What is the most divisive food?

Half the table refuses each of these and the other half orders more. Somebody is wrong, and it is probably a matter of receptors.

1. 1
   Durian

   Custard-textured fruit banned from many hotels and trains for its smell alone.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Pineapple on pizza

   A 2023 YouGov survey found 59% of Americans like or love it and 37% dislike or hate it, which is why the argument never ends.
   961pts
3. 3
   Beetroot

   Earthy to the point that critics say it tastes of the ground it grew in.
   944pts
4. 4
   Brussels sprouts

   Ruined for a generation by boiling, then rehabilitated by roasting and bacon.
   881pts
5. 5
   Cilantro

   Tastes of soap to a minority with a particular olfactory receptor variant, and of summer to everyone else.
   810pts
6. 6
   Nattō

   Fermented soybeans strung together with threads, a Japanese breakfast that even Japan argues about.
   629pts
7. 7
   Tofu

   Blamed for having no flavour by people who did not season it.
   629pts
8. 8
   Blue cheese

   Mould-veined and ammoniac, the cheese board item that splits a table in half.
   533pts
9. 9
   Mayonnaise

   Loved by the jar and loathed by the spoonful, with very little middle ground.
   533pts
10. 10
    Candy corn

    An American autumn fixture defended by almost nobody and bought by millions.
    420pts
11. 11
    Anchovies

    The least popular pizza topping in America, named as the worst by 29% in one national survey.
    420pts
12. 12
    Olives

    Bitter, salty and the standard example of a food people grow into or never do.
    286pts
13. 13
    Fruitcake

    The Christmas loaf so widely rejected that regifting it became a running joke.
    286pts
14. 14
    Oysters

    Raw, cold and alive until the last moment — texture does most of the dividing here.
    286pts
15. 15
    Black licorice

    Anise-heavy sweet that people either buy by the bag or refuse on sight.
    0pts

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