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Kouign-amann
Kouign-amann (Breton 'butter cake') is a laminated pastry of bread dough, salted butter, and sugar from Douarnenez, Brittany, created around 1860 by baker Yves-René Scordia and baked to a caramelized crust.
Kraft Dinner
Kraft Dinner (KD) is the Canadian name for Kraft's boxed macaroni and cheese, introduced in 1937 and renamed Kraft Mac & Cheese in the US in 2022; a Canadian staple with 225 g boxes and its own product line.
Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods, the historic American packaged food company, split in 2012 into Mondelēz International and Kraft Foods Group, which merged with Heinz in 2015 to form Kraft Heinz.
Kraft Foods Inc.
Kraft Foods Inc., also known simply as Kraft (KFT), was the American packaged food company incorporated in Virginia in 2000, acquired Nabisco, listed in 2001, bought Cadbury in 2010, and split in 2012 into Mondelez International and Kraft Foods Group.
Kraft Heinz
Kraft Heinz (Nasdaq: KHC), also The Kraft Heinz Company, is the food company formed by the 2015 merger of Kraft Foods Group and H.J. Heinz; ~$25 billion 2025 net sales, Berkshire Hathaway's 325 million shares, and a paused 2025 split plan distinguish it.
Kraken Rum
Kraken Rum (The Kraken Black Spiced Rum) is a Caribbean black spiced rum launched in 2009 by Becle and distributed by Proximo Spirits, distilled in Trinidad and Tobago, bottled at 47% ABV in the US, colored with caramel, and known for its Victorian flagon bottle.
Krating Daeng (กระทิงแดง)
Krating Daeng (กระทิงแดง), the original Thai energy drink created by Chaleo Yoovidhya in 1976, non-carbonated and sold in small bottles with 50 mg caffeine and 800 mg taurine; the base of the separate carbonated Red Bull brand co-founded with Dietrich Mateschitz.
Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme: American doughnut chain founded by Vernon Rudolph July 13, 1937, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; known for Original Glazed doughnuts, the Hot Light, and a Hub and Spoke model; Nasdaq ticker DNUT.
Kristen Kish
Kristen Kish, born Kwon Yung Ran in Seoul, is a Korean-American chef, Top Chef season 10 winner via Last Chance Kitchen, host of Top Chef since season 21, chef-partner of Arlo Grey in Austin, and cookbook author.
Kroger
Kroger (The Kroger Co., NYSE: KR) is America's largest supermarket chain, founded in Cincinnati in 1883 by Barney Kroger. Known for banners like Ralphs, Fred Meyer, and Harris Teeter, its $24.6 billion Albertsons merger was blocked in 2024.
Kronenbourg Brewery
Brasseries Kronenbourg, founded 1664 in Strasbourg by Jérôme IV Hatt as Brasserie du Canon, is France's leading brewer, Carlsberg's French subsidiary since 2008, brewing at Obernai, home of Kronenbourg and 1664 beers.
Krupuk
Krupuk (kerupuk, keropok, kroepoek) is a Southeast Asian deep-fried starch cracker, usually tapioca with shrimp, fish, or garlic, documented in Java since the 9th-10th century and a major Indonesian snack and export.
Krystal (restaurant)
Krystal is an American quick-service restaurant chain founded in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1932, known for small square hamburgers called sliders and concentrated in the South.
Kugel
Kugel (Yiddish kugel, "ball") is an Ashkenazi Jewish baked pudding of noodles or potatoes with eggs and fat, served on Shabbat and holidays; it began as bread dumplings in cholent about eight centuries ago in Germany.
Kulfi (कुल्फ़ी)
Kulfi (कुल्फ़ी), Indian frozen dairy dessert made by two-fold milk concentration and still freezing without air, denser and slower-melting than ice cream; Mughal-era origins, kulfiwallah street vendors, FSSAI-regulated, stevia-sweetened variants studied.
