Disgusting Food Museum

Museum · Malmo

Disgusting Food Museum

Museum · Malmo

Södra Förstadsgatan 2, 211 43 Malmö, Sweden

Highlights

Museum exhibits world's most disgusting foods, offers tastings

Södra Förstadsgatan 2, 211 43 Malmö, Sweden Get directions

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The Disgusting Food Museum Will Test Your Limits

"A visit begins with a barf bag, a bingo card and a challenge: a pungent odor (described as ammonia mixed with moldy cheese) and a chalkboard vomit counter—14 days since the last incident at the time of the visit—immediately test your senses. The bright, science‑lab–like, open‑plan interior presents about 80 of the world’s most notorious foods, displayed as real specimens or replicas in jars and glass cases with multilingual plaques and occasional smell jars; offerings range from chunky whipped animal fat, crispy fried crickets and milky carbonated soda to fermented shark and salty licorice. The curation probes why foods disgust, highlighting ingredient‑based revulsion (gomutra, Rocky Mountain oysters), preparation methods that unsettle (casu marzu with maggots, su callu sardu matured in a baby goat’s stomach), and ethical objections (foie gras, drowned baby mice elixirs, ikizukuri). Cultural context and familiarity are emphasized—items that horrify some may be delicacies to others—and visitors can test their limits at a tasting bar with rotating oddities (century eggs, durian, fermented shark, crunchy insects and even a waiver‑required super‑hot sauce). The overall experience blends gag‑inducing spectacle with informative anthropology, inviting guests to reconsider personal and cultural boundaries around what counts as food." - Tawny Clark

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A.N

Google

The Disgusting Food Museum in Malmö was such a fun and unique experience! I really enjoyed it—even though I almost puked when I smelled some of the foods 😂. It’s definitely not your typical museum, and trying insects and all sorts of crazy stuff for the first time was wild! Bonus: I met a fellow Filipino there, and the Filipino’s coworker who was assigned to us was definitely a cute dude. Definitely a must-visit if you’re up for something different and memorable.

Sian Elvin

Google

Totally mad but really interesting and I enjoyed this far more than I expected! I learnt a lot at the exhibition and the guide who took us through the food tasting was really enthusiastic and encouraged me to try things I wouldn't have otherwise. A 10/10 recommendation from me, a very fun experience!

Tim San

Google

Visited on Midsummer eve. Unique small museum that displays all the different foods that nations have concocted in the past. You get to taste some of them at the end, and a hot challenge at the end if you dare.

Mrs U

Google

What a fun time. Firstly you go through rows of different food exhibits with varying reasons for their disgust (some are fresh , some plastic, others tinned etc) and learn some facts about each one. Eventually you end up at the tasting bar. Staff energy 10/10, much respect for that as it takes intentional effort. Presentation was on point. I asked about it and would be great for the museum to use tiny paper cups for their liquid dispensing instead of the plastic pipettes (for the earths sake). Anyways , some disgusting tastes were experienced nothing too bad tbf. Many didn’t bother tasting anything from the chilli display and even though I don’t use or cook with chilli, had to give it a go for a chance at the wheel😅, had to 😬. Two hours later, my DFM cap and I , along with a tommy lined with bugs bits, cheese, chilli and all the weird stuff in between walked happily through the doors 💃🏽. I had a great time! Well done DFM team.

Emir Özçalışkan

Google

The most interesting museum experience ever had. Visiting took around 90 minutes that includes tasting. Guides are so good and friendly. Tasting were not disgusting as expected. If all tastes are completed (bingo) you can round the lucky wheel and have bonuses. I do not add all pictures to keep the museum interesting.

Tyler Johnson

Google

What an amazing experience (I think?)! Our family had such a good time here going down the line exploring disgusting food throughout human history. Both my wife and I tried everything they offered at the end and wow... Some of the foods were actually really good but the goat stomach cheese was easily the grossest thing I have ever eaten in my entire life. I felt like I was getting phantom smells of it later in the day even after brushing my teeth. All in all though, I highly recommend if you are adventurous!

N9 hab

Google

I visited two weeks ago but just remembered to leave a review — it’s such a great place! The staff are passionate and really enjoy what they do. I tried all the challenge foods and got fridge magnet😎 They also offer student tickets, nice bonus The milk tea shop next door is super good btw

Google

The Disgusting Food Museum’s name was enough to get me in the door. It’s very interesting to see all the different ‘disgusting foods’ that are eaten around the world. We were invited to do the eating challenge which was a real test of our mental strength but we managed to eat most of them between us. Great way to spend an hour or so when visiting Malmo!