Old World And New World Foods

Selected foods absent or nearly absent from the pre-Columbian New World:

Animal Based

* Beef

* Lamb

* Goat

* Pork

* Chicken

* Limited dairy

Plant Based

* Almond

* Anise

* Apricot

* Asparagus

* Bananas

* Barley

* Basil

* Brassica oleracea (a plant species that includes cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan).

* Cantaloupe

* Carrot

* Celery

* Chickpea

* Cinnamon

* Coriander

* Coffee

* Cucumber

* Cumin

* Eggplant

* Fennel

* Flax

* Garlic

* Ginger

* Grape wine and wine grapes

* Hazelnut

* Kiwifruit

* Leek

* Lentil

* Lettuce

* Mace

* Mango

* Melons

* Millet

* Mint

* Nutmeg

* Okra

* Olive

* Onion

* Opium poppy

* Oranges

* Oregano

* Parsnip

* Peas

* Peaches

* Pears

* Pistachios

* Pomegranate

* Radish

* Rosemary

* Rye

* Hops

* Sage

* Sesame

* Soybean

* Spinach

* Sugar cane

* Tumeric

* Turnip 

* Wheat

Selected foods absent from the pre-Columbian Old World:

Animal Based

* Turkey

Plant Based

* Acai

* Agave

* Allspice

* Arrow root

* Avacado

* Brazil nut

* Capsicum peppers

* Cashew

* Cassava

* Cactus a.k.a. prickly pear

* Chia

* Cocoa

* Corn (i.e. Maize)

* Cranberry

* Maple sugar

* Papaya

* Peanuts

* Pecan

* Pineapple (a.k.a. ananas)

* Potatoes

* Pumpkins

* Quinine

* Quinoa

* Squash (Acorn, Butternut)

* Strawberries

* Sweet potatoes

* Tobacco

* Tomatos

* Vanilla (there was an Old World species in the Levant sometimes used to flavor wine, but it was never domesticated or widely used)

* Zucchini