Foods native to Brazil

Brazil appears on Micela as the origin of 3 foods and among the top producers of 24 more.

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🍍 Pineapple	Paraná basin and Paraguay	50
🧉 Mate	The Guaraní drank it before the conquest; today Uruguay drinks the most per person	—
🧃 Juice	No single origin; icon: Brazil, which makes more than half the world's orange juice	45

What Brazil produces among the world's largest

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🍌 Banana	Southeast Asia and New Guinea	89
🍊 Orange	Southern China and northeastern India	47
🥭 Mango	India and Myanmar	60
🍉 Watermelon	Northeastern Africa	30
🍋 Lemon	Northeastern India and Myanmar	29
🌽 Corn	Balsas river valley, Mexico	86
🫘 Bean	Domesticated twice: Mesoamerica and the Andes	132
🫙 Soybean	Northern China	172
🥩 Beef	Cattle were domesticated in Anatolia and the Near East	257
🍗 Chicken	From the red junglefowl, Southeast Asia	165
🥚 Egg	Where the hen was domesticated: Southeast Asia	143
🐖 Pork	Domesticated twice: Anatolia and China	248
🦃 Turkey	Mesoamerica	159
🥛 Milk	The oldest known dairying: Anatolia	61
🍮 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
🥥 Coconut	Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands	354
🍯 Honey	The oldest rock paintings of honey gathering: Spain	304
☕ Coffee	Ethiopian highlands	1
🍫 Chocolate	Upper Amazon in Ecuador; the Maya and Mexica made it a drink	598
🍬 Sugar	Sugarcane was domesticated in New Guinea; India first crystallized it	387
🍋‍🟩 Lime	Southeast Asia	30
🍝 Pasta	Italy made it famous; the oldest known noodles are from China	158
🍺 Beer	The oldest recipes are from Mesopotamia; today its icon is Germany	43

Among the 26 foods on this page with a full profile, per 100 g. The lightest is coffee, at 1 kcal.

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