US Official State Foods and Related Symbols

Official State Foods of the 50 States.

Find Official American food and agricultural state symbols - Find images, descriptions, taxonomic hierarchy, and a history of the state fruits, vegetables, nuts, berries, mushrooms, drinks, pies, cookies, and more representing the state symbols for each of the 50 states. Lists their basic characteristics.

To become a state symbol, a food must go through a rigorous lawmaking process. A lot of the time it's a concentrated effort from a states' population that urges lawmakers to put a bill into action. Citizens, organizations, and even school children do some research before requesting a bill. After that, the bill follows the regular legislative process. And if the bill is passed, then the food becomes an official state symbol.

Not all states had official state foods on their list of symbols. For those states, we suggested some iconic or local foods that would be good candidates. In fact, being ultra helpful, we also suggested some additions to existing state lists. It may surprise you to know that the most popular food, which featured on 16 states' lists of symbols, was milk.