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The World's Most Important Staple Crops

What are the world's most important staple foods in terms of worldwide caloric consumption?
Source: FAO via World Atlas
% of global caloric intake derived from crop
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Staple Food
19.5%
Maize
16.5%
Rice
15.0%
Wheat
2.6%
Cassava
2.1%
Soybean
%
Staple Food
1.7%
Potato
1.2%
Sorghum
0.6%
Sweet Potato
0.4%
Yam
0.3%
Plantain
EricF
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Level 72
Mar 12, 2020
I love eating all of these.
sillie
+6
Level 78
Mar 12, 2020
I always want to enter barley as beer is pretty popular too.
Sifhraven
+4
Level 65
Mar 12, 2020
I tried barley and hop (and malt) beer is staple food for some, haha
TomatosRaafatos
+2
Level 73
Apr 4, 2020
In the past barley was used as commonly as wheat in many places... used to make bread and porridge and such. It seems to have fallen out of use in that sense, but that didn't stop me from trying it several times!
TheLastFish
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Level 69
Mar 12, 2020
Either it is an English terminology thing or there is definitively sugar cane missing in this list. Presumably on the 4th spot?! (In 2018, roughly twice as much sugar cane was produced when compared to corn. There is a long way from sugar cane to calorie uptake, but still...)
Sifhraven
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Level 65
Mar 12, 2020
I guess it is about staple food, no nutrients in sugar and people dont use it on their own (eventhough it might be a significant part of their diet)
Ferbin
+4
Level 75
Mar 13, 2020
No nutrients in sugar? Sugar is pure nutrients.
DonTheLamplighter
+14
Level 84
Mar 19, 2020
If there were no nutrients in sugar, how do you explain my survival on a diet of Cocoa Puffs & Mountain De......~keels over and dies~
Zefyrinus
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Level 70
Oct 24, 2022
The quiz was about calories, and sugar is nearly 100% carbohydrates. I was also wondering about sugarcane and beetroot, and olives, rapeseed, sunflowers and oil palms. And coconut.
mrLyu
+1
Level 37
Apr 29, 2020
A lot of sugar cane is used for biofuel production in countries like Brazil. Although I can say the same about corn in the US (which is less efficient).
angrobper14
+1
Level 83
Mar 13, 2020
Nice quiz... although I caught me off-guard when one word yielded two answers (I thought I accidentally hit the "Give Up" button).

Only one correction: in the caveats, it says "vis" instead of "via".

joez
+1
Level 71
Mar 13, 2020
Looks familiar to a 2016 quiz. https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/170770/top-10-most-important-crops-in-the-world
adamparsons
+3
Level 60
Mar 13, 2020
Cassava has lots of synonyms that should be added: yuca, manioc, mandioca, etc.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Mar 14, 2020
Yuca and manioc will work now
Sputnix
+2
Level 66
Apr 3, 2020
Rice and wheat I get, but how can maize be that big? Who use maize as such a big part of their diet? It sound like someone must be eating a lot of corn bread somewhere..
geophile
+6
Level 68
Apr 3, 2020
Maize is a main stable in Mexico, Central America, and the Andean countries.
Azuca
+12
Level 65
Apr 3, 2020
Corn syrup is in everything in the USA
zakatan
+2
Level 65
Apr 3, 2020
Cows
SenileS
+2
Level 48
Apr 4, 2020
That is what I was thinking. Wheat is is everything, what is corn in? Bugger all!
ImTheBestQuizzer
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Level 56
Apr 4, 2020
Corn is used in lots of stuff. Corn Chips, Corn Bread, Corn Muffins, Popcorn, etc. even corn on it's own is really popular too. Plus corn flour is used in many things you probably weren't even aware of. Cheese puffs (cheese doodles or cheetos, whatever you call them) are actually puffed corn with cheese flavoring. In many East African countries, corn meal is the staple food - look up ugali if you wanna learn more about it. In the U.S., and probably many other western nations, corn is often used in gluten-free substitutes as well. Not to mention corn syrup.
brandybuck96
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Level 82
Dec 19, 2021
The first things you listed are incredibly American
CaoMaru
+3
Level 50
Apr 5, 2020
It's eaten a decent amount in western society, though less than wheat, but corn is a major staple in Latin America and in Africa. I wasn't surprised to see it on top of the list.
stalintime
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Level 75
Apr 29, 2023
Those are valid points but the Americas and Africa barely add up to 2.5 billion people (and many in Africa eat mostly sorghum, millet, cassava, and yams), whereas Asia and Europe add up to 5 billion, essentially all rice and wheat eaters.
pconnpie
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Level 70
Jan 12, 2021
corn is HUGE (at least in american food, which is what ive researched). omnivore's dilemma by michael pollan gives a lot of insight into the way that corn has taken over american agriculture and is overall my favorite book ever, so give it a read if you find the time!
Pearl2270
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Level 77
Aug 14, 2021
It's in a TON of foods and used for corn oil, in the Americas anyways. I eat corn on the cob at least once a week, corn chips, tortilla shells, popcorn at the movies lol. Where are you from that corn is not common? I guess it never really occurred to me that corn wasn't super common in other parts of the world, but I guess it makes sense!
themango
+5
Level 58
Apr 3, 2020
No sugar or coffee?
bostjan
+4
Level 73
Apr 3, 2020
Could you accept great millet for sorghum? I believe it's a very widely used name for the same thing. I know I tried "millet," "great millet," "durra," "jowari," and a few other things, but not "sorghum."
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Apr 3, 2020
Interesting that plantain made the cut but banana didn't.
TomatosRaafatos
+1
Level 73
Apr 4, 2020
If you type banana it reveals plantain. Perhaps theyre grouped together?
Guanabara
+1
Level 39
May 2, 2022
Where's tofu?
3nchiladas
+1
Level 68
Sep 3, 2022
not on here, because it's not one of the most important staple crop
AlmostAGenius
+1
Level 78
May 2, 2023
Actually I believe it is one here. Tofu is soy if I’m not mistaking.
cristauxfeur
+1
Level 59
Mar 3, 2023
didn't get sorghum because I only knew the French name which is sorgho
stalintime
+2
Level 75
Apr 29, 2023
Does this include calories we get from corn via cows fed with it? Otherwise I would be very confused as to how it could be ahead of wheat and rice.
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