2. Almas Caviar, $34,500 for 2 lbs
This isn’t any ordinary caviar. Harvested from rare albino beluga sturgeon, ‘Almas’ is an almost pearl white in color and possesses a spongy texture. The fish that this roe is harvested from are between 60 and 100 years old, and can weigh upwards of 2,000 lbs. They’re about as heavy as a Volkswagen Beetle, so it’s no wonder that it costs $34,500 for just two pounds of this stuff.
It’s usually sold in a gold container, and it’s easiest to procure in Iran since the country’s fisheries are in the good books of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
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