2. Italian White Alba Truffle – $160,406
Nature produces the best. In this case, nature produces the second most expensive food in the world. As you went through this list, you might notice the occurrence of truffle as the ingredient for some of these expensive foods. Well, it should come as no surprise that the truffle itself cost a lot of money.
Those dishes mostly use black truffle which is cheaper than white truffle. This truffle, the Italian White Alba Truffle, is extremely rare. Plus, it is very hard to cultivate.
Alba truffle produces aroma and flavor that is gastronomically unique and wonderfully intoxicating. There is nothing like it. And this particular truffle comes from a small market town of Alba, in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy.
This huge white truffle weighs around 1.5 kg. It was auctioned off for $160,406. There is no question that it was a record-breaking sale.
