I mentioned the books for the simple reason I don't know if and when the new SWAMI testing will actually take place. Therefore, the books can serve as a reference in the meantime, right?

Yes

reason why people are more interested in the ume, is to use for vinegar substitute......

Quoted from Lola

reason why people are more interested in the ume, is to use for vinegar substitute......

You're referring to ume-su.
Ume-su is the plum's "vinegar".

right

The survey has been up for one week. 31 folks participated in the survey.

Here is list of the current rating of foods.
0 is the lowest possible rating.
9 is the highest possible rating.

1     Cheese, goat cheese     7.27 (rating)
2     Citric acid     6.91
3     Tea, white tea     6.86
4     Tea, Dandelion root and/leaf tea     6.83
5     Lettuce, Cos (Diamond Gem, Little gem, Rosalita, Paris White, Rouge)     6.71
6     Lime juice     6.65
7     xanthan gum     6.61
8     lemon juice (separate from lemon & water)     6.52
9     Snow pea     6.44
10     Xylitol     6.43
11     Lettuce, Red leaf lettuce     6.41
12     Wasabi [Eutrema japonica]     6.32
13     Lettuce, Butterhead (Boston, bibb)     6.12
14     broths (chicken, turkey, beef  - made with meat, not just bone or marrow soup)     6.09
15     Maltodextrin     6
16     potato starch     5.91
17     mango juice     5.85
18     wheatgrass,     5.82
19     tomato puree/paste     5.73
20     Brown Rice Protein Powder     5.72
21     Cheese, marcapone /mascarpone cheese     5.68
22     Cream {Light (18% -30% fat), whipping (30-36% fat), heavy (more than 36% fat)}     5.67
23     Tea, Fennel tea     5.63
24     Cayenne     5.58
25     Sultanas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_%28grape%29)     5.57
26     Yogut/kefir from goat or sheep milk.     5.56
27     sweet potato starch (as in noodles, Asian stores)     5.48
28     Tea, Oolong tea     5.47
29     buffalo and sheep milk and their yogurts     5.45
30     sourdough - makes great bread and can be used for some traditional beverages     5.45
31     Star anise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_anise)     5.44
32     papaya juice     5.4
33     Pepper, White (spice)     5.38
34     Quince Juice     5.3
35     Cheese: Chevre.     5.26
36     lemon peel     5.22
37     Yogurt, 24 hour     5.22
38     Tea, Stinging nettle tea     5.21
39     Tea, jasmine green     5.19
40     Rice paper     5.14
41     Wine, Port (red or white)     5.14
42     Sucralose     5.05
43     Juice, Quince juice     5
44     mushrooms, porcini (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis)     5
45     Lavender     4.95
46     orange peel     4.95
47     guava juice     4.9
48     red rice     4.89
49     Barramundi     4.86
50     Oat milk     4.76
51     Locust bean gum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_bean_gum) - thickener     4.75
52     Mushrooms, Morels     4.75
53     Yarrow - excellent for colds with chest congestion     4.71
54     Wine, Rice wine     4.7
55     parsley root - similar to parsnip but from parsley     4.65
56     Hemp Milk     4.62
57     Szechuan Pepper, Sansho [Zanthoxylum simulans, Z. ailanthoides]     4.61
58     passion fruit juice     4.58
59     Sweet potato flour     4.58
60     chinese fermented bean paste     4.56
61     Green onion (already have Onions, all types)     4.52
62     Hard apple cider -gluten-free (made without grain or using barley)     4.5
63     John Dory     4.48
64     dong qui (I hope I spelled that correctly)     4.47
65     Cheese, halloumi cheese, especially when completely of sheep's milk     4.36
66     Chinese herbs ( ie cooling tea/ liang cha)     4.33
67     hops      4.33
68     Tea, Pau d'arco/taheebo tea     4.3
69     acai berry juice     4.29
70     huckleberries     4.27
71     Dairy treatment variations {raw, ultrapasteurized, ...}     4.26
72     pike perch / zander     4.22
73     Perennial grain: Wild Rye     4.2
74     Red beans     4.2
75     Hemp butter (different from oil)     4.14
76     Italian Flat Green Beans     4.14
77     Cheese, Raklette (swiss)     4.1
78     Mesquite     4.1
79     Mushrooms like Cordyceps Sinensis     4.1
80     Truffles     4.1
81     nopal(pads of prickly pear cactus)     4.05
82     Green Mango     4
83     purple potato     4
84     Tea, green rooibos (I am assuming existing entry is for red)     4
85     fenugreek leaves     3.95
86     Mushrooms, Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum)     3.95
87     Comfrey [Symphytum officinale]     3.94
88     Tea, jasmine oolong     3.89
89     Muscadines (Grapes)     3.86
90     Dragon fruit     3.85
91     Lemon verbena oil     3.83
92     Perennial grain: Agrotriticum     3.8
93     Perennial grain: Eastern gamagrass - Tripsacum dactyloides or Zea diploperennis.     3.8
94     Chinese Fermented Tofu     3.75
95     Chinese white asparagus     3.75
96     plantain (leaf of weed not the yellow fruit)     3.75
97     Chye sim (Chinese spinach/cabbage)     3.72
98     Umeboshi paste     3.67
99     Mushrooms, Clamshell     3.63
100     Pickled herring     3.63
101     Choy sum     3.6
102     Chinese Tofu from Almonds     3.58
103     Tea, Pu'erh Tea (chinese fermented green tea leaves)     3.58
104     Turkey Eggs     3.58
105     Jackruit & its seeds {eaten like Chestnuts}[Artocarpus heterophyllus]     3.53
106     Raw Cocoa Pods     3.53
107     Yacon     3.53
108     Mushrooms, Lobster     3.47
109     Perennial grain: Fat hen - Chenopodium alba     3.45
110     Perennial grain: Hara, Fagopyrum dibotrys     3.45
111     Cashew fruit     3.43
112     Mushrooms, Agaricus     3.4
113     Wine, Honey (Mead)     3.38
114     malanga     3.37
115     Mushrooms, White Chanterelle     3.37
116     Cheese, Asiago cheese     3.36
117     Cheese, fontinella cheese     3.3
118     Mushrooms, Funnel Chanterelle (yellow foot)     3.3
119     Tea, hibiscus     3.3
120     Maca     3.29

