Complete and updated list: These are the current food prices in Cuba.

At 405 pesos per euro, prices in Cuba are suffocating: this is how food prices are in the markets today, according to the latest publication of 14yMedio.

Although inflation seems to have stagnated only in the official figures, market prices continue to stifle the average Cuban. Today, euro reached 405 Cuban pesos in the informal market, while the national minimum wage is barely 5 euros. An alarming figure considering that this amount barely buys a bottle of oil or a pound of pork.

Meat, chicken, eggs and rice: an increasingly unattainable diet

The pound of pork remains at 850 CUP. Chicken, at 340. A carton of eggs costs up to 2 pesos at the EJT (Equity Market) on 900th and K. Meanwhile, rice—the basis of the daily diet—sells at 17 pesos per pound, at best. For an average Cuban family, consuming these products often means spending practically their entire monthly income.

Oil, sugar and fat: high prices and low supply

A liter of vegetable oil currently costs between 900 and 1 CUP, depending on the market. The pound of sugar remains at 300 CUP, while lard is around 600 CUPIn some places, oil prices have even dropped slightly compared to previous months, but it remains unaffordable for retirees or pensioners, whose monthly income is around 1 euros. CUP (less than 4 euros).

Beans, increasingly expensive

Black beans are found between 280 and 370 CUP per pound. The red bean reaches 380 CUP, and white, between 250 and 300. Although they have had a certain stability, prices are still well above the purchasing power of the majority.

This is how food is distributed in the markets

Below is a list of essential products grouped by category and with their current prices:

grains and legumes
– Rice: 240–300 CUP/pound
– Black beans: 280–370 CUP/pound
– Red beans: 300–380 CUP/pound
– White beans: 250–300 CUP/pound
– Black-eyed peas: 250 CUP/pound
– Chickpea: up to 500 CUP/pound
– Corn kernels: 140 CUP/pound
– Corn flour: up to 150 CUP/pound
– Pea: 300 CUP/pound

Meat and derivatives
– Pork: 850 CUP/pound
– Pork ribs: 720–750 CUP/pound
– Pork loin: 800 CUP/pound
– Minced chicken: 260–350 CUP/pound
– Chicken sausages: 420–600 CUP/package
– Whole chicken: 320–340 CUP/pound
– Pork liver: 400–450 CUP/pound
– Mortadella: 400–550 CUP/pound
– Viking ham: 550–700 CUP/pound
– Beef: 550 CUP/pound
– Mutton: 500–850 CUP/pound

Dairy
– Powdered milk (900 g): 1–150 CUP
– White cheese: 500–700 CUP/pound
– Processed cheese: 420 CUP/pound
– Yogurt (1,5 l): 400 CUP

Fats and oils
– Vegetable oil: 900–1 CUP/liter
– Lard: 600 CUP/pound

Eggs
– Chicken eggs (carton): 2–500 CUP
– Quail eggs (unit): up to 2 CUP

Sugar
– Sugar: 260–300 CUP/pound

Fruits
– Mamey: 100–150 CUP/unit
– Mango: 8–100 CUP/pound
– Pineapple: 150–200 CUP/unit
– Fruitbomba: 30–150 CUP/pound
– Plum: 50–60 CUP/pound
– Guava: 40–90 CUP/pound
– Melon: 35–80 CUP/pound
– Lemon: 200–450 CUP/pound
– Apple: 250–280 CUP/pound
– Avocado: up to 600 CUP/unit
– Soursop: up to 500 CUP/pound
– Grapes: 2 CUP/pound
– Custard apple: 30–300 CUP/pound

Vegetables and vegetables
– Tomato: 50–200 CUP/pound
– Cucumber: 30–350 CUP/pound
– Pumpkin: 20–100 CUP/pound
– Eggplant: 35–150 CUP/pound
– Onion: 120–300 CUP/string
– Carrot: 70–250 CUP
– Col: 50–200 CUP/pound
– Lettuce: 60–400 CUP/pound
– Beetroot: 70–250 CUP/pound
– Garlic (unit): 30–350 CUP
– Chili pepper: 30–400 CUP/pound
– Cachucha chili: 30–120 CUP/pound

Tubers and roots
– Sweet potato: 35–60 CUP/pound
– Malanga: 80–200 CUP/pound
– Cassava: 20–50 CUP/pound
– Potato: 80–100 CUP/pound

The salary is not enough even for the essentials

With an official minimum wage of 2 CUP, a Cuban can only buy:
– 1 liter of oil (1 CUP)
– 1 pound of rice (300 CUP)
– 1 pound of pork (850 CUP)

And that already exceeds the total. Meanwhile, retirees survive on even smaller pensions. Many rely on remittances, bartering, family support, or juggling to stretch what little they have.

On the street, anything that doesn't go up in price is scarce. And what does appear is paid for in euros or MLC, with purchasing power increasingly eroded for those who live solely on the Cuban peso.