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Food Disgust Test – Check Your Sensitivity

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Food Disgust Sensitivity Test

This assessment measures your sensitivity to potentially disgusting food-related situations. Based on scientific research from the Food Disgust Scale, this test evaluates your reactions across eight categories: animal flesh, poor hygiene, human contamination, mold, decaying fruit, fish, decaying vegetables, and living contaminants.

Time Required: Approximately 5-7 minutes

Number of Questions: 32 questions

Instructions: Rate each scenario on a scale from 1 (Not disgusting at all) to 5 (Extremely disgusting). Be honest about your immediate reactions.

1.You see raw meat with visible blood in a supermarket display.
2.You’re asked to touch chicken liver or other animal organs while cooking.
3.You see a whole fish with its eyes and head still intact.
4.You smell meat frying and the odor is very strong.
5.The kitchen counter looks dirty and hasn’t been cleaned properly.
6.You see flies in a restaurant kitchen or food preparation area.
7.A cutting board shows stains from previous use and looks unsanitary.
8.The dishes are still wet and not completely clean after washing.
9.Someone else takes a bite from your food before offering it to you.
10.You have to use a fork or spoon that someone else already used.
11.A stranger touches your food with their bare hands while serving.
12.You notice someone coughed near your plate of food.
13.You find blue or green mold growing on cheese in your fridge.
14.Bread has visible fuzzy white spots from mold growth.
15.Someone suggests cutting off the moldy part and eating the rest.
16.You see mold developing on leftover pasta in a container.
17.A banana is completely brown and mushy with dark spots everywhere.
18.Berries in a container are leaking juice and getting squishy.
19.An apple has a large brown soft spot and bruised area.
20.Grapes have started to shrivel and some are rotting in the bunch.
21.You smell the strong fishy odor from a seafood counter.
22.Fish has a slimy texture when you touch it while preparing.
23.Cooked fish still has scales and skin attached to it.
24.You need to remove bones from a fish fillet while eating.
25.Lettuce leaves are turning brown and wilted in the salad.
26.Tomatoes are getting soft and starting to leak liquid.
27.Broccoli has turned yellowish and has a strong smell.
28.Celery stalks are limp and slimy to the touch.
29.You see a small bug or insect crawling on fresh produce.
30.You find a worm or larva inside an apple or other fruit.
31.There are ants crawling near your food at a picnic.
32.You notice small bugs in a bag of flour or grain product.

Overall Food Disgust Sensitivity Score (out of 160)

Your Sensitivity Breakdown

References

Hartmann, C., & Siegrist, M. (2017). Development and validation of the Food Disgust Scale. Food Quality and Preference, 63, 38-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.07.013
Hartmann, C., & Siegrist, M. (2018). Development and validation of a short form of the Food Disgust Scale. Food Quality and Preference, 69, 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.02.014
Ammann, J., Hartmann, C., & Siegrist, M. (2019). Cross-cultural validation of the short version of the Food Disgust Scale. Food Quality and Preference, 78, 103745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.103745
Egolf, A., Siegrist, M., & Hartmann, C. (2021). Food Neophobia and Food Disgust: The Mediating Role of Perceived Infection Risk. Foods, 10(5), 934. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10050934
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