  

121     Tea, Lotus flower tea     3.28
122     rambutans     3.26
123     Tea, amber tea (green variant)     3.26
124     ancho, pasilla, and chipotle pepper     3.22
125     Tea, winter tea,     3.18
126     Arrowroot (the Rhizomes, not the powder)     3.17
127     haws/hawthorne berries/tejocote   (as a food not a supplement)     3.05
128     Mushrooms, Lion's Mane (Hericium)     3.05
129     Acorns (white and red)     3
130     Beef suet or tallow     3
131     Yak     3
132     Lotus paste     2.94
133     quinoa leaves     2.94
134     Lucuma     2.89
135     Youngberry juice     2.89
136     Chinese Gentian     2.84
137     Mushrooms, Cinnamon Cap     2.84
138     Yacon root     2.84
139     tara gum (thickener)     2.83
140     Goatfish (also known as red mullet, but not really a mullet)     2.82
141     blue corn     2.81
142     Chokeberry     2.8
143     Maypop [Passifora incarnata] {Fruits, Flowers, Leaves}     2.8
144     Stout or dark ale, Guinness, Beamish, Murphy's     2.8
145     Red Clover Sprouts     2.79
146     Romano Beans     2.79
147     Amla, Indian Gooseberry [Phyllanthus emblica OR Emblica officinalis]     2.77
148     cassia buds     2.77
149     Shanghai pok choy (xiao tang cai)     2.76
150     Maqui Berry (Aristotelia Chilensis)     2.74
151     Lemon verbena or Lemon beebrush, Aloysia triphylla     2.71
152     Gongura (Sorel leaves)     2.7
153     Scuppernongs (Large grapes)     2.7
154     Russian olive (elaeagnus angustifolia)     2.63
155     Yew berry {seedless of course}     2.63
156     Yam leaves     2.61
157     molkosan (whey concentrate fermented with lactic acid)     2.6
158     Winter melon     2.59
159     Chinese squash (jie gua)     2.58
160     Wine, Pomegranite wine     2.57
161     goose/duck fat (http://www.ochef.com/699.htm)     2.56
162     Riberry http://members.ozemail.com.au/~peterrjones/bushtucker/riberry.htm     2.55
163     Pandan Leaves,     2.53
164     pomegranate syrup     2.5
165     tunghing or "Chinese cinnamon"     2.5
166     Cheese, Myzithra cheese     2.48
167     Jiaogulen as a tea or as a live food.     2.47
168     lambs quarters   (plant not part of animal)     2.42
169     Chrysanthemum, any     2.4
170     Salted Egg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salted_duck_egg)     2.36
171     amaranth leaves     2.35
172     Mayhaw     2.35
173     Fish maw (air bladder)     2.3
174     Magnolia blossoms     2.29
175     rose syrup,     2.28
176     sunflower petals     2.21
177     Chinese chives (jiu cai)     2.2
178     Water Chestnut Flour     2.19
179     Chinese "silk squash" (si gua)     2.11
180     elephant ear stems (Bac Ha)     2.11
181     Samphire, Norfolk Asparagus [Crithmum maritimum]     2.11
182     Spring Greens (used to be known as Pamfrey) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_greens 1     2.11
183     beet kvass     2.1
184     Red seabream     2.06
185     Lauki (Bottle Gourd)     2.05
186     Saskatoon berry (Amelanchier alnifolia)     2.05
187     Patience dock (rumex petientia)     2
188     Sea Urchin, Erizo, Uni [not picky - ANY]     2
189     Ume [Prunus mume]     2
190     Water apples (Jambu)     2
191     Zedoary     2
192     Eel, Unagi     1.95
