The Ark of Taste is an international catalogue of endangered heritage foods which is maintained by the global Slow Food movement. The Ark is designed to preserve at-risk foods that are sustainably produced, unique in taste, and part of a distinct ecoregion. Contrary to the most literal definition of plant and animal conservation, the Ark of Taste aims to maintain edibles in its purview by actively encouraging their cultivation for consumption. [1] By doing so, Slow Food hopes to promote the growing and eating of foods which are sustainable and preserve biodiversity in the human food chain.
Foods included in the list are intended to be "culturally or historically linked to a specific region, locality, ethnicity or traditional production practice", [2] in addition to being rare. Which foods meet these criteria is decided by an adjudicating committee made up of members of the Slow Food nonprofit organization; all candidates go through a formal nomination process which includes tastings and identification of producers within the region. [3]
Since the foundation of the Ark in 1996, 5312 products (September 2021) from over 130 countries have been included and growing daily. [4] The list includes not only prepared foods and food products, but also a great many livestock breeds, as well as vegetable and fruit cultivars. All foods in the catalogue are accompanied by a list of resources for those wishing to grow or buy them.
The sources for the Italian section, unless other specified, are the lists selectable from "Ark of Taste", Fondazione Slow Food per la Biodiversità.
| Food | Nation | State/region | Food type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaskan Birch syrup | United States | Alaska | |
| Algonquin squash | United States | Northeastern US | Squash |
| American Bronze turkey | United States | Rhode Island | Turkey |
| American Buff Goose | United States | Goose | |
| American Butternut | United States | Eastern US | Nuts |
| American Chestnut | United States | Northeastern US | Nuts |
| American Chinchilla | United States | Rabbit | |
| American Native Pecan | United States | Southern US | Nuts |
| Greenthread tea | United States | Beverage | |
| Shrub | United States | Beverage | |
| New Orleans French bread | United States | Bread | |
| Piki bread | United States | Bread | |
| Creole cream cheese | United States | Louisiana | Cheeses and dairy products |
| Dry Monterey Jack Cheese | United States | California | Cheeses and dairy products |
| Bay scallop | United States | Eastern US | Fish and shellfish |
| Delaware Bay oyster | United States | Delaware | Fish and shellfish |
| Geoduck | United States | Fish and shellfish | |
| Louisiana oyster | United States | Louisiana | Fish and shellfish |
| Marbled Chinook salmon | United States | Fish and shellfish | |
| Olympia oyster | United States | Fish and shellfish | |
| Wild catfish | United States | Fish and shellfish | |
| Wild Gulf Coast shrimp | United States | Fish and shellfish | |
| Reefnet Salmon Fishing Method | United States | Northern Puget Sound | Fish and shellfish |
| Lake Michigan Whitefish | United States | Fish and shellfish | |
| Capitol Reef Apple | United States | Fruita, Utah | Apples |
| Granite Beauty | United States | New Hampshire | Apples |
| Harrison Cider Apple | United States | New Jersey | Apples |
| Hauer Pippin | United States | California | Apples |
| Newtown Pippin | United States | Queens, New York | Apples |
| Gravenstein | United States | Sebastopol, California | Apples |
| Sierra Beauty | United States | California | Apples |
| Blenheim Apricot | United States | Apricots | |
| Fuerte avocado | United States | Avocados | |
| Puebla avocado | United States | Avocados | |
| Wilson Popenoe avocado | United States | Avocados | |
| Black Republican cherry | United States | Cherries | |
| Black Sphinx date | United States | Dates | |
| Bronx grape | United States | Grapes | |
| Meyer lemon | United States | Central Coast of California | Lemons |
| Hatcher mango | United States | Mangos | |
| Pantin mamey sapote | United States | Sapote | |
| Crane melon | United States | Fruit | |
| California Mission olive | United States | California | Fruit |
| Inland Empire Old-Grove orange | United States | Fruit | |
| Louisiana Satsuma | United States | Louisiana | Fruit |
| Pawpaw | United States | Eastern US | Fruit |
| Baby Crawford | United States | Peaches | |
| Fay Elberta | United States | Peaches | |
| Oldmixon Free | United States | Peaches | |
| Rio Oso Gem | United States | Peaches | |
| Silver Logan | United States | Peaches | |
| Sun Crest peach | United States | Peaches | |
| Burford pear | United States | Pears | |
| American persimmon | United States | Persimmon | |
| Japanese massaged dried persimmon (Hoshigaki) | United States | California | Persimmon |
| Elephant Heart plum | United States | Plums | |
| Inca plum | United States | Plums | |
| Laroda plum | United States | Plums | |
| Mariposa plum | United States | Plums | |
| Padre plum | United States | Plums | |
| Meech's Prolific quince | United States | Quince | |
| Klondike, Daybreak, Headliner, & Tangi strawberries | United States | Louisiana | Strawberry |
