What does the peach emoji mean?

It can mean the fruit or the state of Georgia, which is known for peaches. Online it is also a common joke about someone's bottom, so the meaning depends on the chat.

What is the newest food emoji?

The pickle 🫝, added in Emoji 18.0 in 2026. Many phones can't show it yet. The timeline above shows which new foods your device can draw.

Is there a coffee emoji?

Yes. ☕ is called "hot beverage" and is U+2615. It works for coffee, tea or cocoa. There is also a teacup 🍵 and a teapot 🫖.

How do I add emoji to a recipe or menu?

Paste your list into the grocery list maker above. It adds an emoji to each line, and you can copy the result into any app. You can also click single emoji in the picker and paste them.

Why does the 🫚 ginger emoji not show on my phone?

Ginger root came in Emoji 15.0 in 2022. Phones need a system update before they can draw new emoji. Until then, they show an empty box.

What does the 🧂 salt emoji mean?

Besides salt, it means "salty": bitter, upset or a sore loser. Someone might reply 🧂 when a friend is annoyed about losing a game.

Food Emoji: Copy Fruit, Drinks, Desserts

Breakfast, fast food, meat free, hot drinks and alcohol are our own groups, made to help with menus. Check the real recipe before you label a dish as meat free.

A grocery list on paper with a small food drawing on each line

Last checked October 30, 2026 by the TextEditor.com team

Turn a grocery list or menu into emoji

Type or paste a list with one item per line. Each line gets a matching food emoji. Lines with no match get a simple dot, so your list stays neat.

Grocery list emoji maker Your list

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🥚 eggs 🥛 milk 🍞 bread 🍎 2 apples 🧀 cheese ☕ coffee • stamps

Matching uses the official emoji names and keywords, plus a short list of common grocery words. Your list stays in this browser.

Need boxes to tick off? The checklist style puts ☐ in front of each line. For more check marks and boxes, see the check marks and boxes.

What some food emoji mean in slang

A few food emoji have a second meaning online.

Peach and eggplantOnline they often carry a second, joking meaning. Think twice before you send them to your boss or your grandma.
Hot pepperSpicy food, or something "spicy": bold, exciting or a little daring.
SaltSomeone is "salty", which means bitter or upset about something small.
Tea"Spill the tea" means share the gossip. People post tea when the gossip is good.
Popcorn"I'm watching this drama unfold." People post it when an argument starts in the comments.
CheeseSomething cheesy: corny, too sweet, or a little silly. Also "say cheese" for a photo.

When foods were added

The first food emoji came to Unicode in 2010, from the emoji sets on Japanese phones. That is why the early list has so many Japanese dishes, like oden 🍢 and dango 🍡. Tacos, burritos and hot dogs followed in 2015. The newest is the pickle 🫝, added in Emoji 18.0 in 2026.

New food and drink emoji by year

2010
Unicode 6.0, 58 new
Show 44 more
2014
Unicode 7.0, 2 new
2015
Emoji 1.0, 10 new
2016
Emoji 3.0, 18 new
Show 4 more
2017
Emoji 5.0, 13 new
2018
Emoji 11.0, 6 new
2019
Emoji 12.0, 8 new
2020
Emoji 13.0, 8 new
2021
Emoji 14.0, 3 new
2022
Emoji 15.0, 2 new
2023
Emoji 15.1, 2 new
2024
Emoji 16.0, 1 new
2026
Emoji 18.0, 1 new

Click any food to copy it. A dashed box means your device cannot draw that emoji yet. It still copies, but people on older phones may see an empty box.

Food emoji from around the world

These emoji are tied by name or history to one country or region.

Emoji	Comes from	Added
sushi	Japan	2010
rice ball	Japan	2010
oden	Japan	2010
dango	Japan	2010
curry rice	Japan	2010
moon cake	China	2018
fortune cookie	United States (Chinese American)	2017
fondue	Switzerland	2020
croissant	France	2016
baguette bread	France	2016
pretzel	Germany	2017
spaghetti	Italy	2010
pizza	Italy	2010
taco	Mexico	2015
burrito	Mexico	2015
tamale	Mexico and Central America	2020
falafel	Middle East	2019
mate	South America	2019

The fortune cookie 🥠 is served in Chinese restaurants, but it is not Chinese. It most likely comes from Japanese bakers in California in the early 1900s, and it is rare in China today.

Planning a party? Cakes and balloons pair well with the party and birthday emoji. Fruit trees and herbs are on the plant emoji page, and every other emoji is in the emoji picker.