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Graph of food based on cost per 100 calories and calorie density! (lemmy.world)
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Stolen from Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1ftmkwt/oc_foods_cost_vs_caloric_density/

But I loved it. Also this has Shrimp removed, because it was on the OG chart due to an error and this is an updated version.

EDIT: Here is one for protein! https://www.reddit.com/r/budgetfood/comments/1fp2ytb/foods_cost_per_gram_of_protein_vs_protein_density/#lightbox

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wow, they are incredibly cheap in the US - in Australia they are nearly double the price per kg.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah he mentions his source is Walmart in a specific state, but amazon is more consistent here.

Always interesting to hear how different stuff is in different countries!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, the US is one of the big producers. Wikipedia says:

In 2022, world production of pistachios was one million tonnes, with the United States, Iran, and Turkey combined accounting for 88% of the total.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistachio