Sorry Brits, American food really IS better, scientists say

"A landmark study reveals that American cuisine typically features a greater range of ingredients compared with British. Scientists studied a data set of recipes covering 23 cuisines around the world - ranging from British and American to Thai and Eastern European. While Britain opts for carb-heavy comfort foods like meat and dairy, the US adds more in the way of herbs and spices. However, neither British nor American cuisine use spices and herbs at the same level as Indian cuisine."

"The dataset contained details of 45,661 recipes made up of 604 ingredients, which were separated into 20 categories including spices, herbs, meat, dairy and fungus. Overall, Indian and African food scored highest for use of spices, while Caribbean scored high for fruit, Thai for fish, Italian for herbs, Japanese for plants, Chinese for maize and Chinese for nuts and seeds. India stood out as the cuisine that uses meat the least, reflecting cultural restrictions on meat consumption, especially among its vast Hindu population."

A dataset of 45,661 recipes across 23 cuisines and 604 ingredients was analyzed, grouping ingredients into 20 categories including spices, herbs, meat, dairy and fungus. American cuisine typically features a wider ingredient range and greater use of herbs and spices than British cuisine, which emphasizes cereals and dairy and carb-heavy comfort foods. Indian and African cuisines score highest for spice use; Italian and Thai rank highest for herbs. Caribbean scores high for fruit; Thai for fish; Japanese for plants; Chinese for maize, nuts and seeds. India uses meat least, reflecting cultural dietary practices.

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