Croc Odor countdown reveals top smelliest foods

Croc odor, a leading kitchen care expert, has unveiled the results of a new survey, designed to sniff out the nation’s smelliest foods.

The company asked a selection of high-street shoppers to name what they considered to be the worst smelling food kept in their fridges. The top five worst offenders were found to be:

Cheese
Oily fish
Halved onion
Salami
Left-over curry

“It seems there are plenty of fridges suffering at the hands of smelly food, with over 50 per cent of the votes for cheese alone,” commented Ian Tottman at Croc odor.

“The fact that cheese gained the highest number of votes is not a surprise. There are several varieties that some people seem to turn their noses up at initially, including Stinking Bishop, which is made in Gloucestershire and was recently named as Britain’s official smelliest cheese.

“It’s certainly interesting to see that the majority of people have chosen everyday groceries as their smelliest items, even though there are a variety of more obscure foods that are renowned for their pungent odours.”

In order to establish a more global top five, Croc odor set up its own panel and put their noses to work on some of the world’s most infamously smelly produce! Their findings were:

Durian Fruit (A south-east Asian fruit with a thorn covered skin and edible flesh)

Century Egg (Chinese delicacy, also known as 100-year egg)

Stinky Tofu (A common midnight snack in Asia, made from fermented Tofu)

Limburger Cheese (Popular in Germany and Belgium and fermented in Brevibacterium linens)

Head Cheese (meat from the head of a calf or pig, mixed with aspic, onion and spices)

“Discovering these items was certainly an experience,” added Ian. “We decided that the Durian Fruit, which smelled like a cross-between rotten onions and sweaty socks, well deserved its place in the top spot!”

Do you agree or disagree with the Croc odor survey? You can vote for your top smelliest food via Twitter by following twitter.com/crocodor.