193     Pomfret Fish     1.94
194     Yacon syrup     1.94
195     Fish: Gurnard     1.9
196     Fish: Zander     1.9
197     Salmon berries     1.89
198     Konjac/konnyaku/devil's tongue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konjac     1.86
199     Plout     1.79
200     Cheese, Tomme cheese     1.75
201     Sea Buckthorn [Hippophae rhamnoides]     1.71
202     Bulbs, Lily     1.65
203     Organ meats of the various common & Horse     1.65
204     Sloes, Blackthorn [Prunus spinosa]     1.65
205     guinea eggs     1.63
206     Annona     1.61
207     Rose apple     1.61
208     Sallal berries     1.61
209     Bird's nest     1.6
210     camphor resin     1.55
211     Daylily, any     1.55
212     Tea, Bittergourd tea     1.53
213     Cheese, Brenta cheese     1.5
214     Chinese Soon Hock Fish     1.5
215     Thimble berries     1.5
216     crowberry     1.47
217     grass jelly,     1.47
218     Tulip     1.45
219     safflower petals     1.44
220     corn flower petals     1.42
221     herbal jelly,     1.41
222     Bulbs, Tulip     1.4
223     Toman (Snakehead)     1.39
224     Bulbs, Dahlia     1.35
225     Cheese: Etorki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etorki)     1.35
226     Einkorn     1.31
227     Common mallow (malva spp)     1.29
228     Sea Pineapple, Hoya [Halocynthia roretzi]     1.22
229     century egg     1.2
230     Freekeh     1.18
231     chickus     1.17
232     Strawberry Tree [Arbutus unedo]     1.17
233     Syrian Rue [peganum harmala]     1.17
234     Baltic herrings     1.15
235     Sooran {Cousin to Konnyaku}     1.12
236     Arum campanulatum (Rox & San)     1.11
237     Fugu, Pufferfish [typ. Takifugo rubripes]     1.11
238     Common sow thistle (sonchus oleraceus)     1.06
239     spruce sprout     0.94
240     Ayu, Sweetfish [Plecoglossus altivelis]     0.8
241     Conger Eel {and Anago which is not Conger but I digress}     0.75
242     Vendace     0.71
243     Udo [Aralia cordata]     0.63
244     Muntjac     0.44

After additional people voted here is an update to:

What is the fifth most important food to be added to SWAMI?

New responses to this question are bolded

Agave flowers and buds
blue corn    
cayenne    
fish maw
Mascarpone   
Meade    
oolong tea  (twice)  
Quinoa leaves    
Riberry (lillypilly)    
Scuppernongs
Sultanas    
Snow pea    
Squash Blossoms
Stinging Nettle Tea    
White pepper
Yogurt/kefir from goat or sheep milk.

Update - Recent responses to question bolded

What is the fourth most important food to be added to SWAMI?

Ancho chili powder
Bird's nest     
Cheese, goat cheese     (twice)
Cheese, haloumi cheese
Guanabana
Guava juice     
Lemon Peel     
Mango juice     
Menthi (fenugreek leaves)     
Muscadines     
Nasturtium blossoms
Pickled herring
Port     
potato starch     
purple potatoes     
umeboshi paste     


Link to survey (If you have not taken it yet)

It seems like the foods with the highest ratings (the foods most people, in general, are interested in) are different than the "one food you most want to add to SWAMI" meaning that everybody has their "favorite" they really really want to see included, and a  lot of these favorites are completely unimportant to most other people.

