PM
bignosemousie
Whee, I guessed four of the five.
1-4-2007 4:45 PM
bignosemousie
Just fyi, kopi luwak (civet coffee) is $150 a pound, ($325 a kilogram).
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2a40fa46-8a57-4878-bbd4-92891318b03f/3ACCBF1D-309F-4537-8067-8EA65C86F1B2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/" href="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/" style="font-size: 11px;">bohotravel.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><STRONG>1.SAFFRON SPICE</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bohotravel.com/img/C57B69EB-AA84-489D-A623-395B228E8099" alt="Saffron" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><P>Retail price: 1100-11,000 US$/kg
Popular Source: Iran and Spain</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><STRONG>2. BELUGA CAVIAR</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bohotravel.com/img/15A4D61B-5326-4A33-96F0-8B950BC27F7B" alt="Beluga Caviar" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><P>Retail price: around 5000 US$/kg in the US (where its actually illegal)
Popular Source: Baku (capital of Azerbaijan), Iran and Russia</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><STRONG>3. WHITE ALBA TRUFFLE</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bohotravel.com/img/B734DE0C-9FBB-4575-8955-922F8305038E" alt="White Alba Truffle" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><P>Retail price: around 1000 US$/pound in the US (single most expensive 1.51 kg white alba truffle sold for 125,000 euros in Hong Kong)
Popular Source: Alba region- Italy</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><STRONG>4. JAPANESE MATSUKE MUSHROOMS</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bohotravel.com/img/06F91355-B14C-4818-8B96-EE9D5123D5C3" alt="Matsutake Mushrooms" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><P>Retail price: upto 2000 US$/kg
Popular Source: Japan</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><STRONG>5.KOBE BEEF</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bohotravel.com/img/A4E76F79-C793-495D-846D-71CF61203C1F" alt="Kobe Beef" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bohotravel.com/2007/01/04/top-5-haute-food-ingredients-exotic-and-expensive/"><P>Price: Single caracass in Japan sold for 24,000 US$, prime cuts for over 100$/pound
Popular Source: Japan and now bred around the world</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3ACCBF1D-309F-4537-8067-8EA65C86F1B2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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