Health Benefits of Superfoods – For Recipes / Ingredients
Here is a 100-superfoods list categorized into Popular, Rare, Lesser-Known, Unique, hidden, and Unbelievable, organized from the most widely known to the rarest yet incredibly beneficial.
Popular Superfoods
Blueberries, Avocado, Kale, Quinoa, Chia Seeds, Green Tea, Spinach, Almonds, Garlic, Turmeric, Ginger, Salmon, Broccoli, Sweet Potatoes, Coconut Oil, Dark Chocolate, Matcha Tea, Walnuts, Flaxseeds, Acai berries.
Rare Lesser Known Superfoods
Moringa leaves, baobab fruit, camu camu, sacha inchi seeds, sea buckthorn berries, dandelion greens, Aronia berries, black garlic, teff, hemp seeds, noni fruit, yacon syrup, purslane, barberry, golden berries, maca root, breadfruit, mulberry leaves, freekeh, spirulina.
Unique Superfoods
Cordyceps mushroom, lion’s mane mushroom, wakame seaweed, kelp, pitaya, water lentils, Siberian ginseng, horned melon, finger lime, Himalayan salt, cacao nibs, bamboo shoots, salsify root, black rice, edamame, agave syrup, Ceylon cinnamon, lotus seeds, tamarillo, perilla leaves.
Hidden Superfoods
Kakadu plum, ube, amaranth, monk fruit, ice plant, tiger nuts, mangosteen, cempedak, black cumin seeds, prickly pear cactus, kañiwa, burdock root, chayote, pandan leaves, fenugreek seeds, jicama, chaga mushroom, fo-ti root, cassava leaves, Graviola.
Unbelievable Superfoods
Seabed truffles, dragon’s blood, mastiha resin, shilajit, pearl powder, crocodile oil, ant eggs, bael fruit, pili nuts, fucus vesiculosus, cupuaçu, Jeju lava seawater, Kanna, ice wine grapes, escamoles, sandalwood seeds, miracle fruit, arctic cloudberries, water chestnuts, Cordia myxa.