I'm starting to think Dr. D. needs a partner in Austrailia to research all the "not found in North America" foods the Australians have access to.

since I don't have swami yet I didn't think it would be correct for me to vote. but I'd like to know the ratings for sumac. it is now sold in powder form. I understand It is very high in Vit C and used by some native American as a kind of lemonade drink. This would fall in with the list of local growing foods

Sumac is unrated so would be considered neutral.

I suspect the complete listings of all native foods can't be done by one person. Dr. D'Adamo is currently writing a series of textbooks. The students of those textbooks may come up with local food lists for various areas- either their own BTD/GTD premade food lists, or some kind of SWAMI add-on with foods for the specific geographic area you select. (I mean, if I want to know about the values of native plants that grow in NYC, I don't also need the list of native plants that grow in Hawaii or New Zealand.)

Until then, we'll have to make due with the information currently available to us.

Quoted from ruthiegirl

I'm starting to think Dr. D. needs a partner in Austrailia to research all the "not found in North America" foods the Australians have access to.

Cristina and others were working on this. Their research is in this thread:

http://www.dadamo.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-xpress/m-1253837147/

Quoted from C_sharp

I set up the survey on my own. I was not asked to do so. It does not indicate any commitment by Dr. D'Adamo to include additional foods in SWAMI. I am not actually able to do the testing myself.

I think the survey is useful.

It is my view that the easiest foods to add would be those that have verifiable nutrient data sufficient to include in SWAMI, such as those foods already in the USDA Nurient Database (although some of those have insufficient data.) Foods that lack data cannot be analyzed. Lack of lectin, pollutant and other data may also make a food less desirable to rate.

Additionally, Dr. D may have other reasons for not including some specific foods that would tend to preclude their inclusion.

You are mentioning herbs that can be used as supplemental 'treatments' (herbal medicine), which for me any and all of those would be great. the quinoa, amaranth and there was something else-That c-sharp or lloyd said. wish I could go to CT for the 2011 iFhi, would love to get certified. Would go well with my HFPN coach/ sharecare.com. I could then talk about the BTD/GTD/SWAMI and help clear up some misinformation I have found.  I am joining the ranks of the virtual coaching world. I have been waiting for the right time and right organization. My certifying agency NASM has teamed up with Sharecare.com(Dr. Oz, etc) and HFPN. Will be quite interesting in February when they launch the Sharecare Coach platform.

**This is not an advertisement of anytype. Just providing information so those who are more qualified can Join as experts and bring clarity and a well rounded information base. They are looking for more experts.

angel,
do you already have an encyclopedia?
http://www.4yourtype.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ED004

Update - Recent responses to question bolded

What is the third most important food to be added to SWAMI?

24 hour yogurt    
Amaranth Leaves    
Chinese fermented bean paste          
Chipotle  
Citric acid  
Cos Lettuce    
Cream    
Dairy variants {raw, ultrapasteurized, different fat content}    
Duck Fat        
goat cheese/chevre    (twice)
Huazontle
Hemp butter
Mango juice
oat milk    
potato starch    
Tea, jasmine green    
Wine, Port (red or white)
Wheatgrass (Sprouted wheat for juice ...)

Link to survey (If you have not taken it yet)

Update - Recent responses to question bolded

What is the second most important food to be added to SWAMI?

Acai berry
Asiago cheese    
Barramundi  (Twice)    
Beet kvass  
Brown Rice Protein Powder    
Cider    
Dairy cream    
Dragon Fruit   (Twice)
Goat cheese
Hawthorne berries
Huitlacoche
Maca
Maltodextrin    
Quince Juice  
Salted eggs    
Sourdough  
Tomato paste
Wheatgrass (the grain)
White tea   
Yacon/syrup    

Link to survey (If you have not taken it yet)

Based on the first 33 survey participants-Thanks everyone for spending time completing the survey.

Update - Recent responses to question bolded

What is the most important food to be added to SWAMI?

