First date food choices actually say a lot about you and your potential partner, with messy foods like spaghetti out the window or smelly garlic avoided at all costs.
When you're in the early stages of dating, working out how compatible you are is crucial, but having complimentary food preferences also plays into this.
In fact, 60% of us think having the same taste in restaurants and takeaways is more important than music preferences or even political beliefs.
The research, released by Taster, showed that one in six Brits will even end the date if they don't like their partner's choice of food.
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The ick is a phenomena where suddenly, you will find yourself no longer attracted to your date or partner and nothing is too big or too small to trigger it. If it comes from your choice of food, your date might even cut things short and leave you to finish your unsightly meal alone.
Some regions are fussier about food with Londoners far more likely to ditch their date for ordering 'bad' food, with almost a quarter admitting to doing so.
Northerners are much friendly about this, with only one in 10 ending meals on a sour note, however, just because you're on a date with someone from Manchester that doesn't mean you're in the clear.
Brits agreed that the most ick-inducing food you can order on a date is a greasy takeaway kebab, with more than a third saying this would be grounds for ditching.
Ben Warran, Head of Sauce Innovation at Out Fry, said: "Music has long been considered the language of love, so it's fascinating to find that food is the magic ingredient to any great romance. But it's also clear that eating and dating is a minefield of do's and don'ts that can be tricky to navigate."
Things got a little more complicated at the second most ick-inducing food which followed closely behind is sushi. This Asian delicacy proved to be extremely divisive, highlighting the North-South divide.
Londoners didn't have an issue with sushi, with less than one in five saying dishes were a no-go. This contrasted with over a third of Northerners thinking this was the absolute worst food to order on a date.
All is not lost if you order an ick-inducing food though as sauces also play a major role in our perception of our dates meal. Mustard is a no-no with a third of us thinking the familiar yellow sauce is ick inducing.
Over half of us have, somewhat understandably, banished garlic sauce on dates - especially if they're hoping for a quick kiss later.
A similar principle applies to hot sauce, chilli and Sriracha, which came in third, fourth and fifth so it seems Brits don't want their partner spicing up food to impress them.
Another great divide came when Brits were asked about gravy, popular in the North with only one in 10 calling the thick sauce a turn off.
Those daring to eat gravy in London might find a negative response as one in five said gravy was an ick for them - the research didn't indicate how the Midlands feel about the offending sauce.
No matter where you're dating, getting gravy or other food on your face is an absolute mood killer on a date for a third of us, so don't order ribs and eat with care.
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