| Pixie tangerine | United States | Ojai Valley | Tangerine |
| Moon & Stars watermelon | United States | Watermelon | |
| Yellow-Meated watermelon | United States | Watermelon | |
| Chapalote corn | United States | Grains/cereals | |
| Chicos (dried corn) | United States | Grains/cereals | |
| Roy’s Calais Flint corn | United States | Grains/cereals | |
| Tuscarora White corn | United States | Grains/cereals | |
| Anishinaabeg wild rice (hand-harvested) | United States | Grains/cereals | |
| Carolina Gold Rice | United States | South Carolina Lowcountry | Grains/cereals |
| Turkey hard red winter wheat | United States | Grains/cereals | |
| White Sonora wheat | United States | Grains/cereals | |
| Handmade Filé | United States | Herbs and spices | |
| Alaea salt | United States | Hawaii | Herbs and spices |
| Desert/Mexican oregano ( Lippia graveolens ) | United States | Sonoran & Chihuahuan Deserts | Herbs and spices |
| American Plains Bison | United States | Cattle | |
| Corriente cattle | United States | Cattle | |
| Florida Cracker cattle | United States | Cattle | |
| American Milking Devon | United States | Cattle | |
| Pineywoods cattle | United States | Cattle | |
| Randall cattle | United States | Cattle | |
| Buckeye | United States | Chicken | |
| Delaware | United States | Delaware | Chicken |
| Dominique chicken | United States | Chicken | |
| Java | United States | Chicken | |
| Jersey Giant chicken | United States | Chicken | |
| New Hampshire chicken | United States | Chicken | |
| Old Type Rhode Island Red | United States | Chicken | |
| Plymouth Rock chicken | United States | Chicken | |
| Wyandotte chicken | United States | Chicken | |
| Cayuga Duck | United States | Ducks | |
| Spanish goat | United States | Goats | |
| Tennessee Myotonic goat | United States | Goats | |
| American Pilgrim goose | United States | Goose | |
| Cotton Patch Goose | United States | Goose | |
| Guinea Hog | United States | Hog | |
| Ossabaw Island Hog | United States | Hog | |
| Mulefoot hog | United States | Hog | |
| Red Wattle hog | United States | Hog | |
| American rabbit | United States | Rabbit | |
| Giant Chinchilla | United States | Rabbit | |
| Silver fox rabbit | United States | Rabbit | |
| Gulf Coast Native sheep | United States | Sheep | |
| Navajo-Churro sheep | United States | Sheep | |
| St. Croix sheep | United States | Sheep | |
| Tunis sheep | United States | Sheep | |
| Bourbon Red turkey | United States | Turkey | |
| Jersey Buff turkey | United States | Turkey | |
| Midget White turkey | United States | Turkey | |
| Narragansett Turkey | United States | Turkey | |
| Royal Palm | United States | Turkey | |
| Slate | United States | Turkey | |
| Daube Glacé | United States | New Orleans | Meat products |
| Hog’s head cheese | United States | Southern Louisiana | Meat products |
| Southern Louisiana Ponce | United States | Louisiana | Meat products |
| Traditional Tasso | United States | Southern Louisiana | Meat products |
| Emory Oak "Bellota" Acorn | United States | Nuts | |
| Nevada Single Leaf Pinyon (pine nut) | United States | Nuts | |
| Shagbark Hickory Nut | United States | Nuts | |
| Kalo Poi Taro | United States | Hawaii | Prepared foods |
| Roman Taffy Candy | United States | Prepared foods | |
| Arikara Yellow bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Bolita bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Brown Tepary bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Cherokee Trail of Tears bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Christmas Lima bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Crowder Cowpeas (Mississippi Silver Hull bean) | United States | Pulses | |
| Four Corners Gold bean | United States | Four Corners region | Pulses |
| Hidatsa Red bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Hidatsa Shield Figure bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Hopi Mottled Lima bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Hutterite Soup bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Jacob's Cattle bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Lina Cisco’s Bird Egg bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Marrowfat bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Mayflower bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Mesquite pod flour | United States | Pulses | |
| O'odham pink bean | United States | Arizona | Pulses |
| Petaluma Gold Rush bean | United States | California | Pulses |
| Rio Zape bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Santa Maria Pinquitos bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Sea Island Red Pea | United States | Pulses | |
| True Red Cranberry bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Turkey Craw bean | United States | Pulses | |
| White Tepary bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Yellow Indian Woman bean | United States | Pulses | |
| Early Blood Turnip-rooted beet | United States | Beets | |
| Lorz Italian garlic | United States | Garlic | |
| Inchelium Red garlic | United States | Garlic | |
| Amish Deer Tongue lettuce | United States | Lettuce | |
| Grandpa Admire's lettuce | United States | Lettuce | |
