Name a food or ingredient that costs over US$100/kg ($45/lb), like caviar

October 25, 2026 · Daily Dive #102

Explore 419 recorded answers and their points for question 2 on October 25, 2026.

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419 recorded names on October 25, 2026, 360 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

Luxury food pricing is usually driven by scarcity, hand labour or slow growth, so think of niche categories rather than supermarket staples. Any edible food or ingredient whose retail price tops roughly one hundred dollars per kilogram qualifies; prepared dishes, drinks and non-edible goods do not count.

419 recorded answers360 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion1100 pts
  • Deep Cut35985 pts
  • Rare4160 pts
  • Schooler1330 pts
  • Plankton510 pts
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Recorded answers

419 recorded answers

How to approach it

Work backwards from price mechanics instead of trying to recall a famous luxury item. Anything selling in grams, sachets or single pieces can clear the threshold once you scale it to a kilogram, so scan the whole shop in your head: spice racks, cheese counters, butchers, fishmongers, tea merchants, health-food shelves and bakery supplies all hide candidates. For each category, ask what limits supply — a brief season, protected origin rules, a slow-growing animal, hand harvesting, long ageing or a plant that only thrives in one climate. Then check the arithmetic: a product at twenty dollars per hundred grams already qualifies. Rarity of the pick matters too, because a widely known luxury is likely to be named by thousands of players, while a homely-sounding regional speciality may be recorded by very few.

Get a hint

Start from the aisle rather than the recipe: consider categories sold in tiny quantities, such as precious spices, rare fungi, long-aged cheeses, cured meats, seafood delicacies or exotic fruit.

A little more

Weight is the great equaliser here — a jar that looks affordable at twenty grams becomes eye-watering once you scale that price up to a full kilogram.

One step further

Narrow the field by asking what creates the shortage: a harvest window of a few weeks, a protected origin, an animal that yields only a few grams, or a process measured in years.

Reveal answers 419
  • HasmaOne in a Krillion100points
  • 7 Pot pepperDeep Cut85points
  • A2 bilona gheeDeep Cut85points
  • Acai powderDeep Cut85points
  • Agar agarDeep Cut85points
  • Agaricus blazeiDeep Cut85points
  • Aged Xinhui chenpiDeep Cut85points
  • Almas caviarDeep Cut85points
  • Almond extractDeep Cut85points
  • AmaebiDeep Cut85points
  • Amylase enzymeDeep Cut85points
  • AngulasDeep Cut85points
  • Aniseed myrtleDeep Cut85points
  • Anzer honeyDeep Cut85points
  • Bamboo saltDeep Cut85points
  • BaozhongDeep Cut85points
  • Begonia flowersDeep Cut85points
  • BerberechosDeep Cut85points
  • Beurre de baratteDeep Cut85points
  • Bi Luo ChunDeep Cut85points
  • Bianchetto truffleDeep Cut85points
  • Bijin-hime strawberryDeep Cut85points
  • BiltongDeep Cut85points
  • Birch syrupDeep Cut85points
  • Bison tenderloinDeep Cut85points
  • Bitto StoricoDeep Cut85points
  • Black garlicDeep Cut85points
  • Blooming teaDeep Cut85points
  • Blue crystal prawnsDeep Cut85points
  • Blue spirulinaDeep Cut85points
  • Borage flowersDeep Cut85points
  • BottargaDeep Cut85points
  • Bourbon Pointu coffeeDeep Cut85points
  • Bowfin caviarDeep Cut85points
  • BresaolaDeep Cut85points
  • Broccoli microgreensDeep Cut85points
  • Bronte pistachioDeep Cut85points
  • BündnerfleischDeep Cut85points
  • Burgundy truffleDeep Cut85points
  • Butterfly pea flowerDeep Cut85points
  • Caciocavallo PodolicoDeep Cut85points
  • Calafate powderDeep Cut85points
  • CalendulaDeep Cut85points
  • Camel milk chocolateDeep Cut85points
  • Camel milk powderDeep Cut85points
  • Camu camu powderDeep Cut85points
  • Candied violetsDeep Cut85points
  • Candy cap mushroomDeep Cut85points
  • Cantabrian anchoviesDeep Cut85points
  • Carabinero prawnsDeep Cut85points

Why these answers count

Scoring rewards precision and surprise in equal measure. The single hundred-point answer in the reveal was Hasma, a pick so obscure that almost nobody else would have thought of it, and that uniqueness is exactly what the top band pays for. The vast 85-point block sits one step below: Almas caviar, Bianchetto truffle, Anzer honey, Bitto Storico, Bourbon Pointu coffee, Cecina de León and dozens of similar entries are all legitimately over the line, but each is famous enough within food circles that many players land on it, so the shared credit is slightly diluted. At sixty points you find the obvious crowd-pleasers — the luxury items a casual player reaches for first, where the answer is correct yet the queue behind it is long. The lesson for anyone playing: a humble-sounding regional product with a protected name or a brutal harvest window will usually outscore a globally advertised delicacy, because correctness gets you on the board and rarity moves you up it.

Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 25 Oct, 05:11 UTC

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