Two tags, two different signals
Pork and alcohol are not the same kind of data. The pork tag marks an ingredient in a dish; the alcohol tag marks a drink that contains alcohol. Together they answer a practical question: how much of this menu do I need to check before I order? The index holds 76 pork-tagged items across 55 destinations and 10 alcohol-tagged items across 9.
Where pork appears
Vietnam leads with 4 pork-tagged dishes. China (3), Japan (3), Philippines (3) and Slovakia (3) follow. The list is concentrated in East and Southeast Asia, Central Europe and the Philippines, which matches the way the indexed menus are built rather than a claim about every kitchen in those countries.
Where alcohol appears
Alcohol is rare in this catalogue: 10 drinks across 9 destinations. Belgium has two, and the rest have one each. That is partly a data-design choice: the index focuses on everyday drinks, and in many destinations the everyday drink is tea, coffee, juice or water. It also means a zero does not prove a dry country; it means no alcohol-tagged drink is indexed there.
The map: pork across 120 destinations
- Albania0
- Algeria0
- Andorra1
- Argentina1
- Armenia1
- Australia0
- Austria0
- Azerbaijan0
- Bahamas0
- Bahrain0
- Bangladesh0
- Barbados1
- Belarus2
- Belgium0
- Bhutan1
- Bolivia1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina0
- Botswana0
- Brazil1
- Brunei0
- Bulgaria0
- Cambodia2
- Canada1
- Chile1
- China3
- Colombia1
- Costa Rica1
- Croatia0
- Cuba1
- Cyprus1
- Czechia1
- Denmark2
- Dominican Republic1
- Ecuador1
- Egypt0
- Estonia2
- Ethiopia0
- Fiji0
- Finland0
- France1
- Georgia1
- Germany1
- Ghana0
- Greece1
- Guatemala1
- Hungary1
- Iceland1
- India0
- Indonesia0
- Iran0
- Iraq0
- Ireland1
- Israel0
- Italy1
- Jamaica0
- Japan3
- Jordan0
- Kazakhstan0
- Kenya0
- Kuwait0
- Kyrgyzstan0
- Laos1
- Latvia1
- Lebanon0
- Lithuania1
- Madagascar1
- Malaysia0
- Maldives0
- Malta0
- Mauritius1
- Mexico2
- Mongolia0
- Morocco0
- Myanmar1
- Nepal0
- Netherlands1
- New Zealand0
- Nigeria0
- North Macedonia1
- Norway0
- Oman0
- Pakistan0
- Panama0
- Paraguay0
- Peru0
- Philippines3
- Poland1
- Portugal1
- Qatar0
- Romania0
- Russia0
- Rwanda0
- Saudi Arabia0
- Senegal0
- Serbia0
- Seychelles0
- Singapore0
- Slovakia3
- Slovenia3
- South Africa0
- South Korea1
- Spain1
- Sri Lanka0
- Sweden1
- Switzerland0
- Taiwan2
- Tanzania0
- Thailand0
- Tunisia0
- Türkiye0
- Uganda0
- Ukraine1
- United Arab Emirates0
- United Kingdom1
- United States1
- Uruguay2
- Uzbekistan0
- Venezuela2
- Vietnam4
- Zambia0
Darker tiles carry more pork-tagged items. Every tile links to that destination's food guide.
The destinations that carry both
4 destinations have at least one pork-tagged item and at least one alcohol-tagged drink. 60 have neither. The table below shows the overlap, so you can see where a menu needs the most checking.
| Destination | Pork items | Alcohol items | Food guide | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 4 | 0 | Vietnam food guide | ||
| China | 3 | 0 | China food guide | ||
| Japan | 3 | 0 | Japan food guide | ||
| Philippines | 3 | 0 | Philippines food guide | ||
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | Slovakia food guide | ||
| Slovenia | 3 | 0 | Slovenia food guide | ||
| Belarus | 2 | 0 | Belarus food guide | ||
| Belgium | 0 | 2 | Belgium food guide | ||
| Cambodia | 2 | 0 | Cambodia food guide | ||
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | Denmark food guide | ||
| Ecuador | 1 | 1 | Ecuador food guide | ||
| Estonia | 2 | 0 | Estonia food guide | ||
| France | 1 | 1 | France food guide | ||
| Hungary | 1 | 1 | Hungary food guide | ||
| Mexico | 2 | 0 | Mexico food guide | ||
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | Portugal food guide | ||
| Taiwan | 2 | 0 | Taiwan food guide | ||
| Uruguay | 2 | 0 | Uruguay food guide | ||
| Venezuela | 2 | 0 | Venezuela food guide | ||
| Andorra | 1 | 0 | Andorra food guide | ||
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | Argentina food guide | ||
| Armenia | 1 | 0 | Armenia food guide | ||
| Barbados | 1 | 0 | Barbados food guide | ||
| Bhutan | 1 | 0 | Bhutan food guide |
How to use the two tags
If you avoid pork, start with the pork table and then check the dish description for lard, stock and cured meat, which can appear without the word pork in the name. If you avoid alcohol, the alcohol list is short enough to read in full, but remember that desserts, sauces and preserved fruit can carry alcohol without being tagged. For halal planning, the halal food guide combines both checks with a third one: meat source.
A destination with no pork or alcohol tag may still serve both. The tags describe what is indexed, not what is available. Ask the venue when the answer matters.
Where to start
Open the guides with the most tagged items: Vietnam food guide, China food guide, Japan food guide, Philippines food guide and Slovakia food guide. For the opposite view, the vegetarian food map and the halal food index show where the menu is easiest to navigate without pork or alcohol.
Pork and alcohol: common questions
How many pork dishes are indexed?
76 items across 55 destinations. Vietnam has the most with 4.
How many drinks contain alcohol?
10 drinks across 9 destinations. Belgium has two; the other destinations have one each.
Does a missing tag mean the country is dry or pork-free?
No. The tag describes what is indexed, not what is for sale. Many destinations simply have no alcohol- or pork-tagged entry in this catalogue.
Where can I see the opposite list?
The <a href="/stats/vegetarian-food-map/">vegetarian food map</a> and the <a href="/stats/halal-food-index/">halal food index</a> show the destinations where the indexed menu is easiest to navigate without pork or alcohol.
TasteBridge (2026). Pork and Alcohol Map: What Changes at the Table in 120 Destinations | TasteBridge. https://biteyeah.com/stats/pork-and-alcohol-map/
All figures are computed from the same 1,353-item index. Download the full dataset as CSV for your own sort, chart or fact-check. Prices are planning bands in US dollars, not live menu prices.