| Speckled lettuce | United States | Lettuce | |
| Tennis Ball lettuce (black seeded) | United States | Lettuce | |
| I'itoi onion | United States | Onion | |
| Beaver Dam pepper | United States | Wisconsin | Peppers |
| Bull Nose Large Bell pepper | United States | Peppers | |
| Datil pepper | United States | Peppers | |
| Fish pepper | United States | Peppers | |
| Hinkelhatz Hot pepper | United States | Peppers | |
| Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Italian Frying pepper | United States | Peppers | |
| New Mexico Native Chiles | United States | New Mexico | Peppers |
| Sheepnose pimiento | United States | Peppers | |
| Wenk's Yellow Hot pepper | United States | Peppers | |
| Chiltepin chile | United States | Peppers | |
| Green Mountain potato | United States | Potato | |
| Ozette potato | United States | Potato | |
| White Cream sweet potato | United States | Potato | |
| Amish Pie squash | United States | Squash | |
| Boston Marrow squash | United States | Squash | |
| Canada Crookneck squash | United States | Squash | |
| Green-striped cushaw | United States | Squash | |
| Sibley squash | United States | Squash | |
| Amish Paste tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| Aunt Molly's Husk tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| Aunt Ruby's German Green | United States | Tomato | |
| Burbank tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| Chalk’s Early Jewel tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| Cherokee Purple | United States | Tomato | |
| Djena Lee’s Golden Girl tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| German Pink tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| Livingston’s Globe tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| Livingston’s Golden Queen tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| Orange Oxheart tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter tomato | United States | West Virginia | Tomato |
| Red Fig tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| Sheboygan tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| Sudduth Strain Brandywine tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| Valencia tomato | United States | Tomato | |
| New Mexico Native tomatillo | United States | Tomatillo | |
| Gilfeather turnip | United States | Turnip | |
| Wine Vinegar, Orleans Method | United States | Wines and vinegars | |
| Charbono grape | United States | California | Wines and vinegars |
| Napa Gamay/Valdiquie grape | United States | California | Wines and vinegars |
| Norton grape | United States | Wines and vinegars | |
| New England boiled cider and cider jelly | United States | ||
| Gallberry honey | United States | Honeys | |
| Guajillo honey | United States | Honeys | |
| Mayhaw jelly and syrup | United States | Southern United States | |
| White Kiawe honey | United States | Hawaii | Honeys |
| Sourwood honey | United States | Honeys | |
| Tupelo honey | United States | Honeys | |
| Traditional cane syrup | United States | ||
| Traditional sorghum syrup | United States | Other |
| Food | Nation | State/region | Food type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abjosh Raisin of Herat | Afghanistan | Fruit | |
| Araucaria pine nut | Argentina | Fruit | |
| Capia corn | Argentina | Grains/cereals | |
| Carob flour from white carob | Argentina | Pulses | |
| Criollo White Corn | Argentina | Grains/cereals | |
| Quebrada de Humahuaca (Andean potatoes) | Argentina | Potatoes | |
| Yacón | Argentina | Vegetable | |
| Yellow Socorro corn | Argentina | Grains/cereals | |
| Motal cheese | Armenia | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Angasi Oyster | Australia | Seafood | |
| Australian Native Raspberries | Australia | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Bimbala | Fish | ||
| Blacklip Abalone | Australia | Seafood | |
| Bogong moth | Australia | insect | |
| Bull Boar sausage | Australia | Cured meats | |
| Bunya nuts | Australia | Queensland | Fruit |
| bush banana (Marsdenia australis) | Australia | fruit | |
| Bush Bean | Australia | vegeatable | |
| Bush Coconut | Australia | Fruit | |
| Bush Onion | Australia | vegetable | |
| Bush Potato | Australia | vegetable | |
| Bush Tomato | Australia | vegetable | |
| Central Australian Wild Plumb | Australia | Fruit | |
| Cole's Wattle | Australia | Fruit | |
| cumbungi or bulrush (Typha Orientalis, Typha Domingensis | Australia | Vegeatable | |
| Ligurian bee honey | Australia | Kangaroo Island | Honeys |
| Leatherwood honey | Australia | Honeys | |
| Abgereifter | Austria | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Bregenzerwälder Mountain cheese | Austria | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Carinzian Speck | Austria | Meat by-products | |
| Wachauer Safran (Crocus austriacus) | Austria | Herbs and aromas | |
| Forest sheep | Austria | Sheep | |
| Giants of Aspern | Austria | Vegetables | |
| Krainer Steinschaf | Austria | Breeds | |
| Lungauer Rahmkoch | Austria | Cakes and biscuits | |
| Lungauer Tauernroggen | Austria | Grains/cereals | |
| Sulmtaler chicken | Austria | Chicken | |
| Talggen | Austria | Oven-baked products | |
| Vineyard Garlic | Austria | Garlic | |
