Top 5 Most Expensive Vegetables In The World

Vegetables are not typically the favorite choice of food amongst many people, especially children. In fact, there are some out there who have never had a taste of vegetables before in their life.

Despite vegetables giving various health benefits to consumers, it is often ignored by some people due to their unpalatable taste, unlike poultries. On top of that, vegetables can generally be obtained at cheap and affordable prices compared to your cut of meat.

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Nevertheless, there are still vegetables out there with ridiculous prices due to certain factors. Here we would like to share with you the top 5 most expensive vegetables in the world.

5. Pink Lettuce ($20 Per Kg)

Pink lettuce or pink radicchio is a leaf vegetable that hits the market in 2018. You can imagine the light taste of radicchio despite it having a slightly bitter taste.

At the price of $20 per kg, the pink lettuce is nowhere as expensive as other vegetables on this list but it is relatively so for just a typical salad. The pink color is a natural process for this vegetable and it is expected to increase in price in the coming years.

4. Yamashita Spinach ($25 Per Kg)

Yamashita Asafumi

One of the green vegetables on this list that not only makes you strong like Popeye but also comes at a high price tag. If you were to buy it directly from the farmers then it would not cost you as much.

The Yamashita spinach is being sold at roughly $25 per kg and the person named Yamashita Asafumi is among one of the farmers that plant this spinach. You can consider it a specialized item in Japan as this vegetable is only sold to certain customers mainly to chefs who have a Michelin star.

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It takes many years to grow the Yamashita spinach to perfection and the extra care that you have to take is what makes the vegetable so pricey.

3. Wasabi Roots ($145 Per Kg)

Next on this list will be the famous Wasabi which gives a sharp and peculiar to our tastebuds. This is commonly found in high-end sushi restaurants where they serve it together with sushi.

You can produce wasabi in huge countries from just one root alone but the reality is that there are not many wasabi farms in this world. You will have to get it directly from Japan or some wasabi farms in Europe.

The taste of Wasabi from these farms is definitely not the same as the typical wasabi you bought in supermarkets or cheap restaurants. Real wasabi can set you back at approximately $145 per kg.

2. Le Bonnotte Potato ($650 Per Kg)

Potatoes are generally ubiquitous and easily obtainable. In fact, some of the cheapest vegetables that you can find in a supermarket will be this brown-yellowish potato.

However, that might not be the case for Le Bonnotte as it is the most expensive potato and the second world's most expensive vegetable. Its rarity is what made it so valuable as the potatoes are only planted on an island west of France, Noirmoutier.

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Only 100 metric tons are produced each year with each potato being picked by hand making the whole process very long. The plant is fertilized using a mixture of algae and seaweed giving an elegant taste to Le Bonnotte.

Dishes using this potato are only served in highly exclusive restaurants in France and if you have tasted the potato then you would definitely know of its worthiness.

1. Hop Shoots ($870 Per Kg)

This vegetable shoot has several other names to it but the price remains the same. The Hop shoots are part of the hops plant that are not utilized in the making of beers. This plant is very useful all over the world for the purpose of fermentation.

The shoot has a similar quality to kale with the addition of a sweet taste to it. Some of you might be wondering what made the hop shoot so expensive? It is all due to the harvesting process which must be performed by hand and since the plant does not grow in line, it will be quite difficult to find the shoot.

Aside from that, a hop shoot is rather small meaning that you have to gather it from many plants before filling just one bag. This tedious process makes the hop shoot the most expensive vegetable in the world.

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