What Is The World’s Most Expensive Fruit?

Would you believe me if I told you these types of fruit are worth $16,000!?

We don’t usually think about fruit being that expensive. In fact, I can typically find a banana for less than a dollar in most places!

Fruit is meant to be a good part of a balanced diet, so even if you do end up spending a few bucks more on your favorite fruit, at least it’s for a worthy cause.

Even something like pineapples, a tropical fruit which can only be grown in certain climates, are still easy to find almost anywhere.

Thanks to mass production, even after shipping costs they still won’t end up being too costly.

But what if I told you there was a certain type of pineapple that is worth thousands of dollars?

To be fair, that wouldn’t be too far off from how things were a few centuries ago.

To put things into perspective, let’s take a step back in time!

In the 1700’s, pineapples used to be a status symbol of wealth.

This was because they weren’t grown in Europe, so when world explorers brought back this rare and exotic new fruit, supply was low and demand was high.

In those days, one pineapple would cost today’s equivalent to $8,000 dollars!

Of course, pineapples are now easily acquired, even by us average folks, and the symbol is gone.

However, there are still a few pineapples with a hefty price tag on them.

At the Lost Gardens of Heligan in the United Kingdom, you’ll find pineapples grown in mud structures heated with rotting manure.