Top Six Most Expensive Foods in the World

6. Kopi Luwak Coffee - Up to $700/kg

Kopi luwak is also known as civet coffee. It is made from special coffee beans that have been eaten and partly digested by the Asian palm civet or civet cat. This coffee is produced in industrial quantities in countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, and India. Kopi luwak is the most expensive coffee in the world. Its cost fluctuates between $250 to $700  per kilogram. It has become famous for the specialized way in which it is processed.

5. Moose Cheese - Up to $1,000/kg 

Moose cheese is one of the most expensive cheeses in the world which is produced only in Sweden, at the Moose House farm. Moose cheese has three different varieties. The main type is white in color, and has an appearance similar to that of feta cheese.

4. Saffron - Up to $3,000/kg 

Saffron, nicknamed ‘red gold’, is one of the most expensive seasonings in the world. The price of saffron can range from $1,100 to $5,000 per kilogram. Saffron is so expensive because the plant it’s derived from only flowers for a week or two each year. This occurs in the fall and saffron is collected and processed by hand. In order to collect 1 kg of saffron, it’s necessary to pick around 300,000 flowers.

3. Bird’s Nest Soup - Up to $8,000/kg

Edible bird's nests, often called the "Caviar of the East," are one of the most expensive food products in the world. The main ingredient of this soup, the nest, is made almost entirely from swallow-like swiftlet saliva and is free of foreign materials. The price fluctuates anywhere from $2,500 to $10,000. The bird’s nest soup has become a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. 

2. White Truffle - Up to $ 9,646/kg 

White truffles grow amongst the roots of certain rare trees, are much scarcer than any other type of truffle. They have been treasured because they have a particularly intense flavor and aroma. They can’t be cultivated or grown, only sourced in the wild. The record sum paid for a single white truffle was by Macau Casino owner Stanley Ho in 2010. He paid $330,000 for one of the largest white truffles uncovered in decades – weighing 1.5 kg. 

1.  White Pearl Albino Caviar - Up to $650/oz 

This product coming out at an insane price of $650 per ounce comes from the albino sturgeon, a large fish that lives in the Caspian Sea. The cost of the caviar is so high on account of the fact that the eggs are procured very rarely — only when they’re estimated to be about 100 years old. According to the Guinness World Records, the most expensive caviar is from an albino beluga sturgeon whose white caviar regularly sells for about $34,500 per kilogram.