The Top 5 Most Expensive Foods and Spices in the World

White truffle

A pale white tuber living underground may not seem like much for most – but if it’s a white truffle native to Piedmont, a small area of Italy, it is a thing of luxury – and pretty expensive. In December 2014, a 4.16 pound (1.89 kg) white truffle found in Umbria, Italy, was sold at an auction at the Sotheby’s in New York for $61,000 to a Taiwanese buyer – and it was considered very cheap at the time.