Food and Drink infographics

What this collection covers

The 29 infographics here fall into a few groups. There are guides to types of food, such as melons, bananas, cheese, vegetables and spice blends, and heat charts for chilli peppers. There are trade and price charts on food exports, food imports and the cost of protein and calories, plus maps of where US crops are grown. The rest cover dishes and drinks, from hot dog styles and European Christmas desserts to coffee recipes, wine chemistry and US bar closing times.

Where to start

For chilli heat, the Scoville Scale of 166 Peppers, From Bell Pepper to Pepper X by u/Life_Ad_2142 on Reddit sorts peppers into ten heat tiers, with Apollo the hottest pepper at 3,000,000 and pure capsaicin at 15 to 16 million SHU. The shorter TasteAtlas chart, Habanero Scoville Rating and 34 More Peppers, by TasteAtlas, rates the habanero at 100,000 to 350,000 and puts Pepper X at the top with 3,180,000.

Two charts rank food exporters using WTO data. Top Food Exporters in 2022, the 20 Largest Countries by World Charts (u/oscarleo0) shows the United States leading with about $185 billion, while the Econovis map Largest Food Exporter in the World, Food Exports Map 2023 puts the United States at US$168 billion in 2023, ahead of Brazil at US$143 billion.

For food costs, Cheapest Protein Sources per Gram, 41 Foods Compared by u/James_Fortis shows dried pinto beans, split peas, lentils and chickpeas costing about $0.50 or less for 30 g of protein, against $5.76 for ribeye steak. Pop Chart Lab's Types of Cheese Chart, 65 Cheeses by Milk and Texture sorts 65 cheeses by milk and then texture, with cow's milk accounting for 43 of them.

The collection also has two sections of its own, Drinks and World Cuisine.

Only Foods also supplies the 16 types of melon chart, with photographs and usual uses. Its text version separates true melons from the five entries that belong to other groups.