Fruits

🇵🇪Tacna, Peru

Aceituna de Tacna

Olives from Tacna with Denomination of Origin (2014). Unique due to the cold Humboldt Current and local cultivation techniques.

🇦🇷Mendoza, Argentina

Aceitunas de Mendoza

Olives from Mendoza, Argentina's main olive-producing region, prized for their firm texture and briny flavor. Served in picadas, on pizzas, or pressed for oil.

🇬🇷North Aegean, Greece

Adramytiani

Αδραμυττιανή

A plump table olive grown around the Gulf of Adramyttian shores and on Lesbos, cured brine-green or cracked and dressed with olive oil, lemon and oregano.

🇿🇲Zambia

African Mangosteen

Imbe

Imbe or African mangosteen; a wild fruit found in Zambia; small, round, and golden-orange; sweet and tangy; eaten fresh as a snack; foraged from the wild; a seasonal treat; the wild fruit of Zambia's forests; sold at rural markets when in season.

🇬🇷Peloponnese, Greece

Agouromanako

Αγούρωμανακο

Small bitter-cured green olives picked unripe, cracked and rinsed for days to draw out the bitterness, then marinated with garlic, lemon and wild fennel.

🇵🇾Paraguay

Aguayí

Agua'i

Native sapotaceous fruit of the Paraguayan Atlantic forest, yellow-skinned and sticky-sweet around two flat seeds, with a tart finish that earned it the name agua'i ('bitter water').

🇧🇴Bolivia

Airampo

A Bolivian red cactus fruit used as a natural colorant in desserts and drinks

🇸🇦Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Ajwa Dates

تمر عجوة

Ajwa Dates are a soft, dark Medina variety with moderate sweetness and a moist texture; their cultural importance is tied to Islamic tradition.

🇸🇩Sudan

Ajwa Sudanese

Ajwa

Dates served as a Sudanese sweet and hospitality food.

🇸🇦Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Al-Bakaya Dates

البكاية

Al-Bakaya Dates are Medina dates with very high sweetness and delicate fruit, historically difficult to cultivate because of perishability.

🇦🇷Argentina

Algarroba

Carob pods from the algarrobo tree of the Argentine northwest, ground into flour for patay, arrope, and aloja. A pre-Hispanic staple of the Chaco and Cuyo.

🇪🇸Andalusia, Spain

Aloreña Olives from Málaga

Aceituna Aloreña de Málaga

Aloreña Olives from Málaga are hand-cracked green table olives cured with garlic, thyme, fennel, and pepper in an aromatic brine.

🇵🇹Azores, Portugal

Ananás dos Açores

São Miguel pineapples grown in greenhouses for two years, intensely sweet and aromatic.

🇸🇦Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Anbara Dates

تمر عنبرة

Anbara Dates are a large Medina variety with soft flesh and a rich flavor; their elongated fruit is associated with high market prices.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua Black Pineapple

The national fruit of Antigua and Barbuda; a small, dark-skinned pineapple grown in the southwest of Antigua; prized as exceptionally sweet and low in acid; often called the sweetest pineapple in the world; grows smaller than usual varieties but carries far more sugar; the distinctive fruit of the island.

🇦🇲Armenia

Ararat Apricots

Ծիրան

Fresh apricots from the Ararat plain, the fruit Armenia claims as its own and whose Latin name still says 'Armenian plum'.

🇨🇴Colombia

Arazá

An Amazonian fruit native to Colombia, with yellow skin and tart, aromatic yellow flesh. Used in juices, jams, and desserts, high in vitamin C.

🇬🇧Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Armagh Bramley Apples

Armagh Bramley Apples is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.

🇬🇫French Guiana

Awara

A bright orange palm fruit with a thin, oily, fibrous flesh scraped from the stone and cooked rather than eaten raw.

🇧🇷Brazil

Açaí

Wassaï

A deep-purple Amazonian palm berry with thin skin around a large seed, pulped and prized for its earthy flavor across Brazil and French Guiana.

🇧🇷Brazil

Bacuri

A round, yellow-green Amazonian fruit with sweet, sticky white pulp and a strong, pleasant fragrance.

🇨🇦Atlantic Canada, Canada

Bakeapples

Small pink-orange cloudberries growing in bogs, tasting like peach-apricot with tartness, prized Newfoundland delicacy.

🇮🇷Kerman, Iran

Bam Dates

خرمای بم

Mazafati dates from Bam in Kerman, dark, soft and wet, sold chilled because they do not keep at room temperature.

🇲🇾Sabah, Malaysia

Bambangan

Wild mango endemic to Borneo, fibrous and aromatic.

🇬🇺Guam

Bananas with Coconut Milk

Gollai Appan Aga

Gollai appan aga is a Chamorro banana or plantain side, cooked until tender with savoury seasoning and served alongside rice, meat, or fish.

🇮🇶Iraq

Barhi Dates

تمر برحي

Round yellow dates eaten crisp at the khalal stage, tasting of coconut and apple before they ripen to soft brown.

🇸🇦Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Barni Dates

تمر برني

Barni Dates are a reddish-brown, medium-sized Medina variety with sweet flavor, firm-chewy flesh, and reliable storage qualities.

🇰🇭Cambodia

Bey Dom Neib

បេយដំនីប

Ripe mango slices served with sweetened coconut cream and toasted sesame, an essential Khmer fruit-based dessert.

🇸🇨Seychelles

Bilimbi

Bilenbi

Cucumber-like tart fruit grown across Seychelles; used in shark chutney, bouyon blan, and other dishes for its sour juice; squeezed for its acidic juice; a key ingredient in satini reken; the bilimbi's tartness is essential to Seychellois cuisine.

🇧🇶Bonaire

Bonaire Mispel

Mispel

Mispel is a small brown local fruit found on Bonaire and eaten as a seasonal island specialty.

🇨🇴Colombia

Borojó

A tropical fruit native to the Colombian Pacific Chocó region, with brown skin and brown, aromatic pulp. Used in juices, jams, and aphrodisiac drinks.

🇵🇫French Polynesia

Breadfruit

'Uru

Uru is breadfruit served as a starchy fruit food, roasted, boiled, fried, or cooked in an ahima'a until the flesh is soft and potato-like.

🇧🇷Brazil

Caju

The cashew fruit, a yellow-red pear-shaped peduncle with a sweet, astringent juice, with the nut attached at the bottom.

🇦🇷Patagonia, Argentina

Calafate Berry

Calafate

A small, dark-blue Patagonian berry from the calafate shrub, eaten fresh or in jams, ice cream, and cocktails. Local legend says whoever eats calafate will return to Patagonia.

🇪🇸Aragon, Spain

Calanda Peach

Melocoton de Calanda

A protected designation peach from Calanda, Teruel, known for exceptional quality, large size, and a sweet, aromatic flavor, hand-thinned on the tree.

🇪🇸Spain

Campo Real Olives

Aceitunas de Campo Real

Campo Real Olives are split green Manzanilla olives from Madrid traditionally seasoned in brine with garlic, thyme, fennel, and oregano.