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Top 100 Fruit Vegetables in the World

Last update: Wed Mar 26 2025
Top 100 Fruit Vegetables in the World
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Best Fruit Vegetable Types in the World

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Tomataki Santorinis
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These small tomatoes come from a local variety produced on the islands of Santorini, Thirasia, Palea Kameni, Nea Kameni, Aspro, Christiani, and Askania in the Cyclades in the southern Aegean Sea. The production, treatment, and processing of these tomatos must be carried out exclusively within this area in order to avoid deterioration in the quality of this fragile fruit.


Tomataki Santorinis is a deep red color and has a firm, not particularly moist flesh with a high seed content. These tomatoes owe their distinctive characteristics to the climatic conditions and the limey, alkaline soils of the area. It has high levels of acidity and, due to the alkaline soil, a high sugar level when ripe. 
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Tomato

PROVINCE OF SYRACUSE, Italy and  one more region
4.7
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Named after its town of origin, pomodoro di Pachino refers to various varieties of fresh tomatoes grown within the Sicilian province of Syracuse. The sweet flavored Pachino tomatoes are characterized by a particularly succulent flesh and prized for their long shelf life.


They are best enjoyed fresh, and typically used as an ingredient for mixed salads, cold pasta dishes or for pizza toppings. Also, according to old Sicilian culinary traditions, Pachino tomatoes are often sun-dried and preserved in olive oil in which way they can be used for making pâtés and tapenades, various flans and a seemingly limitless number of pasta dishes.

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Aji amarillo is a staple in Peruvian cuisine, a chile pepper with a bright orange color and thick flesh. Its heat level ranges from medium to hot, and it is commonly used in a variety of soups and sauces. This chile variety is native to South America and has a distinctive, subtle, and full-bodied fruitiness.


It can be bought in a few forms: dried, fresh, canned, or in the form of a paste. When incorporated into sauces, it is often thickened with bread, mayonnaise, and dairy products, and it is then spooned over a variety of meat, fish, and vegetable dishes. 
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Aji límo (also known as lemon drop pepper) is a Peruvian hot pepper with a citrusy tang and a Scoville heat unit of 15,000-30,000. When mature, its color becomes golden-yellow, and the flavor becomes fruity, with some people comparing it to fresh lemongrass.


This chili variety is ideal for spicy salsas, hot sauces, and dishes based on chicken or fish. In Peru, it is often used as a seasoning for various main meals and snacks.

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Prized by many chefs as the best of its kind, Pomodoro S. Marzano dell’Agro Sarnese-Nocerino is a variety of plum tomato grown along the banks of Sarno River in the fertile volcanic plains south of Mount Vesuvius, namely within the provinces of Naples, Salerno and Avellino.


Locally known as 'the king of tomatoes', San Marzano peels quite easily and is characterized by an almost seedless flesh, bright red color and a delicate, bittersweet flavor. Even though San Marzano tomatoes are commonly used in a wide variety of Italian dishes, they have been designated as the only tomato variety that can be used for Vera Pizza Napoletana, the genuine Neapolitan pizza.

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Florina is a Greek pepper cultivated in Western Macedonia and the area of Florina, hence the name. The peppers have a deep red color and they're shaped like a cow's horn. The harvest takes up to 18 weeks, and they ripen to maturity after mid-August.


It is said that a good Florina pepper should be firm, thick, bright in color, and sweet in flavor. These versatile peppers can be used in salads, sauces, pasta dishes, or meat dishes, but they're usually roasted and stuffed with ingredients such as feta, meat, rice, or shrimps. 
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Hot Pepper

PERU and  one more region
4.4
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Rocoto chile is a type of chili pepper that is believed to have originated in the Andean areas of Peru and Bolivia, where it has long been grown and used as an essential ingredient of traditional cuisine. It belongs to the Capsicum pubescens genus and is characterized by hairy leaves and dark seeds ranging from dark brown to black, while its rather thick and juicy flesh may be of red, orange, yellow, or green color.


Varying in both size and shape, the rocoto chili is renowned for being one of the hottest peppers in the world, and it is distinguished by a rich, fruity, and spicy flavor. Rocoto chilis may be enjoyed fresh as an accompaniment to various dishes, made into chili paste and used as a condiment, or ground to a powder-like consistency and used as a spice. 
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Costoluto fiorentino is a tomato variety originating from Florence. This heirloom has a distinct flattened and heavily ribbed shape. When mature, the color of the tomato is a brilliant deep red. These tomatoes have a meaty and juicy texture that is high in sugar and acid, making them one of the best varieties for cooking and making rich sauces or soups such as pappa al pomodoro.


They are also used fresh, sliced and added to sandwiches or salads.

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Piment d'Espelette is a fiery red, hand-picked chili pepper with a strong smell reminiscent of fruit and smoke, produced in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region in France. It was originally used in the south-west of France for curing dried ham.


