Luxury Foods Only Millionaires Can Afford To Eat

5. $34,500 Caviar

Everyone knows that caviar is one of the most expensive foods in the world. Even on Amazon, tins of caviar sell in the ballpark of $100. The most expensive caviar in the world comes from the “Almas” eggs of the Iranian Beluga fish. These fish are between 60 to 100 years old. They live in the Caspian sea, where there is minimal pollution. Since their eggs are rare, this costs a whopping $34,500, and it has the Guinness World Record for being the most expensive caviar. The black, glossy eggs are indeed a stunning sight to behold.

To be real caviar, the eggs must be from sturgeon, of which Beluga is the most famous and celebrated variety. People eat the eggs of many other kinds of fish also but those are roe instead of caviar. If you’ve ever had crunchy little orange balls on top of a fresh roll of sushi, that was likely Tobiko, or flying fish roe, which is widely available and cheap enough to use as a garnish. When it comes to caviar, the eggs can be fresh and unpasteurized before processing in salt or pasteurized. They consider fresh eggs to be of higher culinary and economic value.