Fruits offer many health benefits to the health. It is not considered a major meal except for scarcity and unavailability of typical food.
Fruits are usually not considered expensive items in the discussion of luxury. If you have the same notion, you may be wrong as there are expensive and unaffordable fruits to a typical human.
The price of some fruits is enough to feed a household for a year in some parts of the world.
Top 20 most expensive fruits in the world
Here is a list of the most expensive fruits in the world, where they can be found and their prices:
1. Yubari King Melon – $25,000 per melon
Yubari King Melon are a type of melon grown and sold in Japan. It is grown exclusively in Yubari on Hokkaido.
These melons are famous for their sweetness. They are a hybrid of two other cantaloupe cultivars: Earl’s Favourite and Burpee’s “Spicy” Cantaloupe.
2. Densuke Watermelon (Japan) – $6,000
The Densuke Watermelon is one of the rarest and most expensive fruits found in Japan.
They are grown exclusively on the island of Hokkaido. The melons are difficult to cultivate and require constant care, the yields are small, hence only a limited number of fruits per season are produced.
In 2014, a Densuke Watermelon sold for a cool $6,000 at an auction.
3. Top End Mangoes – $50,000
A tray of 12 mangoes were sold for $50,000 in 2010 at an auction in Australia. That made each mango worth about $4,000.
The mangoes were purchased by Carlo Lorenti, owner of Clayfield Markets Fresh, one of Australia’s largest green grocery firms, at an auction in Brisbane.
They are considered the most expensive mangoes in the world.
4. Gigantella Maxim Strawberries – $4,395
The Gigantella Maxim Strawberries is a product of UK scientists’ engineered strawberry breed that can grow to the size of tennis balls.
At an auction in 2017, one of these giant strawberries was sold for $4,395.
It is considered the most expensive strawberry in the world.
5. Ruby Roman Grapes – $14,600
About the size of a ping pong ball, this variety of luscious red grapes grow in Japan. They were sold for $14,600 a bunch in 2016.
With 30 grapes in the bunch, the cost of each fruit was approximately $480.
It is considered the most expensive grapes in the world.
6. Taiyo no Tamago Mango (Japan) – $3,000 per mango
7. Pineapples from the Lost Gardens of Heligan (England) – $1,500 per pineapple
8. Sembikiya Muskmelon (Japan) – $150 or more per melon
9. Sekai-ichi Apple (Japan) – $21 per apple
10. Dekopon Citrus (Japan) – $13 per orange
11. White Jewel Strawberry (Japan) – $10 a strawberry
12. Buddha Shaped Pear (China) – $9
13. Sembikiya Queen Strawberries (Japan) – $85/pack
14. Sembikiya Cherry (Japan) – $100 per 12-15 count box
15. Hana-ichi Apple (Japan) – $100 per apple
16. Ananas Victoria Pineapple (Hawaii) – $100 per pineapple
17. Black Diamond Apple (New Zealand) – $50 per apple
18. Durian (Southeast Asia) – $15 per fruit
19. Hass Avocados (California) – $20 per avocado
20. Kiwano Melon (Africa) – $10 per melon
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