Foods native to Iran

Iran appears on Micela as the origin of 9 foods and among the top producers of 3 more.

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🥕 Carrot	Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran	41
🧅 Onion	Central Asia	40
🥩 Beef	Cattle were domesticated in Anatolia and the Near East	257
🐑 Lamb	Zagros mountains and Anatolia	294
🧈 Butter	Near East	717
🌰 Walnut	Persia and Central Asia	654
🍈 Melon	Central and South Asia, between India and Persia	34
🍒 Cherry	Between the Black and Caspian seas	63
🍪 Cookie	Persia, 7th century; the chocolate chip cookie is American, 1938	492

What Iran produces among the world's largest

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🍯 Honey	The oldest rock paintings of honey gathering: Spain	304
🥝 Kiwi	China; New Zealand made it famous and named it	61
🥒 Cucumber	Himalayan foothills, India	15

Among the 12 foods on this page with a full profile, per 100 g. The lightest is cucumber, at 15 kcal.

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