Arrowroot rhizomes harvested from 8 to 18 months growth    
Barramundi
Cashew fruit (preferably dried)    
Chinese Soon Hock Fish    
Choy sum    
Clementines
Cream    
Etorki Cheese    
goat cheese    
Greater variety of greens
Gurnard    
Heavy cream    
Loquat (Nisperos)
Macca
Mascarpone    
Nopal    
Sake (rice wine)
Stout or dark ale, Guinness, Beamish, Murphy's    
Unlisted mushrooms    
Water chestnut flour    
Zander    
Xylitol
    

Link to survey (If you have not taken it yet)

The survey has been up for 3 months. 40 folks have participated in the survey.

Here is list of the current rating of foods.
0 is the lowest possible rating.
9 is the highest possible rating.

Rating is the average rating of all survey participants that answered a particular question.

Sorted so highest rated foods are listed first.

Rank  Food Names                           Rating

1     Tea, Dandelion root and/leaf tea     7.33
2     Cheese, goat cheese     7.26
3     tea, white tea     7.18
4     Citric acid     6.96
5     xanthan gum     6.95
6     lemon juice (separate from lemon & water)     6.79
7     Lettuce, Red leaf lettuce     6.79
8     Snow pea     6.73
9     Lettuce, Cos (Diamond Gem,Little gem,Rosalita,Paris White,Rouge)6.71
10     Lime juice     6.67
11     Xylitol     6.67
12     broths (chicken,turkey, beef-made with meat, not bone or marrow soup)6.46
13     Maltodextrin     6.42
14     Wasabi [Eutrema japonica]     6.38
15     Lettuce, Butterhead (Boston, bibb)     6.36
16     potato starch     6.3
17     Yogut/kefir from goat or sheep milk.     6.29
18     Tea, Fennel tea     6.22
19     buffalo and sheep milk and their yogurts     6.1
20     wheatgrass,     6.04
21     Brown Rice Protein Powder     5.97
22     Cream {Light(18% -30% fat),whip (30-36% fat),heavy (> 36% fat)}     5.93
23     Cayenne     5.91
24     sourdough - makes great bread and traditional beverages     5.88
25     lemon peel     5.8
26     Yogurt, 24 hour     5.79
27     Tea, Stinging nettle tea     5.79
28     Pepper, White (spice)     5.76
29     orange peel     5.74
30     Cheese, marcapone /mascarpone cheese     5.74
31     Tea, Oolong tea     5.7
32     Sultanas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_%28grape%29)     5.58
33     tomato puree/paste     5.56
34     Star anise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_anise)     5.52
35     chevre.     5.52
36     Wine, Port (red or white)     5.52
37     mango juice     5.48
38     papaya juice     5.48
39     Oat milk     5.46
40     Rice paper     5.42
41     Sucralose     5.42
42     red rice     5.41
43     Quince Juice     5.29
44     Tea, jasmine green     5.29
45     sweet potato starch (as in noodles, Asian stores)     5.22
46     Hemp Milk     5.2
47     Locust bean gum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_bean_gum) - 5.17
48     huckleberries     5.15
49     Juice, Quince juice     5.08
50     Wine, Rice wine     5.08
51     Hard apple cider -gluten-free (made without grain or using barley)     5.07
52     Red beans     4.96
53     passion fruit juice     4.96
54     Lavender     4.92
55     yarrow - excellent for colds with chest congestion     4.91
56     purple potato     4.89
57     Chinese herbs ( ie cooling tea/ liang cha)     4.88
58     Mushrooms, Morels     4.88
59     Tea, Pau d'arco/taheebo tea     4.88
60     guava juice     4.83
61     Dairy treatment variations {raw, ultrapasteurized, ...}     4.82
62     Green onion (already have Onions, all types)     4.76
63     Hemp butter (different from oil)     4.75
64     Barramundi     4.7
65     mushrooms, porcini (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis)     4.68
66     Tea, green rooibos (I am assuming existing entry is for red)     4.65
67     Cheese, halloumi cheese, especially when completely of sheep's milk     4.64
68     fenugreek leaves     4.63
69     dong qui (I hope I spelled that correctly)     4.62
70     parsley root - similar to parsnip but from parsley     4.61
71     chinese fermented bean paste     4.55
72     hops - they make a good herbal tea for mild pain relief and help with a male TMI thing I won't mention.     4.54
73     Chinese Fermented Tofu     4.52
74     acai berry juice     4.5
75     Chinese Tofu from Almonds     4.35
76     Szechuan Pepper, Sansho [Zanthoxylum simulans, Z. ailanthoides]     4.35
77     Sweet potato flour     4.33
78     pike perch / zander     4.29
79     Stout or dark ale, Guinness, Beamish, Murphy's     4.29
80     nopal(pads of prickly pear cactus)     4.27
81     John Dory     4.26
82     Perennial grain: Wild Rye     4.25
83     plantain (leaf of weed not the yellow fruit)     4.25
84     Mesquite     4.24
85     Tea, jasmine oolong     4.18
86     Dragon fruit     4.17
87     Italian Flat Green Beans     4.17
88     Tea, hibiscus     4.14
89     Tea, Pu'erh Tea (chinese fermented green tea leaves)     4.13
90     Truffles     4.09
91     Yacon     4.09
92     Mushrooms, Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum)     4.08
93     Cheese, Raklette (swiss)     4.04
94     Wine, Honey (Mead)     4
95     Mushrooms like Cordyceps Sinensis     3.96
96     Green Mango     3.95
97     Perennial grain: Eastern gamagrass - Tripsacum dactyloides or Zea diploperennis.     3.92
98     Perennial grain: Agrotriticum     3.92
99     Muscadines (Grapes)     3.92
100     Chinese white asparagus     3.87
101     Comfrey [Symphytum officinale]     3.85
102     haws/hawthorne berries/tejocote   (as a food not a supplement)     3.82
103     ancho, pasilla, and chipotle pepper     3.81
104     Lemon verbena oil     3.81
105     Mushrooms, White Chanterelle     3.79
106     Pickled herring     3.77
107     Raw Cocoa Pods     3.77
108     Cheese, Asiago cheese     3.76
109     Yacon root     3.74
110     Tea, Lotus flower tea     3.67

