Research on food neophobia was greatly aided by the
development of the food neophobia scale or FNS (Pliner
& Hobden, 1992). This 10-item questionnaire uses five positively
worded and five negatively worded statements,
which are measured on a 7-point scale from disagree
strongly to agree strongly. The positive items are reversed,
so that higher FNS scores reflect greater reluctance to try