Coconuts have been cultivated in tropical climates for thousands of years.
Coconut oil is the crop s most valuable byproduct, and the industry is poised to grow by half a billion dollars worldwide over the next four years.
But the health benefits that coconut oil s proponents swear by, are hotly contested.
Following is a transcript of the video.
Narrator: Coconuts have been cultivated in tropical climates for thousands of years, and they produce some of the most expensive cooking oil. Coconut oil can sell for around 12 times he price of canola oil when you compare leading brands. The industry is predicted to grow by half a billion dollars worldwide over the next four years. But with the hotly contested health benefits some coconut-oil companies promote, should it be as expensive as it is? So what s the truth behind coconut oil, and why is it so expensive? Its supposedly versatility is the reason for its high price. While coconut has a long tradition of use in food and medicine
A plate of four 7-ounce stone crab claws at a restaurant can cost you $140.
They re partly pricey due to how they re caught, which is can be exhaustive and sometimes dangerous.
Following is a transcript of the video.
Narrator: Stone crab claws are one of the priciest seafoods you can buy. And depending on their size, a pound of claws at a restaurant can cost as much as $70. But catching these crabs is hard work. Strangely enough, fishers can only harvest the claws from the crabs, while the bodies must be returned to the ocean. So, what makes these claws so coveted? And why are they so expensive?
And that s before the games have even taken place.
The Japanese public is largely against holding the Olympics, and there s no guarantee they will happen at all. Now, the City of Tokyo, the International Olympic Committee, and athletes themselves are bleeding cash to keep the dream alive.
Sơn mà i is a traditional Vietnamese form of lacquer painting.
The paint is made with a toxic lacquer harvested from a tree native to Southeast Asia called the Rhus succedanea.
Along with costly raw materials, these pieces require months of applying several layers of paint and sanding them back.
Following is a transcript of the video.
Narrator: Sơn mà i is a traditional Vietnamese form of lacquer painting created using a toxic lacquer harvested from one region of the country. It requires months of application and sanding back layers of paint to build up the image. Last year, a sơn mà i painting sold at auction for $972,000. So, what makes these paintings so special? And why are they so expensive?