Why These 10 Expensive Foods Are Disappearing | So Expensive Food | Insider Business

Purple flowers in Kashmir produce the world’s most expensive spice — saffron. While it can sell for $10,000 per kilogram, climate change is making it even more expensive. Because of lower-than-usual rainfall over the last few years, production has dropped significantly. And fields that once yielded this delicate spice have become sites for new housing construction. Climate change is threatening the production of all kinds of foods from cloves in India to eels in Japan and Spain. Here are 10 expensive, and vulnerable, foods and why climate change is making them so much more expensive. This video is part of “One Planet,“ Insider’s hub for climate news, analysis, and action: 00:00 Intro 00:50 Japanese Eel 07:20 Puffer Fish 12:57 Cashews 21:18 Ceylon Cinnamon 27:57 Real Saffron 34:37 Cloves 42:55 Stone Crabs 49:14 Copper River King Salmon 01:01:29 Spanish Glass Eels 01:15:13 Royal Quinoa