Oyster is UK's most unpopular food

Almost half the population - 47 per cent - said oysters were among the foods they would not eat, with the figure increasing to 57 per cent of women, the poll for Save the Children found.

Some 46 per cent of adults said they dislike liver - closely followed by anchovies, which are unlikely to appear on the plates of 45 per cent of those questioned.

The poll asked 2,011 adults to list the foods they could not or would not eat.