A continuations of the list of the current rating of foods.
0 is the lowest possible rating.
9 is the highest possible rating.

Sorted so highest rated foods are listed first.


Rank    Name of food                            Rating
111     Chye sim (Chinese spinach/cabbage)     3.65
112     Umeboshi paste     3.65
113     Choy sum     3.64
114     Tea, amber tea (green variant)     3.64
115     Jackruit & its seeds {eaten like Chestnuts}[Artocarpus heterophyllus]     3.62
116     Perennial grain: Fat hen - Chenopodium alba     3.62
117     Perennial grain: Hara, Fagopyrum dibotrys     3.62
118     Mushrooms, Clamshell     3.62
119     Tea, winter tea,     3.6
120     Turkey Eggs     3.57
121     blue corn     3.54
122     Cashew fruit     3.48
123     malanga     3.48
124     Maca     3.46
125     Youngberry juice     3.45
126     Mushrooms, Lobster     3.43
127     Arrowroot (the Rhizomes, not the powder)     3.42
128     Cheese, fontinella cheese     3.42
129     Mushrooms, Agaricus     3.41
130     rambutans     3.38
131     molkosan (whey concentrate fermented with lactic acid)     3.36
132     Clementine     3.33
133     Gongura (Sorel leaves)     3.25
134     goose/duck fat (http://www.ochef.com/699.htm)     3.23
135     Chokeberry     3.22
136     Romano Beans     3.22
137     lambs quarters   (plant not part of animal)     3.17
138     Goatfish (also known as red mullet, but not really a mullet)     3.14
139     quinoa leaves     3.1
140     Beef suet or tallow     3.09
141     Mushrooms, Funnel Chanterelle (yellow foot)     3.09
142     Yew berry {seedless of course}     3.09
143     Acorns (white and red)     3.08
144     Amla, Indian Gooseberry [Phyllanthus emblica OR Emblica officinalis]     3.08
145     Lucuma     3.05
146     Yak     3.05
147     Maypop [Passifora incarnata] {Fruits, Flowers, Leaves}     2.95
148     Yam leaves     2.95
149     Mushrooms, Lion's Mane (Hericium)     2.92
150     Wine, Pomegranite wine     2.91
151     Maqui Berry (Aristotelia Chilensis)     2.9
152     Chinese Gentian     2.86
153     Red Clover Sprouts     2.86
154     Scuppernongs (Large grapes)     2.86
155     Lotus paste     2.85
156     cassia buds     2.83
157     Chinese chives (jiu cai)     2.83
158     Shanghai pok choy (xiao tang cai)     2.79
159     tunghing or "Chinese cinnamon"     2.74
160     amaranth leaves     2.71
161     Mushrooms, Cinnamon Cap     2.7
162     pomegranate syrup     2.7
163     Salmon berries     2.7
164     tara gum (thickener)     2.7
165     Cheese, Myzithra cheese     2.68
166     Jiaogulen as a tea or as a live food.     2.67
167     Riberry      2.64
168     Organ meats of the various common & Horse     2.63
169     Chinese squash (jie gua)     2.62
170     Fish: Zander     2.62
171     Russian olive (elaeagnus angustifolia)     2.62
172     Fish maw (air bladder)     2.58
173     Mayhaw     2.55
174     Salted Egg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salted_duck_egg)     2.54
175     Lemon verbena or Lemon beebrush, Aloysia triphylla     2.53
176     Pandan Leaves,     2.52
177     Chrysanthemum, any     2.5
178     Common mallow (malva spp)     2.45
179     Sallal berries     2.45
180     Saskatoon berry (Amelanchier alnifolia)     2.45
181     Winter melon     2.44
182     Magnolia blossoms     2.43
183     sunflower petals     2.41
184     rose syrup,     2.4
185     elephant ear stems (Bac Ha)     2.35
186     Lauki (Bottle Gourd)     2.29
187     Sea Buckthorn [Hippophae rhamnoides]     2.25
188     Samphire, Norfolk Asparagus [Crithmum maritimum]     2.24
189     Thimble berries     2.23
190     Yacon syrup     2.2
191     Chinese "silk squash" (si gua)     2.19
192     Tea, Bittergourd tea     2.17
193     Spring Greens (used to be known as Pamfrey) 2.15
194     Fish: Gurnard     2.08
195     Water Chestnut Flour     2.06
196     crowberry     2.05
197     Patience dock (rumex petientia)     2.05
198     Red seabream     2.05
199     beet kvass     2
200     Pomfret Fish     2