| Vineyard peach | Austria | Peaches | |
| Vorarlberger Riebelmais | Austria | Grains/cereals | |
| Waldviertler Blond | Austria | Breeds | |
| Pozegaka Plum Slatko | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Preserves | |
| Sack Cheese | Brazil | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Aratu | Brazil | Crustacean | |
| Babaçu | Brazil | Fruit | |
| Baru nut | Brazil | Fruit | |
| Canapu Cowpea | Brazil | Vegetables | |
| Canudo nectar of the Sateré Mawé | Brazil | Honeys | |
| Juçara Palm Heart | Brazil | Vegetables | |
| Marmelada de Santa Luzia | Brazil | Vegetable preserves | |
| Montenegro Tangerine | Brazil | Tangerines | |
| Native Guaraná of Sateré Mawé | Brazil | Fruit | |
| Pirarucu | Brazil | Fish | |
| Red Rice or Venice Rice | Brazil | Grains/cereals | |
| Serra Catarinense Araucaria Nut | Brazil | Fruit | |
| Sweet potato flour | Brazil | Vegetables | |
| Umbu | Brazil | Fruit | |
| Canadienne Cow | Canada | Breeds | |
| Chanteclair chicken | Canada | Chicken | |
| Herring Spawn on Kelp | Canada | Fish | |
| Miner's lettuce (Montia Perfoliata) | Canada | Southwestern British Columbia | Vegetables |
| Montreal melon | Canada | Fruit | |
| Nodding onion (allium cernuum) | Canada | Vegetables | |
| Nova Scotia Gravenstein Apple | Canada | Apples | |
| Red Fife wheat | Canada | Grains/cereals | |
| Saskatoon berry (Amelanchier alnifolia) | Canada | Fruit | |
| Great Plains bison | Canada | Breeds | |
| Blue egg chicken | Chile | Chicken | |
| Calbuco Black-Bordered oyster | Chile | Fish | |
| Merquèn | Chile | Herbs and aromas | |
| White strawberry | Chile | Purén | Strawberries |
| Robinson Crusoe Island Seafood | Chile | Robinson Crusoe & Alejandro Selkirk Islands | Fish |
| Giant Istrian Ox | Croatia | Breeds | |
| Ljubitovica Garlic | Croatia | Garlic | |
| Halloumi | Cyprus | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Pastelli | Cyprus | Cakes and biscuits | |
| Tsamarella | Cyprus | Meat by-products | |
| Salted Artisan Butter | Denmark | Dairy products | |
| Nacional cacao | Ecuador | Coffee, tea and cacao | |
| Siwa Date | Egypt | Fruit | |
| Kalakukko | Finland | Bread | |
| Baréges Gavarnie Sheep | France | Sheep | |
| Bigorre Gascony Black Pig | France | Breeds | |
| Blonde peas from the Planèze | France | Pulses | |
| Breton Pie Noire (Cow Breed) | France | Breeds | |
| Bruis walnut | France | Upper Valley of Oule | Fruit |
| Haute Provence Einkorn | France | Grains/cereals | |
| Maine-Anjou (Cow Breed) | France | Breeds | |
| Pardailhan black turnip | France | Vegetables | |
| Brigasque sheep | France | Breeds | |
| Pelardon affiné | France | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Planèze de Saint Flour blonde lentil | France | Pulses | |
| Planèze de Saint-Flour golden lentil | France | Pulses | |
| Rennes Coucou Chicken | France | Chicken | |
| Roussane de Monein peach | France | Peaches | |
| Dry Rancios wine | France | Roussillon | Wines |
| Rove Brousse goat cheese | France | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Sagarnoa | France | Alcoholic drink | |
| Sarteau pear | France | Pears | |
| Trébons onion | France | Onions | |
| Cuvée des vignes d'antan | France | Wines | |
| Alb-Leisa | Germany | Lentils | |
| Bamberger Hörnla | Germany | Potatoes | |
| Champagner Bratbirne Pear Spumante | Germany | Alcoholic drink | |
| Diepholzer Moorschnucke | Germany | Breeds | |
| Early Pinot Noir | Germany | Wines | |
| Filder Pointed Cabbage | Germany | Vegetables | |
| Höri peninsula onion | Germany | Onions | |
| Limpurg Pasture oxen | Germany | Breeds | |
| Murnau-Werdenfelser cow | Germany | Breeds | |
| Musmehl & Brenntar | Germany | Flour, porridge | |
| Northern Assia Ahle Wurscht | Germany | Cured meats | |
| Ostheimer Baked Pork Terrina with Liver | Germany | Meat by-products | |
| Piebald Bentheim pig | Germany | Breeds | |
| Rhön sheep | Germany | Sheep | |
| Swabian Alb snail | Germany | Breeds | |
| Teltow turnip | Germany | Vegetables | |
| Würchwitzer mite cheese | Germany | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Mavrotragano | Greece | Wines | |
| Niotiko | Greece | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Xinotiri of Naxos | Greece | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Huehuetenango Highland Coffee | Guatemala | Coffee, tea and cacao | |
| Ixcàn cardamom | Guatemala | Herbs and aromas | |
| Mangalica Sausage | Hungary | Cured meats | |
| Icelandic goat | Iceland | Goats | |
| Skyr | Iceland | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Derhadun Basmati Rice | India | Grains/cereals | |
| Ross nonpareil apple | Ireland | Fruits, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Kerry cattle | Ireland | Kerry | Breeds and animal husbandry |
| Irish peach apple | Ireland, England | Sligo, Sud Est | Fruits, nuts and fruit preserves |
| Irish Moiled | Ireland | Cavan, Monaghan | Breeds and animal husbandry |
| Fresh blood pudding | Ireland | Kerry | Cured meats and meat products |
| Dillisk | Ireland | Sligo | Spices, wild herbs, and condiments |
| Carrageen | Ireland | Galway | Algae |
| Blaa | Ireland | Waterford | Bread and baked goods |
| Ard Cairn russet | Ireland | Cork | Fruit, nuts, and fruit preserves |
