Foods native to Italy

Italy appears on Micela as the origin of 10 foods and among the top producers of 13 more.

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🥦 Broccoli	Italy, from the wild Mediterranean cabbage	34
🧀 Cheese	No single origin (the oldest residue is from Poland); France and Italy are the iconic cheese countries	299
🍝 Pasta	Italy made it famous; the oldest known noodles are from China	158
🥓 Bacon	Bacon is English; pancetta is Italian	548
🍨 Ice cream	China chilled desserts with ice; Italy created gelato	207
🍕 Pizza	Naples, Italy	254
🥗 Salad	The Romans ate it; the Caesar was born in Tijuana, Mexico	59
🍝 Lasagna	Italy	135
🥩 Breaded steak (milanesa)	From Milan's cotoletta; a national dish in Argentina and Uruguay	247
🍝 Spaghetti bolognese	Bologna, Italy	153

What Italy produces among the world's largest

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🍎 Apple	Tian Shan mountains, Kazakhstan	52
🍇 Grape	Caucasus and Anatolia	69
🍅 Tomato	Wild in the Andes; domesticated in Mexico	18
🥬 Lettuce	Ancient Egypt	17
🍆 Eggplant	India and southern China	25
🦃 Turkey	Mesoamerica	159
🫒 Olive	Eastern Mediterranean	145
🍷 Wine	Georgia: the oldest wine jars, 8,000 years old	85
🍐 Pear	Asia: China and the Caucasus	57
🍑 Peach	Eastern China, about 7,000 years ago	39
🍒 Cherry	Between the Black and Caspian seas	63
🥝 Kiwi	China; New Zealand made it famous and named it	61
🍾 Sparkling wine	The Champagne region, France	—

Among the 22 foods on this page with a full profile, per 100 g. The lightest is lettuce, at 17 kcal.

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