Foods native to Argentina

Argentina appears on Micela as the origin of 7 foods and among the top producers of 11 more.

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🎣 Hake	Río de la Plata shelf, Galicia and South Africa	116
🍮 Dulce de leche	Río de la Plata; Argentina and Uruguay both claim it	315
🥜 Peanut	The Chaco and Andean valleys, between Bolivia and Paraguay	587
🧉 Mate	The Guaraní drank it before the conquest; today Uruguay drinks the most per person	—
🍖 Grilled steak	The River Plate grill is the icon; meat over embers exists everywhere	255
🥟 Empanada	Galicia, Spain; every Latin American country has its own	335
🥩 Breaded steak (milanesa)	From Milan's cotoletta; a national dish in Argentina and Uruguay	247

What Argentina produces among the world's largest

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🍋 Lemon	Northeastern India and Myanmar	29
🌽 Corn	Balsas river valley, Mexico	86
🌾 Wheat	Fertile Crescent	340
🍺 Barley	Fertile Crescent	123
🫙 Soybean	Northern China	172
🥩 Beef	Cattle were domesticated in Anatolia and the Near East	257
🌻 Sunflower	Eastern United States	582
🍯 Honey	The oldest rock paintings of honey gathering: Spain	304
🍷 Wine	Georgia: the oldest wine jars, 8,000 years old	85
🍐 Pear	Asia: China and the Caucasus	57
🦑 Squid	No single origin; icons: Spain's fried calamari and Japan's ika	92

Among the 17 foods on this page with a full profile, per 100 g. The lightest is lemon, at 29 kcal.

Origins and producing countries are approximate, under review against historical sources and FAOSTAT.