| Sneem black pudding | Ireland | Kerry | Cured meats and meat products |
| Irish Raw Cow's Milk Cheese | Ireland | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Irish Wild Smoked Salmon | Ireland | Fish | |
| Stone Ground Irish Oatmeal | Ireland | Macroom, County Cork | Cereals and flours |
| Amarume welsh onion | Japan | Onions | |
| Akanegi | Japan | Onions | |
| Akkajidaikon | Japan | Vegetables | |
| Dojo Hachiyagaki (dried persimmon) | Japan | Fruit | |
| Hachiretsu corn | Japan | Grains/cereals | |
| Hanazukuri daikon | Japan | Vegetables | |
| Kiso red turnip | Japan | Vegetables | |
| Kozena daikon | Japan | Vegetables | |
| Masakari Kabocha | Japan | Vegetables | |
| Mizukakena (nouguchina) | Japan | Vegetables | |
| Nare-zushi made with mackerel | Japan | Preserved fish | |
| Roasted and smoked goby from Nagatsura bay | Japan | Fish | |
| Salted Etari anchovies | Japan | Preserved fish | |
| Sapporokii onion | Japan | Onions | |
| Shottsuru made with hatahata from the Gulf of Akita | Japan | Preserved fish | |
| Tankaku cow | Japan | Breeds | |
| Tojinna - Nagasaki Cabbage | Japan | Vegetables | |
| Unzen Kobutakana | Japan | Vegetables | |
| Yatabenegi Yatabe Welsh onion | Japan | Fruit | |
| Yukina (Kabunotou) | Japan | Vegetables | |
| Zazamushi | Japan | Breeds | |
| Gegeol radish | Korea | Vegetables | |
| Jāņu siers | Latvia | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Andasibe red rice | Madagascar | Grains/cereals | |
| Mananara vanilla | Madagascar | Herbs and aromas | |
| Bario rice | Malaysia | Grains/cereals | |
| Rimbas black pepper | Malaysia | Herbs and aromas | |
| Dogon shallot | Mali | Vegetables | |
| Imraguen Women's Mullet Bottarga | Mauritania | Preserved fish | |
| Chinantla vanilla | Mexico | Herbs and aromas | |
| Seri fire-roasted mesquite | Mexico | Grains/cereals | |
| Tehuacàn amaranth | Mexico | Grains/cereals | |
| Argan Oil | Morocco | Seed oil | |
| Amsterdam Osseworst | Netherlands | Cured meats | |
| Chaam Capon | Netherlands | Breeds | |
| Drenthe Heath sheep | Netherlands | Sheep | |
| Friesian smoked sausage | Netherlands | Cured meats | |
| Kempen Heath sheep | Netherlands | Breeds | |
| Leiden butter and Leiden buttermilk | Netherlands | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Original Schiedam Malt Gin | Netherlands | Alcoholic drink | |
| Angelica Vossakvann | Norway | Herbs and aromas | |
| Artisan Sognefjord Geitost | Norway | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Baccala from Møre og Romsdal | Norway | Preserved fish | |
| Cured and Smoked Herring from Sunnmøre | Norway | Fish | |
| Garden pea Jærert | Norway | Pulses | |
| Stockfish from the Isle of Sørøya | Norway | Fish | |
| Turnip Målselvnepe | Norway | Vegetables | |
| Villsau sheep | Norway | Sheep | |
| Andean kañihua | Peru | Herbs and aromas | |
| Pampacorral sweet potato | Peru | Potatoes | |
| San Marcos Andean Fruit (Tomatillo, Poro Poro, and Pushgay) | Peru | Fruit | |
| Traditional chuño blanco | Peru | Vegetables | |
| Adlay | Philippines | Cereals and flours | |
| Alupag tree | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Asín tibuok sea salt | Philippines | Salt | |
| Ayusip berry | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Barako coffee | Philippines | Coffee | |
| Batuan | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Batwan | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Baya rice wine | Philippines | Distilled and fermented beverages | |
| Benguet coffee | Philippines | Coffee | |
| Bohol ubi kinampay, purple yam | Philippines | Vegetables and vegetable preserves | |
| Budbud kabog | Philippines | Cakes and biscuits | |
| Burnt corn flour (corn coffee) | Philippines | Cereals and flours | |
| Cebu cinnamon | Philippines | Herbs and spices | |
| Chong-ak rice | Philippines | Cereals and flours | |
| Criollo cacao | Philippines | Cacao | |
| Cordillera native black pig | Philippines | Breeds and animal husbandry | |
| Darag chicken | Philippines | Breeds and animal husbandry | |
| Dried spinefoot | Philippines | Fish, sea food and fish products | |
| Duman | Philippines | Cereals and flours | |
| Guso native seaweed | Philippines | Algae | |
| Himbabao | Philippines | Vegetables and vegetable preserves | |
| Imbuucan rice | Philippines | Cereals and flours | |
| Inartem balayang (pickled wild banana) | Philippines | Vegetables and vegetable preserves | |
| Ingudpur rice | Philippines | Cereals and flours | |
| Jeykot sticky rice | Philippines | Cereals and flours | |
| Kadyos | Philippines | Legumes | |
| Kamatis Tagalog | Philippines | Vegetables and vegetable preserves | |
| Kamias | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Katmon | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Kiniing | Philippines | Cured meats and meat products | |
| Kundadit | Philippines | Cakes, pastries and sweets | |
| Kunsilba (Banana Brittle) | Philippines | Cakes, pastries and sweets | |
| Lagundi | Philippines | Spices, wild herbs and condiments | |
| Landang | Philippines | Cereals and flours | |
| Lingaro berry | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Luyang dilaw or Conig wild ginger | Philippines | Tea, Vegetables | |
