163 of 2026
(un)popular food opinions!
Here are possibly unpopular food opinions collected from random people; bold what you agree with.
Cheddar is an overrated cheese. Oreos are overrated. Bananas taste boring. Sucralose makes coffee taste like battery acid. Peanut butter is shit. Cold eggs are the worst thing ever. Most teas don’t taste good without milk. Spiced roasted veggies are actually good. A tomato is not a vegetable. (a fruit actually, but it goes well with savoury or spicy things) Tomato sauce/paste is gross. Topping off your mashed potato with an extra knob of butter is excessive and unnecessary. Burgers are overrated. Salad dressing is gross. Bananas are not good; too sweet and weird texture. Pasta is overrated and tastes like nothing. Only the sauce adds flavour. Tacos > pizza. (never tried tacos) Pineapple belongs on pizza! People who worry about where the meat in cheap sausages comes from are missing the point; sausage’s a way of preventing food waste. Sweet potatoes aren’t good, a potato shouldn’t be sweet and it’s completely overrated. Sugar isn’t that bad for you (in moderation, and avoiding sugar sweetened beverages) Coke is horrible and tastes like sewage water. Monster is really not good at all. Oatcakes (the Scottish style ones) are the best crackers and should be available everywhere. Food is best dry (without sauce). Oatmeal/porridge made with water tastes disgusting. Fries are good w/ maple syrup. White monster is way too sweet.
Cheese is overrated. Pasta isn’t actually that good. Standard pizza tastes like greesy cardboard. Courgette (zucchini) is one of the best veggies. (not bad, but not the best either) Grapes are absolutely disgusting. All of them. Same with anything grape flavored. Turkish delight chocolate is actually really, really good. (Turkish delight is a kind of jelly, how on earth did you come with chocolate in that??) Cereal is best made with hot water. Nuts are a safe food, at least they become one when you realise that nearly every study correlates them with either weight loss or maintenance. (as a person with nut allergy, I couldn’t care less) BBQ sauce is trash. Vegan yoghurt tastes disgusting. Mustard is disgusting. Pineapple is better grilled than fresh. Rice cakes aren’t bad; they’re pretty good! Corn thins are better than rice cakes. Pecan pie is the best pie. Brined black olives are delicious. Beer doesn’t actually taste good at all. Neither does wine. I love konjac noodles. Unsalted rice cakes are actually good as long as they aren’t stale. Couscous is basically just the fluff that collects in your vacuum cleaner. (XD)
Popcorn is mega overrated. Fried sushi should not be allowed. People rave about salted caramel but it is at best 1% better than just caramel, and is massively overrated. Black forest is a seriously underrated chocolate and cake flavour. People who can’t handle spicy food are weaklings. Tuna tastes so bad. Almost all fruit is gross. Ice cream is overrated. Tabasco is not a good hot sauce. Astronaut ice cream is actually amazing. (WTF is an astronaut ice cream??) Thin crust pizza is the best crust. Ketchup is actually really good! It’s better to dip fries in ranch than in ketchup. (Americans have strange ways to ruin our national dish ha) Sugar in coffee/tea or any other drink is terrifying. Dark chocolate is delicious. Asking “but how can you not like [insert food]!??” is a stupid question. Not everyone likes the same things. Eating meat doesn’t automatically make you a bad person. Eating the fruit is better drinking the juice. Hard/slightly unripe fruit is nicer than soft fruit. There IS such a thing as too much garlic. Grits are disgusting. All seafood is bad. Coffee is an overrated beverage. Tinned soup is just as good as homemade. Drizzling syrup on pancakes is overrated- dipping is so much better. Onions taste better when cooked in oil. All colours of bell-peppers are delicious. Just because a food is vegan does not mean it is automatically healthier than other foods. Tomatoes? Great! Soup? Great! But tomato soup? Absolutely tf not. Soymilk is just as good as real milk for putting in tea or washing down biscuits and cakes, in fact for some things it’s better. Veggies > fruits. Vegetable pizza is the best pizza.
