As much as we might rave about the importance of taste, the fact of the matter is that we’re also very visual creatures—the better a meal or a food product looks, the more likely we are to try it. On the flip side, if something looks unappetizing like it was cooked in an iron pot in the ninth circle of hell by a gastronomic demon, we’re likely to say, “Are you friggin’ kiddin’ me? Do I look like a troll with no standards?”
Oh, and believe me, there’s plenty of horrendous-looking food out there. You’ll find it in restaurants, hospitals, and even supermarkets. You know, places that really ought to know better! And the best part is that there’s a whole Instagram account that’s dedicated exclusively to the bad, the ugly, and the most disgusting food items.
We’ve collected some of the best of the worst food photos for you to enjoy from the IG blog, so go on and upvote the ones that you’d never ever want to see on your table or in your fridge.
#1 $15 "Grilled" Veggie Sub
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#2 This Pizza At My University
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#3 "Exotic Salad"
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The Instagram page that celebrates the ugly beauty of bad food has over 15.7k followers and we see that number increasing in the future. After all, in a perfectly curated Instagram feed that’s full of beauty and aesthetics, ugliness stands out even better.
One of the draws of the account is that it’s very candid and open with its content. It doesn’t try to sugarcoat anything. You can even see that in the account’s name—the humor is so blunt, we can’t even write the full name because the social media censors would bleep everything. Alas!
#4 Kiwi Pizza From A Danish Pizzeria, An Unholy Abomination
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#5 Ordered Cheese Fries
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#6 Chinese Place Surprised Me With This Nice Dessert
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Keep in mind that first impressions mean everything in the world of food. The look, the smell, the first bite—it all comes together to either make or (in this case) break the meal. And though trends might change (just have a look at some of these vintage foods), there’s a general gut feeling that we have about whether or not something is a timeless classic or complete slop.
During an earlier interview with Professor Nathalie Cooke from McGill University, I learned that even if meals might look very peculiar decade to decade (and completely weird from where we’re currently standing in 2021), we should still be familiar with most of the flavor profiles.
“The taste combinations—savory and sweet (tuna waffles, ham and bananas) or sweet and sour (mayo with lime) are surely very familiar,” Professor Cooke told Bored Panda.
#7 Chicken Sandwich A Friend Of Mine Ordered
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#8 I Actually Paid For This “Avocado Toast” At A Cafe By My Apartment
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#9 Chocolate Orange + Lettuce Baguette (No Butter)
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According to Professor Cooke, some meal trends were driven by “corporate marketing departments” and this led to some truly weird combinations like main course dishes having marshmallows in them.
As for the future, the professor had some ideas about what it might hold for the world of gastronomy: “Perhaps that we try to ‘eat’ food without any taste at all—in the form of vitamin pills? Or drink it—in the form of smoothies? That we replicate the animal kingdom and encourage children to consume it—as gummy bears, cracker fishes, dinosaur eggs in oatmeal? That we continue to be mystified by the miracle of bread and milk?”
One thing’s for sure, though—as long as we have amazing-looking meals, we’ll have unappetizing ones, too, lurking in the shadows.
#10 Mac And Cheese Stuffed Hot Cheeto Smothered In Queso
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#11 A Chicken Sandwich
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#12 Co-Worker Ordered This Monstrosity For Our Pizza Lunch
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#13 Sushi Roll Wrapped In American Cheese
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#14 This Was $20
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#15 Y'all Like Plain Sushi?
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#16 Rolled Ice Cream With Chocolate Fudge Topping
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#17 Chocolate Gnocchi From Trader Joe’s. Thought The Whipped Cream Would Help But Now It Just Looks Like A Poop Sundae
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#18 Aight Imma Head Out
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#19 This Baked Potato I Got At Work
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#20 This Burger I Paid $10 For At A Football Game
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#21 Ordered Ceased Salad For $15 From One Of The Local Restaurants
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#22 I’m Sorry
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#23 Imagine Being Killed, Ground Up And Then Being Shaped Into Your Original Body. Beautiful
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#24 Found This At My Local Pharmacy
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#25 I Ordered A Banana And Water And They Put The Banana In The Water!
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#26 Another One From The Hospital
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#27 Banana Water
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#28 Five Guys Grilled Cheese. It’s About 5 Slices Of American Cheese With Hamburger Bun Bread. $6
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#29 Coffee From The Coffee Machine At My Uni
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#30 Charcuterie Tonight
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#31 Okay
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#32 I Want To Thank Taco Bell For Saving The Best Part Of The Tomatoes For My Taco Specifically
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#33 Ordered Carbonara From A '5 Star Uber Restaurant'. Guess How Much $?
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#34 "Deconstructed Caesar Salad"
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#35 Taco Bell + McDonald's
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#36 Apparently These Are Pistachio Pancakes
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#37 Why? Just Why?
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#38 2 Michelin Star Restaurant Had This On Their Page.how Does This Look?
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#39 Ordered Ramen. Got This... What Would You Do?
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#40 Subway Pizza In Brazil
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#41 Of Course That's Rice Crispy
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#42 Why
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#43 They Forgot To Take The Plastic Off The Cheese Slice
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#44 $0.99 Burrito, Shredded Cheese, Sour Cream, Sriracha And Flaming Hot Cheetos
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#45 Anyone Want A Milk Popsicle?
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#46 Can Of Beef Stock - Can't Wait To Mistake This For Beer
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#47 She Got Her Favorite At Popeyes. Deep Fried Wrapper!
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#48 I Love When Fast Food Chicken Has A Nice, Seared Crust And A Juicy, Rare Center
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#49 Nice
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#50 Potato Salad
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#51 (Very) Poisonous Fugu Fish, Now Free With Your Dried Anchovies!
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#52 This Pizza Margherita From Tgi Fridays Makes Me Want To End My Life. Would You Do The Karen?
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#53 Gotta Love The Beans
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#54 40oz Tomahawk Steak With Melted American Cheese
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#55 Lunchables Chicago Deep Dish
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#56 Who Wouldn't Wanna Drink This?
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#57 Restaurant Serves This $5.99 Macaroni And Cheese
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#58 Why
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#59 Sesame With Chicken
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