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97 Pics Of Unhinged Foods That People Were Planning To Eat

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Food, glorious food... Instagram is filled with beautiful photos of #foodporn that might make even the most pickiest of mouths water. It’s been scientifically proven that the mere sight of a delicious meal can stimulate someone’s appetite. One study found that our bodies secrete more of a certain hormone that makes us hungry when we view appealing images of food.

Unfortunately, the opposite holds true as well. One photo of a really gross dish can make even the hungriest person lose their appetite faster than grease through a goose. From raw chicken burgers, to mouldy takeaways, slimy green spaghetti and plain "wtf is that?", people have been sharing pics of the meals that left them traumatized.

Bored Panda has compiled a list of the most epic food fails ever posted on the internet, for you to erm, feast your eyes on. Put down whatever it was you were about to eat. And keep scrolling. Don't forget to upvote the ones that make you gag, and feel free to share your own traumatic meal experiences in the comments.

#1 I Noticed A Piece Of Broccoli On My Plate That I Thought Looked Like An Opossum Face So I Used It To Make A Little Food Opossum

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#2 I Was Making Thai Basil Chicken Then I Turned Around For A Minute And My Brother Put Blue Food Dye In It. He’s 19

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#3 Apparently Using A Syringe To Inject The Filling Of A Jelly Bun Doesn't Work That Well

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It is said that we eat first with our eyes. Basically, just looking at a dish - or even a photo of food - can draw us to a conclusion about how it could taste. According to experts, there are four components that make a meal look appealing. Color, shape, size and texture all form cues to whether the meal might melt in our mouth or only go down in between a good couple of gags.

#4 The Chicken Sandwich I Got From Mr Beast Burger Today

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#5 I’m Fairly Certain I’ll Never Be Invited To A Potluck Again

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#6 Sliced Homemade Sourdough Bread Topped With Creamy Light Brie Cheese. Preheat Oven To 350 And Bake For 11 Hours. Enjoy

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Some would even argue that food is art. So it makes sense that color plays an important role in food presentation. “While bright, vibrant colors can add energy, complementary colors create a contrast that adds visual layers to the meal, and too many dull colors may seem unappealing,” notes the American Dining Creations site. It adds that a meal may smell and taste delicious, but "when the plate is a cluttered mess of confusing colors, it might take away from the smell and taste."

#7 Ordered Carbonara From A '5 Star Uber Restaurant'

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#8 GF Says That My Standard Combo Of Noodles And Sardines Looks Like Something Straight Out Of Silent Hill

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#9 We Made Roast Chicken With Lime Stuffing

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Personal chef, cooking instructor and caterer Joni Sare believes that color is the most important factor when it comes to good looking meals. But says they actually tell us more than we might realize. “Different colors inherently provide different nutrition,” explains Sare. “The color in food is created by phytochemicals and other compounds which our bodies use as nutrients.”

According to Harvard Medical School, each color provides its own health benefits and no one color is superior to another. "Reaching a total of 4-1/2 cups of colorful fruits and vegetable a day is the goal for a powerful plate," notes the site.

#10 Our Airbnb Had A Brick Oven. We Tried Making Pizza

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#11 I’ve Been Spending A Little Extra Time On Dinner Lately

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#12 My Wife Made Muffins

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Tasting with our eyes first isn’t necessarily always a good thing. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization says that approximately one-third of food produced is lost or wasted every year, mainly because it looks bad. This, while more than 820 million people go hungry every day. The FAO estimates that the food that is lost and wasted could feed 1.26 billion hungry people every year.

#13 Proof My Little Caesars Is Run By Stoners

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#14 Chinese Takeout

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#15 Ordered Ceased Salad For $15 From One Of The Local Restaurants

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The FOA says a lot of food ends up in the bin because people are bias when it comes to the way produce looks. The State of Food and Agriculture 2019 report notes that this trend is more prevalent in first-world countries.

"A factor that contributes to food waste at retail level, especially in high-income countries, is the tendency to sell homogenous and 'perfect' produce (in terms of colour, shape, size, etc.)," reads the report.

"Food that fails to meet these high standards is discarded. While processing less than perfect products into ready-made foods may be a way of using discarded fresh foods, these foods spoil easily and are often discarded at the end of the day or sold at a lower price, reflecting qualitative waste."