The Compendium of Caraka 1.25.38

1.25.38

tadyathā lohitaśālayaḥ śūkadhānyānāṃ pathyatamatve śreṣṭhatamā bhavanti mudgāḥ śamīdhānyānām āntarikṣamudakānāṃ saindhavaṃ lavaṇānāṃ jīvantīśākaṃ śākānām aiṇeyaṃ mṛgamāṃsānāṃ lāvaḥ pakṣiṇāṃ godhā bileśayānāṃ rohito matsyānāṃ gavyaṃ sarpiḥ arpiṣāṃ gokṣīraṃ kṣīrāṇāṃ tilatailaṃ sthāvarajātānāṃ snehānāṃ varāhavasā ānūpamṛgavasānāṃ culukīvasā matsyavasānāṃ pākahaṃsavasā jalacaravihaṅgavasānāṃ kukkuṭavasā viṣkiraśakunivasānāṃ ajamedaḥ śākhādamedasāṃ śṛṅgaveraṃ kandānāṃ mṛdvīkā phalānāṃ śarkarekṣuvikārāṇām, iti prakṛtyaiva hitatamānāmāhāravikārāṃ prādhānyato dravyāṇi vyākhyātāni bhavanti //

Namely: red rice is the most excellent among awned grains in being most wholesome; mung beans among pod grains; celestial [rain] water among waters; rock salt among salts; jīvantī greens among leafy vegetables; blackbuck meat among wild animal meats; quail among birds; monitor lizard among burrow-dwelling animals; rohita among fish; cow ghee among ghees; cow milk among milks; sesame oil among vegetable unctuous substances; boar fat among the fats of marshland animals; dolphin fat among the fats of fish; pākahaṃsa fat among the fats of aquatic birds; rooster fat among the fats of scatter-feeding birds; goat marrow among the marrows of branch-dwelling animals; fresh ginger among rhizomes; grapes among fruits; sugar among products of sugar cane. In this manner, the substances among the modifications of food that are by nature most wholesome have been explained in order of pre-eminence.