Foods native to Germany

Germany appears on Micela as the origin of 5 foods and among the top producers of 9 more.

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🥨 Pretzel	Southern Germany and Alsace	384
🍺 Beer	The oldest recipes are from Mesopotamia; today its icon is Germany	43
🎂 Birthday cake	The German Kinderfest, 18th century	391
🌭 Hot dog	The sausage is German; the bun, American	235
🥔 Potato salad	Germany and central Europe; in the Americas it is made with mayonnaise	143

What Germany produces among the world's largest

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🥔 Potato	Andean altiplano, between Peru and Bolivia	77
🍺 Barley	Fertile Crescent	123
🐖 Pork	Domesticated twice: Anatolia and China	248
🦃 Turkey	Mesoamerica	159
🥛 Milk	The oldest known dairying: Anatolia	61
🧀 Cheese	No single origin (the oldest residue is from Poland); France and Italy are the iconic cheese countries	299
🧈 Butter	Near East	717
🧂 Salt	It has no origin: mined and evaporated worldwide	0
🍾 Sparkling wine	The Champagne region, France	—

Among the 13 foods on this page with a full profile, per 100 g. The lightest is salt, at 0 kcal.

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