A continuation of the list of the current rating of foods.
0 is the lowest possible rating.
9 is the highest possible rating.

Sorted so highest rated foods are listed first.


Rank    Food Names    Rating
201     plout     1.95
202     Cheese, Brenta cheese     1.92
203     zedvoary     1.9
204     Konjac/konnyaku/devil's tongue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konjac     1.89
205     Sea Urchin, Erizo, Uni [not picky - ANY]     1.89
206     Ume [Prunus mume]     1.89
207     Water apples (Jambu)     1.89
208     Annona     1.85
209     Eel, Unagi     1.85
210     Rose apple     1.85
211     Einkorn     1.79
212     Bulbs, Lily     1.77
213     camphor resin     1.73
214     Daylily, any     1.68
215     Etorki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etorki)     1.68
216     guinea eggs     1.67
217     chinese Soon Hock Fish     1.67
218     Cheese, Tomme cheese     1.64
219     Tulip     1.59
220     Sloes, Blackthorn [Prunus spinosa]     1.56
221     Bulbs, Tulip     1.55
222     safflower petals     1.55
223     Bulbs, Dahlia     1.5
224     Bird's nest     1.5
225     Baltic herrings     1.45
226     grass jelly,     1.39
227     Arum campanulatum (Rox & San)     1.38
228     corn flower petals     1.33
229     herbal jelly,     1.33
230     spruce sprout     1.32
231     Toman (Snakehead)     1.32
232     chickus     1.3
233     Fugu, Pufferfish [typ. Takifugo rubripes]     1.3
234     Common sow thistle (sonchus oleraceus)     1.26
235     Syrian Rue [peganum harmala]     1.25
236     century egg     1.23
237     Sea Pineapple, Hoya [Halocynthia roretzi]     1.16
238     Freekeh     1.11
239     Strawberry Tree [Arbutus unedo]     1.11
240     vendace     1.11
241     Sooran {Cousin to Konnyaku}     1.06
242     Ayu, Sweetfish [Plecoglossus altivelis]     1
243     Conger Eel {and Anago which is not Conger but I digress}     0.83
244     Muntjac     0.7
245     Udo [Aralia cordata]     0.59

Quoted from C_sharp

Here is a link to the survey:

Additions to SWAMI survey

Is this the original survey (i.e. exactly the same) or have foods been added?

Quoted from brinyskysail

Is this the original survey (i.e. exactly the same) or have foods been added?

In the first few weeks after December 11, 2010, I added any new foods that people requested.

But I quickly filled up the maximum number of choices allowed by surveymonkey.
I stopped adding foods to the survey when I was out of space.