Food · #4 of 26
Pão de queijo (cheese bread)
Cassava starch, cheese and egg. Exported to bakeries around the world, which sell it as a gourmet novelty.
Jabuticaba Index®
94%
Plausibility range: 93–95%
Evidence grade. Computed from source types: from A (official and academic data) to D (editorial judgment). It does not change the index.
01What exactly is being measured
Minas Gerais-style cheese bread, made with cassava starch, cured cheese, eggs and milk.
02Context
03Where else it exists
- Local presence(Marginal → Widespread)
- Exported from Brazil(Marginal → Widespread)
- Brazil
- Absent (checked)
- No data
Equal Earth projection. Places with uncertain presence take the color of the highest possible level; the table shows the full range.
Place (5)
04How we got this number
- Presence abroad
Sum of each place's weight: widespread = 1, regional = 0.5, marginal = 0.1. Where it only exists as a Brazilian export, the weight is multiplied by 0.5.
- 0.75 (0.55–0.95)
- Exclusivity E
From 0 (exists everywhere) to 1 (only in Brazil), on a log scale.
- 0.88 (0.86–0.91)
- Intensity I
How much more common it is in Brazil than in the other places where it exists.
Eaten daily in Brazil; abroad, in specialty bakeries. [1]
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- Rarity coefficient R
R = E + 0.5 × (I ÷ 4) × (1 − E)
R = 0.88 + 0.5 × (4 ÷ 4) × (1 − 0.88) = 0.94
- 0.94
- Jabuticaba Index®
- 94% (93–95%)
Not part of the score
How aware Brazilians are that this is rare abroad.
Recognized as typically Brazilian. editorial judgment
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05Sources
- [1]
Censo Imaginário de Coisas Brasileiras 2025
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia Imaginária · 2025 · Statistical data · in Portuguese
example.org/fictional-census · accessed Sep 25, 2026
- [2]
A. Nonymous, P. Laceholder. A Global Survey of Allegedly Unique Things
University of Nowhere Press · Jun 2024 · Academic
example.org/fictional-survey · accessed Sep 25, 2026
Last reviewed Sep 25, 2026 · Methodology v0.2