Kumis
Kumis (kymyz, koumiss, qymyz) is a Central Asian fermented mare's milk drink made by lactic-acid and yeast fermentation, mildly alcoholic at about 0.7–2.5%, churned in leather vessels and central to Kazakh and Kyrgyz nomadic culture.
Kunal Kapur (कुणाल कपूर)
Kunal Kapur (कुणाल कपूर), Indian celebrity chef and restaurateur, longtime MasterChef India judge since 2010, Pincode restaurant founder, cooked for 42 first ladies, IHM Chandigarh-trained.
Kundan Lal Gujral (कुंदन लाल गुजराल)
Kundan Lal Gujral (कुंदन लाल गुजराल), 1902–1997, Indian restaurateur, founder of Moti Mahal in Peshawar and Delhi's Daryaganj, credited with tandoori chicken, butter chicken, and dal makhani; butter chicken credit disputed in a 2024 court case.
Kung Pao chicken (宫保鸡丁)
Kung Pao chicken (宫保鸡丁, gongbao jiding) is a Sichuan stir-fry of diced chicken, dried chilies, Sichuan peppercorn, and peanuts, named for Ding Baozhen's Gongbao title, with distinct Sichuan, Guizhou, Shandong, and Beijing versions.
Kurkure (कुरकुरे)
Kurkure (कुरकुरे), PepsiCo India's homegrown puffed rice-and-corn snack brand launched in 1999, flagship Masala Munch, about 60% share of the 'bridge' snack segment, Jowar Puffs millet line added in 2025.
Kürtőskalács
Kürtőskalács (chimney cake, Baumstriezel) is a Székely-Transylvanian spit cake of wound yeast dough with a caramelized sugar shell; first recorded 1679, first recipe 1784, Hungarian Hungarikum since 2015.
Kutia
Kutia (кутя) is the Ukrainian ritual Christmas grain dish of cooked wheat or barley with honey, poppy seed, and nuts, eaten three times in the winter cycle (Rich, Generous, Hungry kutia) and tied to ancestor veneration.
L.A. Beast
L.A. Beast, also known as Kevin Thomas Strahle, is a professional competitive eater who has set Guinness World Records, including eating nine powdered doughnuts in three minutes.
L'Entrecôte
L'Entrecôte: French family restaurant group born from Paul Gineste de Saurs' 1959 Le Relais de Venise formula; single menu of walnut salad, 170 g steak, secret 25-ingredient sauce, unlimited fries; branches in Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Montpellier, Lyon, Barcelona; unrelated Singapore and Brazilian namesakes exist.
La Croix Sparkling Water
LaCroix (La Croix) sparkling water: zero-calorie, unsweetened flavored seltzer launched by G. Heileman Brewing in Wisconsin in 1980, owned by National Beverage Corp. since 1996, flavored by natural fruit essences, and a leading premium U.S. sparkling water brand.
La Tomatina
La Tomatina is Buñol, Spain's annual tomato-throwing festival on the last Wednesday of August, begun in 1945, banned under Franco, legalized in 1959, capped at 22,000 ticket holders, and a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional since 2002.
Labatt Brewing Company
Labatt Brewing Company Limited, founded 1847 in London, Ontario by John Kinder Labatt, is Canada's leading brewer, owned by AB InBev via Ambev since 2004, with 70+ brands including Labatt Blue and Budweiser.
Laddu (लड्डू)
Laddu (लड्डू, also ladoo, laddoo) is a round Indian sweet defined by shape, not ingredients; besan, boondi, motichoor, and other varieties, with a history from Harappan food balls and the medicinal ladduka of the Sushruta Samhita.
Ladurée
Ladurée (Maison Ladurée) is a Parisian luxury pâtisserie founded in 1862 on rue Royale, famous for the double-shell ganache macaron and early tea salon; Holder family-owned since 1993 with 100-plus shops worldwide.
Lager
Lager: a family of beers brewed with bottom-fermenting Saccharomyces pastorianus (S. cerevisiae × S. eubayanus hybrid) at 5–15 °C and cold-conditioned. Covers the yeast genome, Bavarian and Pilsen history, BJCP/BA style families, and global production scale.