Foods native to Spain

Spain appears on Micela as the origin of 17 foods and among the top producers of 16 more.

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🐠 Tuna	Temperate and tropical seas worldwide	86
🐙 Octopus	Galicia, Morocco and Mauritania concentrate the catch	164
🎣 Hake	Río de la Plata shelf, Galicia and South Africa	116
🍯 Honey	The oldest rock paintings of honey gathering: Spain	304
🦑 Squid	No single origin; icons: Spain's fried calamari and Japan's ika	92
🍭 Lollipop	The modern lollipop is American; Chupa Chups made it famous from Spain	394
🍮 Flan	It comes from Rome; Spain and France added the caramel	145
🥘 Paella	Valencia, Spain	147
🍲 Stew	The Spanish olla podrida is the mother of stews like puchero	98
🍳 Fried egg	No single origin; icon: Spain's huevos rotos	196
🐟 Basque-style salt cod	Basque Country, Spain; a Christmas dish in Mexico	103
🍬 Turron	Alicante, Spain	398
🥟 Empanada	Galicia, Spain; every Latin American country has its own	335
🍚 Chicken and rice	Spain and the Caribbean; every Latin American country has its own version	174
🍮 Rice pudding	Spain; eaten all over Latin America	146
🍩 Buñuelos	Spain; eaten at Christmas in Colombia and Mexico	462
🥚 Spanish omelette	Spain	152

What Spain produces among the world's largest

Food	Origin	kcal / 100 g
🍓 Strawberry	A hybrid bred in France from a Chilean and a North American species	32
🍇 Grape	Caucasus and Anatolia	69
🍊 Orange	Southern China and northeastern India	47
🧄 Garlic	Central Asia	149
🥦 Broccoli	Italy, from the wild Mediterranean cabbage	34
🥬 Lettuce	Ancient Egypt	17
🥣 Oats	Near East, as a weed among wheat	389
🍺 Barley	Fertile Crescent	123
🐖 Pork	Domesticated twice: Anatolia and China	248
🫒 Olive	Eastern Mediterranean	145
🌶️ Chili	Wild in Bolivia; domesticated in Mexico	29
🍷 Wine	Georgia: the oldest wine jars, 8,000 years old	85
🍑 Peach	Eastern China, about 7,000 years ago	39
🫐 Blueberry	North America; farmed since 1916	57
🫑 Bell pepper	Mesoamerica	20
🍾 Sparkling wine	The Champagne region, France	—

Among the 32 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.