Schools should teach basic food growing and preparing skills. Sometimes flowers taste really good. Black licorice is good. Eggs are way better tasting with the yolks and worth the calories. Bananas are far better eaten when the skin is still tinged green, rather than fully ripe. Chocolate should be nuttier. Like, peanut slabs should be the gold standard of how many nuts you put in chocolate. (do you even realise some people have nut allergies?) Apples are not filling. Short pasta like farfalle, penne and fusilli > spaghetti. Soggy fries are just as good as crispy fries. Broccoli is better than cauliflower. Red currants are tastier than black currants. White chocolate is best chocolate and others are trash. Nutella is overrated and overpriced. Mc Donalds fries aren’t good they’re soggy instead of crispy! Drenching your food in condiments is gross and takes away from all other flavours. Chikki is better than western style peanut brittle. Cilantro is meh. More things should be smoke flavoured. Especially chips. Kentucky fried chicken is kind of overrated. Caviar is overrated and there are far better delicacies. All pork products are icky. Mayonnaise is terrible. Square sausages are an abomination. (what? never seen these) Coffee is actually better black. The best ice cream flavours are mint chocolate chip or rum and raisin. Oranges don’t taste good. Bacon is overrated.
Gummy candies suck, they get stuck in your teeth and they taste dusty and the flavours are always disappointing and weird. Energy drinks are overrated. Orangina is the most vile drink on the planet. All sandwiches should be toasted. Icing ruins baked goods. Walnuts aren’t as good as other nuts. Hersheys is some of the worst chocolate. White queso is vile, yellow is clearly superior. Marmalade is the best type of fruit preserve. Pistachio is the best nut. Bread that has been frozen tastes like shit. It ruins the texture. Milkshakes are gross. Soft/semi melted chocolate is not good. Thai curry isn’t that good. Hob nobs are better than digestives, and chocolate hob nobs are better than chocolate digestives. Veggie bacon is better than real bacon.
McDonalds is not all that tasty at all. Zoodles will never be a good replacement for pasta. Soft bread is nicer than crusty bread. Peas do not belong in fried rice. Diet drinks don’t actually taste anything like their full sugar counterpart. Coke and pepsi are overrated. Biscuits (cookies) and tea is an underrated combination. Lipton tea is undrinkable. Oatmeal raisin cookie is better than choc chip. Meat pies are generally terrible. Chocolate ice cream isn’t that good. Tomato sauce is bland and boring. Strawberry flavoured foods are better than strawberries from the grocery. Glazed donuts are better than filled donuts. Bananas go great with hummus. American cheese is actually just fine. Sweet potato fries are far superior to regular fries. Waffles or pancakes ALWAYS need to have a topping. Scrambled eggs are better without additions like onions/cheese. (I've never heard of cheese on scrambled eggs wtf) Ramen tastes better when you just dip the block of noodles in the broth. Nestle chocolate isn’t that good. Coconut is an amazing snack to monch on. Mozzarella is overrated and tastes like nothing. Raw oysters is the best way to start any dinner. Spinach is better than lettuce. Fries are overrated and gross. Liquorice is disgusting. Raspberries are the worst popular berry. Black and rose pepper taste better than white pepper. Fruit based pies are all disgusting. Dried fruit is disgusting, especially raisins and apricots. Banana chips are better than real bananas. Salt n vinegar chips are amazing. Pumpkin pie is the best pie. Eating a thick slice of cheese by itself is absolutely disgusting. Spicy food is overrated.
Pickles suck. Pop tarts taste like cardboard. Chocolate flavoured foods never taste good. Muffins are better than cupcakes. The leafy part of celery stems is actually kind of yummy BECAUSE it’s bitter. Italian food is overrated. (but still great) These “fancy” doughnuts with a bajaillion toppings and flavours in one are actually kinda gross. Like, they’re always drowned in icing and glace. Sour cream is nasty. White sauce pasta dishes are nasty. There is no such thing as “too spicy”. Banana milk is amazing. Coconut is awful. Pickled beets are amazing. Green tea is overhyped. Pizza is better than pasta. Mayo > ranch. Fruits (eg cranberry/oranges/apples) don’t belong in salads. Salads are overrated with or without fruit. Hot cocoa doesn’t need to be sweetened. Bell peppers are disgusting. Milk chocolate is gross. Original greek yoghurt is disgusting. Sushi rice is the best rice. Meat or fish does absolutely not belong in salads. Plant based ice cream is so much better than “regular” ice cream. Ketchup goes well with rice.
