Paraguayan vori-vori soup took first place in the TasteAtlas Awards 2025/26 ranking of the world’s 100 best dishes, scoring 4.64 out of five.
The ranking is based on 453,720 user ratings recognised by the system as valid, awarded to 11,781,000 dishes from the TasteAtlas gastronomic guide database.
‘Vori-Vori’ is a thick soup containing small balls made from maize flour and cheese. It is usually prepared in a meat or chicken stock with vegetables and herbs. The dish is considered one of the most recognisable dishes of Paraguayan cuisine.
Second place went to Neapolitan pizza from Italy, with a score of 4.58 points. In third place was the Italian dish tajarin al tartufo bianco d’Alba – thin egg pasta with white truffle – which scored 4.52 points.
The top ten also included the Indonesian goat kebab sate kambing, Turkish ‘Oltu cağ kebabı’, Greek ‘kontosouvli’, Peruvian ‘arroz tapado’, Serbian ‘komplet lepinja’, Mexican ‘quesabirria’ and Italian ‘pappardelle al cinghiale’.
Italy had the most entries in the top ten – three in total. Turkey, Paraguay, Indonesia, Greece, Peru, Serbia and Mexico each have one dish represented.
TasteAtlas compiles its ranking based on audience ratings, using mechanisms to filter out invalid votes. Consequently, the rankings may change as new ratings are submitted.
Ukrainian dishes are absent from the published list of the world’s top 100 dishes. Borscht, varenyky, syrnyky and other Ukrainian dishes did not make it into this particular ranking.
TasteAtlas is an international online guide to traditional cuisine, local produce and authentic restaurants. The project was founded by Croatian journalist and internet entrepreneur Matija Babić, who had previously set up the news portal Index.hr. After approximately three years of development, TasteAtlas was officially launched in 2018. The guide’s database contains around 19,900 traditional dishes and local ingredients, as well as over 21,000 restaurants. The project team collects historical and gastronomic information, recipes, critics’ reviews and recommendations from local experts. The aim of TasteAtlas is to systematise the world’s traditional cuisines and preserve recipes and ingredients that may disappear from everyday use.
TasteAtlas’s ratings are primarily based on user reviews. The platform states that its system filters out bot votes, mass national voting and suspicious activity, whilst giving greater weight to ratings from users whom the system recognises as experienced and knowledgeable.
TasteAtlas is widely cited by international and national media and is one of the best-known digital gastronomic guides. However, its ratings are not an official assessment by a professional jury or the equivalent of Michelin stars. They are best regarded as an indicator of the popularity of dishes amongst the platform’s international audience, rather than as a definitive expert classification of world cuisine.