| Ominio rice | Philippines | Cereals and flours | |
| Pajo mango | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Marang | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Miaray (Citrus miaray) | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Nipa vinegar (sukang nipa) | Philippines | Vinegar | |
| Paroakan chicken | Philippines | Breeds and animal husbandry | |
| Philippine mouse-deer | Philippines | Breeds and animal husbandry | |
| Pili | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Red rice from Kalinga and Ifugao ( ulikan , mini-angan) | Philippines | Cereals and flours | |
| Saging mondo banana | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Siling labuyo | Philippines | Herbs and spices | |
| Sinarapan | Philippines | Fish, sea food and fish products | |
| Sulu robusta coffee | Philippines | Coffee | |
| Sulu zibet coffee (kahawa kubing) | Philippines | Coffee | |
| Tabo | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Tabon-tabon | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Tamaraw | Philippines | Breeds and animal husbandry | |
| Tamilok | Philippines | Fish, sea food and fish products | |
| Tawilis (Sardinella tawilis) | Philippines | Fish | |
| Tinigib Visayan White Corn | Philippines | Cereals and flours | |
| Tisa | Philippines | Fruit, nuts and fruit preserves | |
| Tubho tea | Philippines | Tea and infusions | |
| Visayan spotted deer | Philippines | Breeds and animal husbandry | |
| Visayan warty pig | Philippines | Breeds and animal husbandry | |
| Yellow cattle | Philippines | Cattle | |
| Oscypek | Poland | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Polish Mead | Poland | Alcoholic drink | |
| Azaruja sausages | Portugal | Azaruja, Évora, Alentejo | Cured meats |
| Broa de milho | Portugal | Bread | |
| Cachena da Peneda Cattle (Cachena Cattle) | Portugal | Cattle breed | |
| Churra Algarvia Sheep | Portugal | Breeds | |
| Ermelo's Orange | Portugal | Fruit | |
| Mirandesa Sausage | Portugal | Miranda do Douro, Alto Trás-os-Montes, Norte Region | Cured meats |
| Queijo Serra da Estrela (PDO) | Portugal | Serra da Estrela, Centro Region | Cheeses and dairy products |
| Scorzonera sweet | Portugal | Évora, Alentejo | Cakes and biscuits |
| Serpa cheese (PDO) | Portugal | Serpa, Alentejo | Cheeses and dairy products |
| Tarreste bean of Sierra - Soajo and Peneda | Portugal | Vegetables | |
| Transmontano Goat's Cheese (PDO) | Portugal | Alto Trás-os-Montes, Norte Region | Cheeses and dairy products |
| Brânzá de Burduf | Romania | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Tuva cheeses | Russian Federation | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Yurlov rich-voiced chicken | Russian Federation | Chicken | |
| Bryndza | Slovakia (Slovak Republic) | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Tolminc | Slovenia | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Natural cider from selected apples | Spain | Must and wine-based drinks | |
| Aceite de las Sierras Espadán y Calderona | Spain | Olive oil | |
| Alavesa Mountain colt meat | Spain | Breeds | |
| Aloreña Olive of Malaga | Spain | Fruit | |
| Aragon 03 wheat, triticum aestivum, seed of soft wheat | Spain | Grains/cereals | |
| Aritxabaltako moskorra | Spain | Vegetables | |
| Asturian Escanda (Spelt wheat) | Spain | Grains/cereals | |
| Atzebib, Denia Raisin (Sun raisin) | Spain | Fruit | |
| Azpi Gorri goat | Spain | Goats | |
| Alcaparra de Ballobar (Ballobar Caper) | Spain | Vegetables | |
| Basque Autumn Green Leek | Spain | Vegetables | |
| Betizu | Spain | Breeds | |
| Black bread from Xeixa flour | Spain | Bread | |
| Brotons and Espigalls | Spain | Vegetables | |
| Carranzana Sheep cheese | Spain | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Cheese made with raw Guirra sheep's milk | Spain | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Crespiello or Vidadillo wine | Spain | Wines | |
| Cuarentena tomato | Spain | Tomatoes | |
| Derio Dwarf chard | Spain | Vegetables | |
| Dry Rute anise | Spain | Alcoholic drink | |
| Esperiega apple | Spain | Apples | |
| Espichá (dry reedbed anchovy) | Spain | Fish | |
| Euskal Antzara | Spain | Breeds | |
| Euskal oiloa | Spain | Breeds | |
| Euskal Txerria pig | Spain | Pigs | |
| Extravirgin olive oil from ancient Maestrat olives | Spain | Olive oil | |
| Fine Monquelin onion | Spain | Onions | |
| Formentera's dried fish | Spain | Fish | |
| Fresh bean or green bean | Spain | Vegetables | |
| Ganxet beans | Spain | Vegetables | |
| Gipuzkoan Coastal Tear pea | Spain | Pulses | |
| Gorbea potato | Spain | Potatoes | |
| Guardamar del Segura Ñora | Spain | Vegetable preserves | |
| Guirra or Red Levantine Sheep | Spain | Breeds | |
| Ice salt (Sal de hielo) | Spain | Herbs and aromas | |
| Jiloca saffron | Spain | Herbs and aromas | |
| Menorquina cow cheese | Spain | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Millo Corvo | Spain | Grains/cereals | |
| Montmesa Camomile | Spain | Herbs and aromas | |
| Mungiako taloa (flour used to prepare talo) | Spain | Bread | |
| Necklace peanut (Cacau del Collaret) | Spain | Fruit | |
| Paperina savoy cabbage | Spain | Vegetables | |
| Penedés chicken | Spain | Chicken | |
