People are going crazy over quiz that measures your food triggers: Here's where you can find it

An ancient adage states, 'You are what you eat.' In a very 2023 rendition of the same idea, a viral food quiz claims to tell people more about themselves based on their relationship to food and their food triggers.

After years of the Internet having supplied viral material on things such as unusual recipes, money saving menu hacks and bizarre menu items, as reported by Salon, a 'food disgust test' created by IDRlabs is taking Twitter by storm, as people can't stop talking about all info that the test has been spewing.

The test is based on the theory that people’s disgust concerning food can be broken into eight distinct scales. The test can help in mapping out why different individuals have different food sensitivities, even though the test is limited in explaining the reasons for those disgust triggers.

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IDRlabs Food Disgust Test

As per the website of IDRlabs, the IDRlabs Food Disgust Sensitivity Test (IDR-FDST) is based on the work of Dr. Christina Hartmann, Ph.D. and Dr. Michael Siegrist, Ph.D., who created the Food Disgust Scale (FDS).

The test includes food disgust triggers such as Animal Flesh sensitivity that denotes the tendency to be disgusted at raw meat or less commonly eaten parts of animals, and Hygiene sensitivity where sanitary conditions related to one’s food intake impact one's disgust triggers.

As per the test description on the website,

Of all the food disgust triggers, Animal Flesh is thought to have the most cultural basis, and many vegans and vegetarians report increased disgust on this parameter after adopting these diets.

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Reactions to the food disgust quiz

As reported by Salon, the food disgust quiz has gone viral on Twitter. The quiz is freely available at the IDRlabs website, and includes 32 food-related statements, which participants have to rate on a scale of agree to disagree. In the end, participants gets a food disgust percentage.

People on Twitter have been sharing not just their food disgust percentages but also their thoughts on the questions posed by the test. While the test has confirmed for some people that they are picky eaters, others have been amused at finding out that they would apparently eat most foods as demonstrated by their strikingly low food disgust scores.

You too can find out your food disgust score here.

Sources used:

IDR Labs: 'Food Disgust Test'

Salon: 'How a viral "food disgust test" took over Twitter — and revealed a lot about its participants'