Mouldy bread, bruised bananas and furry cheese among most feared foods

It's sad when food gives you the ick.

Food is great - we love it, we need it, we can't live without it.

But sometimes food can really put us off - especially if it looks and smells a bit off.

Or some of us just have the ick factor when it comes to certain foods.

Well, a list has now been compiled of some of the most disliked, or even feared, foods, based on 2,000 people.

And even looking at the list is giving us shivers...

Top of the list is mouldy bread - it's just a big no.

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Another one we totally back is bruised/brown bananas.

We just don't like discoloured food - if banana is supposed to be yellow, then please be yellow.

Nearly half of participants said they didn't like ‘soggy’ foods - with crisps, bread and sandwiches the most disliked.

More than a quarter admitted to feeling physically sick because of off-putting food and drink.

But almost half describe themselves as a fussy eater and a fifth are easily put off food.

Here's the top list of feared foods:

1. Mouldy bread
2. Rotten vegetables
3. Smelly meat
4. Lumpy milk
5. Gristly meat
6. Furry cheese
7. Bones in fish
8. Fatty meat
9. Green cheese
10. Fish with the head still attached
11. Bruised/brown bananas
12. Bruised/brown apples
13. Slimy carrot sticks
14. Soggy bread
15. Soft crisps

The research was commissioned by bakery brand, Baker Street in the UK, according to SWNS Digital.