And the World’s Most Nutritious Food Is ... Almonds! Cherimoya Is #2.

A team of nutrition researchers ranked the ingredients in more than 1000 raw foods to identify the ones that provided the best balance of your daily nutrition requirements. Each food was ranked and the top 100 were published in a list by the BBC. It’s an interesting list. At the top are almonds with a winning nutritional score of 97. Just below it at 96 is Cherimoya (also known as the “Custard Apple”), a favorite fruit of the Inca people and primarily grown in Central America.

Two fish made the top five foods: Ocean Perch and Flatfish. And the rest of the top ten was rounded out by Chia Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Swiss Chard, Pork Fat (!), Beet Greens and Snapper. You can read the full list of 100 top foods here.

And in case you were wondering, the list obviously did not take taste into account because cauliflower (yuck!) made an appearance at #93.