Kimchi is only good if super spicy. Adding an egg to packaged ramen makes it 10x better. Sweet foods are not a meal. Oysters are not about the taste because they barely have any; they’re all about showing off and being fancy schmancy. The crumbs at the bottom of cereal bags are actually good. Fries/ chips are great with tartar sauce. Cheesecake has a weird and unpleasant texture. Japanese peanut cream is actually good. Natto and konnyaku don’t actually smell bad. Tangerines/clementines taste better than oranges. Mars bars are kinda boring. Fries are better with melted cheese. Eggplant is disgusting. Celery is gross (both cooked and raw). Tartar sauce is an underrated condiment. Chicken is great with honey sauce. Fish and chips is the best diner food. Fry sauce is better than ketchup. (if you mean Dutch frietsaus, then sure)
Sun dried tomatoes are an underrated pizza topping. Black olives > green olives. Cold tea is bad. Oyster sauce > soy sauce. Alcohol doesn’t belong in cooking/baking! Salty + sweet is a good combo. Blueberries are only good in muffins. Mint and chocolate combo is hella overrated. Unsweetened yoghurt is pretty shit. Spearmint is an awful, awful thing. Salsa is nasty. Most sponge cakes are too dry that they don’t have any flavour and they’re hard to eat because they crumble. Peas mixed with oatmeal are amazing. Chicken tenders/fingers/strips > chicken nuggets. Avocados are disgusting. M&Ms shouldn’t be an ice cream topping. Fish does not belong on pizza. Brownies > chocolate cake. Broth is much better than creamy soups. Oranges are the best food ever. Shirataki noodles can actually be pretty good, if you find out how to prepare them / which sort to buy. Chicken and waffles is better with gravy. (what??) McDonald’s are the worst fast food nugget. McFlurry is the best McDonald’s dessert. Canned green beans > fresh green beans. The best fruit to go with ice-cream is banana. Avocado sushi is the best sushi. Chicken does not belong on pizza. Asparagus is one of the absolute worst tasting and smelling vegetables. Goat cheese pizza is good. Tomato juice > fruit juices.
Vanilla pudding > chocolate pudding. Parsley is gross. Macarons look better than they taste. Lemon pastries are the worst fruit pastries. Some meat substitutes actually taste better than meat. Strawberries are good but strawberry flavoured things aren’t good. Starfruit isn’t as good as it looks or sounds. Passionfruit is overrated because there’s barely anything to eat. Artificial coconut flavors are delicious but actual coconuts taste awful. Orange cream soda>regular orange soda. Butter on bread is unnecessary. Mayo is the best salad dressing. Horseradish is an overrated flavour. Cooked cabbage is nauseating. Sushi > steak. Sugar is fine. Brown spotty bananas > unripe bananas. Strawberry milkshake is the best milkshake. Cold pasta is good but cold pizza is gross. Biting icecream or a popsicle is not the right way to eat them. Apples are overrated. Brussels sprouts are delicious. Tomato-based pasta dishes are better than the creamy, cheesy ones. Thick, chewy oatmeal > thin, creamy oatmeal. The smell of cooking cauliflower is not that bad. Eggs with ketchup is good. Rice is amazing even on its own.
Watermelon is disgusting. Cucumbers are not tasty at all. Pickled herring is god awful. Water actually has a taste and that taste is bland. Spaghetti pasta >>> shell pasta. Pumpkin tastes bad. 90% of apples are gross. Tea with milk > tea with sugar. Smooth/nutty/mellow cheese is better than “sharp” cheese and way better than stanky moldy cheese. Melons are nasty. Olives are too sour and salty and are really not good. Iced coffee is gross. Chocolate milk is the best liquid. Bolognese >>>> carbonara.