Their taste is spicy and piquant, but not too hot on the palate. It can be sold in a few ways - as fresh, whole peppers strung in pairs of twos, threes, or fours on a string, or ground into orangey-red chili powder after the peppers have ripened enough. 
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Kabocha is a Japanese variety of winter squash (more commonly known as pumpkin), beloved for its sweet flavor, which is often said to be similar to that of a sweet potato. Like all of the other squashes, the predecessor of kabocha is believed to have originated in Mesoamerica, from where it spread to other parts of the world.


Portuguese sailors introduced it to Japan in the 16th century, where it eventually evolved into the variety we know today. The exterior of the kabocha squash is dark green and hard, while the interior flesh is a vibrant orange. In addition to being sweet, kabocha is also rich in nutrients. 
VARIATIONS OF Kabocha
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Spice
ŞANLIURFA PROVINCE, Turkiye
4.3
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Hot Pepper
XALAPA, Mexico
4.0
23
24
25
Bell Pepper
CSONGRÁD COUNTY, Hungary
4.0
26
27
28
29
30
Hot Pepper
HATCH, United States of America
3.9
31
32
33
34
Hot Pepper
CHICAGO, United States of America  and  2 more regions
3.8
35
36
37
38
39
Hot Pepper
BASQUE COUNTRY, Spain
3.6
40
Tomato
LOUISIANA, United States of America
3.6
41
42
Bell Pepper
NORTH MACEDONIA
4.4
43
44
Peppers
PROVINCE OF A CORUÑA, Spain
4.1
45
46
Pumpkin
PROVINCE OF MANTUA, Italy
4.0
47
Hot Pepper
CAMPANIA, Italy
4.0
48
49
50
51
52
53
Hot Pepper
ST. AUGUSTINE, United States of America
3.5
54
Gourd
TOCHIGI PREFECTURE, Japan
3.0
55
Bell Pepper
PROVINCE OF FROSINONE, Italy
n/a
56
57
Peppers
PROVINCE OF POTENZA, Italy
n/a
58
59
60
61
Tomato
SICILY, Italy
n/a
62
63
64
65
66
67
Tomato
METROPOLITAN COMARCA OF ALMERÍA, Spain
n/a
68
69
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74
Eggplant
PROVINCE OF POTENZA, Italy
n/a
75
76
Summer Squash
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
n/a
77
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81
Gourd
MEXICO  and  2 more countries
n/a
82
83
Tomato
PROVINCE OF PARMA, Italy
n/a
84
Tomato
APULIA, Italy
n/a
85
86
87
Tomato
PROVINCE OF CASERTA, Italy
n/a
88
89
Tomato
CAMPANIA, Italy
n/a
90
91
Tomato
SICILY, Italy
n/a
92
Tomato
PROVINCE OF SALERNO, Italy
n/a
93
94
Tomato
SARDINIA, Italy
n/a
95
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Hot Pepper
COBÁN, Guatemala
n/a
98
Winter Squash
MEXICO  and  one more country
n/a
99
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Best Fruit Vegetable Producers in the World

01

Cheese

AARHUS, Northern Europe
4.7
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Arla is a global dairy cooperative owned by farmers primarily located in Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The company produces a variety of dairy products, including cheese, milk, and yogurt. Arla is committed to sustainable dairy farming practices and aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its entire value chain by 30% by 2030.
AWARDS

Global Cheese Awards - Gold

2023, 2018

World Championship Cheese Contest - Best of Class

2024, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010

International Cheese Awards - Gold

2024, 2023, 2022, 2019

BEST Arla Cheeses
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Herb/Spice

SZEGED, Hungary
4.4
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Hodi Paprika Ltd. is a producer of spice blends and seasonings. It specializes in paprika products. The company aims to deliver high-quality spices to various markets. It focuses on maintaining traditional methods along with modern technology for processing spices.
AWARDS

Great Taste Awards - 2 stars

2024, 2022

BEST Hodi Paprika Herbs and Spices
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Best Fruit Vegetables in the World

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Vegetable

AARHUS, Northern Europe
4.8
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AWARDS

World Championship Cheese Contest - Best of Class

2024

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AWARDS

Great Taste Awards - 2 stars

2024

TasteAtlas food rankings are based on the ratings of the TasteAtlas audience, with a series of mechanisms that recognize real users and that ignore bot, nationalist or local patriotic ratings, and give additional value to the ratings of users that the system recognizes as knowledgeable. For the “Top 100 Fruit Vegetables in the World” list until March 26, 2025, 3,353 ratings were recorded, of which 1,581 were recognized by the system as legitimate. TasteAtlas Rankings should not be seen as the final global conclusion about food. Their purpose is to promote excellent local foods, instill pride in traditional dishes, and arouse curiosity about dishes you haven’t tried.