Cheese is the specific focus, rather than food in general.

Possible triggers

Seeing cheese on a plate, passing a cheese counter or noticing its smell during food preparation.

Name origin

The turo- part comes from Greek tyros (cheese), combined with -phobia.

A fear of cooking can affect everyday situations involving meal preparation, using oven, following recipe and kitchen anxiety. It may lead to restricting foods, checking ingredients or preparation, avoiding meals, shops or restaurants, or relying heavily on familiar choices.

Possible triggers

Preparing a meal from a recipe, using cooking equipment or being expected to cook for guests.

Name origin

From Greek mageiros (cook) and -phobia.

A fear of dining with others can affect everyday situations involving meal with people, dinner party, eating with others and formal dinner. It may lead to avoiding interaction, rehearsing what to say, monitoring other people’s reactions, or replaying encounters afterwards.

Possible triggers

Joining a shared meal, accepting a dinner invitation or eating where other people can watch.

Name origin

From Greek deipnon (dinner) and -phobia.

The act of drinking is the focus of this term.

Possible triggers

Being offered a drink, lifting a cup to your mouth or anticipating drinking during a meal.

Possible name origin

The name may combine a drinking-related root with -phobia (fear). Latin potare means to drink, and Greek potos refers to drinking, but the precise derivation of this name is uncertain.

A fear of eating can affect everyday situations involving panic around food, avoid meals, swallowing and mealtime. It may lead to restricting foods, eating very cautiously, checking sensations while swallowing, avoiding meals or relying on a narrow set of familiar choices.

Possible triggers

Sitting down for a meal, taking the first mouthful or being expected to eat during an outing.

Name origin

From Greek sitos (grain or food) and -phobia.

A fear of flour can affect everyday situations involving baking flour, handling flour, white powder and flour dust. It may lead to restricting foods, checking ingredients or preparation, avoiding meals, shops or restaurants, or relying heavily on familiar choices.

Possible triggers

Opening a bag of flour, seeing flour on a worktop or taking part in baking.

Name origin

From Greek aleuron (flour) and -phobia.

A fear of food can affect everyday situations involving restaurant food, spoiled food, mouldy food and undercooked food. It may lead to restricting foods, eating very cautiously, checking sensations while swallowing, avoiding meals or relying on a narrow set of familiar choices.

Possible triggers

Being offered an unfamiliar meal, facing a plate of food or anticipating eating away from home.

Name origin

From Latin cibus (food) and -phobia.

A fear of food shopping can affect everyday situations involving choosing food, supermarket, grocery store and food aisle. It may lead to restricting foods, checking ingredients or preparation, avoiding meals, shops or restaurants, or relying heavily on familiar choices.

Possible triggers

Entering a food shop, choosing groceries or preparing to make a food-shopping trip.

Name origin

From Greek opson (food) and -phobia.

A fear of garlic can affect everyday situations involving cooking garlic, garlic smell, raw garlic and garlic breath. It may lead to restricting foods, checking ingredients or preparation, avoiding meals, shops or restaurants, or relying heavily on familiar choices.

Possible triggers

Smelling garlic during cooking, seeing garlic on a menu or being served food containing it.

Name origin

From Latin allium (garlic) and -phobia.

A fear of meat can affect everyday situations involving cooking meat, raw meat, animal flesh and butcher. It may lead to restricting foods, checking ingredients or preparation, avoiding meals, shops or restaurants, or relying heavily on familiar choices.

Possible triggers

Passing a meat counter, seeing meat being prepared or being served a meat dish.

Name origin

From Latin caro (flesh) and -phobia.