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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.
Kretek
Kretek (rokok kretek) is an Indonesian clove cigarette blending tobacco with shredded cloves, invented in Kudus, Central Java, around the 1870s-1890s by Haji Jamhari. Named for the crackling sound of burning cloves, it holds nearly 90% of Indonesia's cigarette market.
Kris making
Kris making, known in Indonesian as keris making, is the traditional craft of forging the kris, an asymmetrical layered dagger centered in Java and recognized by UNESCO in 2008.
Krishna lifting Govardhana
Krishna lifting Govardhana is a legend episode in which Krishna holds up Mount Govardhana near Mathura to shelter cowherds from Indra's storm, widely depicted in sculpture.
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.
Kristin Juszczyk
Kristin Juszczyk, self-taught American sportswear designer and wife of 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk; viral Taylor Swift puffer jacket led to a 2024 NFL licensing deal and her Off Season brand.
Kristina Pimenova (Кристина Руслановна Пименова)
Kristina Pimenova is a Russian model and actress who became a famous child model in 2014. She later moved to Los Angeles and focused on acting.
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.
Krystyna Pyszková
Krystyna Pyszková, Czech model and law student from Třinec, is the 71st Miss World, crowned 9 March 2024 in Mumbai; she won Miss Czech Republic 2022, runs the Pyszko Foundation for education, and passed the crown to Thailand's Opal Suchata in 2025.
Kuba ngongo cloth cut-pile (velours du Kasaï)
Kuba ngongo cloth, called velours du Kasaï or Kasai velvet, is a cut-pile raffia textile made by the Kuba peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kuba textiles
Kuba textiles are decorated raffia cloths made by the Kuba peoples of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as Kasai velvet for their plush cut-pile embroidery.
Kufi
The kufi (Arabic: ṭāqīya), also called topi or prayer cap, is a brimless cap worn by some Muslim men and boys, often during the five daily prayers.
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.
Kula ring
The Kula ring is a ceremonial exchange system in which armshells and necklaces circulate in opposite directions between island communities of the Massim region of Papua New Guinea.
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.
Kumina
Kumina, also spelt Cumina, is an Afro-Jamaican musico-religious tradition centered on ancestral spirits, brought by free Central African immigrants after Emancipation and practiced most strongly in St Thomas.
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.
Kumkuma (कुमकुम)
Kumkuma (कुमकुम), also called kumkum or roli, is a red powder used as tilak and bindi in Hindu ritual and as a mark of marriage; classically the Sanskrit word means saffron (Crocus sativus), while the common powder is turmeric with slaked lime.
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.
Kuomboka
Kuomboka is the annual ceremony of Zambia's Lozi people, in which the Litunga, the Lozi king, moves by barge from Lealui to Limulunga as the Zambezi floods.
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.
Kuroda Tatsuaki
Kuroda Tatsuaki (黒田辰秋, 1904–1982) was a Japanese woodwork and lacquer artist based in Kyoto, active in the mingei folk craft movement, who became the first Living National Treasure in woodworking in 1970.
Kurta
Kurta (kurti for the shorter women's form): a loose South Asian tunic worn by men and women in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, likely derived from the Central Asian kurtaka, now everyday and office wear often paired with jeans.