| Perrequeta endive | Spain | Vegetables | |
| Pink tomato (Tomate Rosado) | Spain | Tomatoes | |
| Preserved Cantabrian anchovies | Spain | Preserved fish | |
| Preserved Tuna and Almadraba Roe | Spain | Fish | |
| Purple carrot | Spain | Vegetables | |
| Purple tomato | Spain | Rincón de Ademuz | Tomatoes |
| Red Majorcan sheep's cheese | Spain | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Ronda pear | Spain | Pears | |
| Salt of Salinas de Añana | Spain | Herbs and spices | |
| Sierra Nevada Mountain Potato Copo de Nieve | Spain | Potatoes | |
| Sitges Malvasia | Spain | Wines | |
| Smoked blue fish | Spain | Fish | |
| Spider Crab, Lira Centollo | Spain | Fish | |
| Urezti (late harvest) | Spain | Wines | |
| Xalda sheep | Spain | Sheep | |
| Yellow tendral melon | Spain | Quatretonda dry lands | Fruit |
| Zalla broad bean | Spain | Pulses | |
| Zalla Violet onion | Spain | Onions | |
| Astacus astacus | Sweden | Fish | |
| Upplandskubb bread | Sweden | Bread | |
| Brown beans | Sweden | Öland island | Pulses |
| Cellar-matured goat cheese (white goats cheese) | Sweden | Jämtland, Härjedalen | Cheeses and dairy products |
| Linderöd pig | Sweden | Pigs | |
| Reindeer souvas | Sweden | Meat by-products | |
| Berudge Eau-de-vie | Switzerland | Spirits | |
| Bona flour | Switzerland | Grains/cereals | |
| Buttemoscht | Switzerland | Vegetable preserves | |
| Carnival ravioli | Switzerland | Cakes and biscuits | |
| Chriesimues | Switzerland | Wimmis | Preserves |
| Fidighèla | Switzerland | Cured meats | |
| Hay-packed Cheese | Switzerland | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Honey from the Swiss Landrassen Bee | Switzerland | Honeys | |
| Pinot noir | Switzerland | Servagnin | Wines |
| Rye bread | Switzerland | Val Müstair | Bread |
| Sac | Switzerland | Cured meats | |
| Spampezi | Switzerland | Cakes and biscuits | |
| Taillè with chitlins | Switzerland | Oven-baked products | |
| Traditional Kirsch | Switzerland | Alcoholic drink | |
| Traditional Valais rye bread | Switzerland | Bread | |
| Zincarlin | Switzerland | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Djulis [20] | Taiwan | Grains/cereals | |
| Tarama (also known as Haviar) | Turkey | Cured mullet roe | |
| Grey Ukrainian cow | Ukraine | Breeds | |
| Aylesbury Prune | United Kingdom | fruit | |
| Artisan Cheddar cheese | United Kingdom | Somerset | Cheeses and dairy products |
| Bere meal | United Kingdom | Grains/cereals | |
| British red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) | United Kingdom | Breeds | |
| Colchester Native Oysters | United Kingdom | Oysters | |
| Dorset Blue Vinney | United Kingdom | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Double-Curd Lancashire | United Kingdom | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Fal Oysters | United Kingdom | Oysters | |
| Formby Asparagus | United Kingdom | Vegetables | |
| Gloucester cheese | United Kingdom | Cheeses and dairy products | |
| Herefordshire Beefing Apple | United Kingdom | fruit | |
| Herdwick sheep | United Kingdom | Sheep | |
| Jersey Black Butter | United Kingdom | Preserves | |
| Jersey Royal potato | United Kingdom | Potatoes | |
| Kentish Cobnuts/Lambert's Filbert ( Corylus maxima ) | United Kingdom | Nuts | |
| Manx Loaghtan lamb | Crown dependencies | Isle of Man & Jersey | Breeds |
| Medlar | United Kingdom | Fruit | |
| Morecambe Bay Shrimp | United Kingdom | Fish | |
| Old Gloucester Beef | United Kingdom | Breeds | |
| Green ormer (Haliotis tuberculata) | United Kingdom | Fish | |
| Pershore plum (Prunus domestica) | United Kingdom | Fruit | |
| Portland Sheep | United Kingdom | Sheep | |
| Somerset Cider Brandy | United Kingdom | Spirits | |
| Three Counties Perry | United Kingdom | Alcoholic drink | |
| Windermere Char | United Kingdom | Fish | |
| Barlovento cacao | Venezuela | Coffee, tea and cacao |
Slow Food is an organization that promotes local food and traditional cooking. It was founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy in 1986 and has since spread worldwide. Promoted as an alternative to fast food, it strives to preserve traditional and regional cuisine and encourages farming of plants, seeds, and livestock characteristic of the local ecosystem. It promotes local small businesses and sustainable foods. It also focuses on food quality, rather than quantity. It was the first established part of the broader slow movement. It speaks out against overproduction and food waste. It sees globalization as a process in which small and local farmers and food producers should be simultaneously protected from and included in the global food system.
The Rhode Island Red is an American breed of domestic chicken. It is the state bird of Rhode Island. It was developed there and in Massachusetts in the late nineteenth century, by cross-breeding birds of Oriental origin such as the Malay with brown Leghorn birds from Italy. It was a dual-purpose breed, raised both for meat and for eggs; modern strains have been bred for their egg-laying abilities. The traditional non-industrial strains of the Rhode Island Red are listed as "watch" by The Livestock Conservancy. It is a separate breed to the Rhode Island White.
The Corriente is an American breed of small cattle, used principally for rodeo events. It derives from Criollo Mexicano stock, which in turn descends from Iberian cattle brought to the Americas by the Conquistadores, and introduced in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to various parts of what is now Mexico.
The Belted Galloway is a traditional Scottish breed of beef cattle. It derives from the Galloway cattle of the Galloway region of south-western Scotland, and was established as a separate breed in 1921. It is adapted to living on the poor upland pastures and windswept moorlands of the region. The exact origin of the breed is unclear, although the white belt for which they are named, and which distinguishes the breed from black Galloway cattle, is often surmised to be the result of cross-breeding with the similarly-coloured Dutch Lakenvelder breed.
The Randall Lineback or Randall is an American breed of cattle. It originated in Bennington County, Vermont, and is critically endangered.
The Maremmana is a breed of cattle reared in the Maremma, a former marshland region in southern Tuscany and northern Lazio in central Italy. It is raised principally in the provinces of Grosseto, Rome and Viterbo.
Serra da Estrela cheese is a cheese made in the mountainous region of Serra da Estrela in Portugal. Under the name "Queijo Serra da Estrela" it is a Protected designation of origin (PDO) in the European Union as well as the UK.
Morlacco or Morlacco del Grappa is an Italian cow's-milk cheese from Monte Grappa, in the provinces of Vicenza, Treviso, and Belluno), where cheesemakers once produced a soft cow's milk cheese, low in fat, with an uncooked curd that was named after their native region: Morlachia.
The Old Gloucester or Gloucester is a traditional British breed of cattle originating in Gloucestershire and surrounding areas in the West Country of England. It was originally a triple-purpose breed, reared for milk, for beef and for draught use; it is now a dual-purpose animal. It is an endangered breed, and its conservation status is listed as "priority" by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
The American Buff is an American breed of domestic goose. It was accepted by the American Poultry Association in 1947. It is named for its single plumage variety, which is a pale buff or apricot-fawn in color.
The Bourbon Red is an American breed of domestic turkey. It is named for its reddish-brown plumage and for its area of origin, Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it was developed in the last years of the nineteenth century. It was accepted into the Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 1909, and in the early twentieth century was an important commercial meat breed until the Broad Breasted White began to dominate industrial production. The Bourbon Red is considered a heritage turkey; it is an endangered breed, classified as 'watch' by the Livestock Conservancy. It was formerly known as the Bourbon Butternut or as the Kentucky Red.
The American Tunis or Tunis is an endangered American breed of fat-tailed sheep. It derives from Tunisian Barbarin sheep imported to the United States from Tunisia in 1799. It is raised primarily for meat.
The Burlina is a breed of cattle from the mountainous areas of the Veneto region of north-east Italy. It is distributed mainly in the provinces of Treviso, Verona and Vicenza. It is a dual-purpose breed, but is raised principally for milk production. It has been suggested that it may be related to the similar Bretonne Pie Noir breed of small pied dairy cattle in Brittany.
The Norfolk Black, also known as the Black Spanish or Black Turkey, is a British breed of domestic turkey. It is thought to derive from birds taken to Britain from Spain, where they had arrived with Spanish explorers returning from the New World.
The American Milking Devon is an American breed of dual-purpose cattle, reared both for milk and for beef. It derives from the Devon cattle of the United States, which in turn are derived from the North Devon cattle of south-west England. It was established as a separate breed in 1978 with the formation of the American Milking Devon Cattle Association, after the breeding aims of the Devon were concentrated almost exclusively on beef production. It is a rare breed: its conservation status is listed as by the Livestock Conservancy as 'critical'.
The Florida Cracker or Florida Scrub is an American breed of cattle. It originated in Spanish Florida and later in the American state of Florida, and is named for the Florida cracker culture in which it was kept. It is one of the Criollo breeds that descend from the Spanish cattle originally brought to the Americas by the Spanish Conquistadors; among the other North American breeds in this group are the Pineywoods, the Corriente and Texas Longhorn. Unlike the Pineywoods – to which it is closely related – the Florida Cracker has not been inter-bred with breeds of North European origin.
The Bionda Piemontese is a traditional Italian dual-purpose breed of chicken. It originates in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy, from which it takes its name. It may also be called the Bionda di Cuneo, after the comune of Cuneo or the surrounding province; Bionda di Villanova, after the comune of Villanova d'Asti in the province of Asti; Rossa delle Crivelle, after a village near Buttigliera d'Asti; or Nostralina.
The Lithuanian Native or Lithuanian: Lietuvos Vietinė is a traditional Lithuanian breed of domestic pig. In the twenty-first century it is an endangered breed, kept principally for conservation reasons. The principal herd is kept at the Centre for Farm Animal Genetic Resources of Baisogala, in the Radviliškis District Municipality of central Lithuania.
The Azpi Gorri is a traditional Basque breed of domestic goat. It originates in the historical Basque Country, and is the only recognised goat breed of that area. It is distributed in the northern part of the province of Álava and in southern Bizkaia, with a few herds in the autonomous community of Navarre.
The Euskal Antzara is a traditional Spanish breed of domestic goose. It originates in the historical Basque Country. It is the only recognised goose breed of that area, and one of two Spanish breeds of goose, the other being the Oca Empurdanesa. It is distributed mainly in the comarca of Enkarterri in the province of Bizkaia, particularly in the areas of Abanto, Balmaseda, Güeñes, Karrantza and Zalla.
