The 20 foods, selected from a list of 142, had previously been presented to 545 college students, from which were selected the papers of 20% having the highest and 20% having the lowest aversion scores. Comparisons of the high and low scoring groups showed that 15 of the 20 items were disliked by significantly more of the high scoring group. The final list was then given to a group of 214 recruits examined at a Marine training station, and to a neurotic group of 95 men discharged for inaptitude. The neurotics indicated significantly more aversions than did the controls. Regardless of whether the list was presented orally or checked by the subject, 11 of 20 items differentiated the 2 groups significantly. Neurotics were particularly averse to grapefruit juice, cabbage, bean and potato soups. The neurotics also were more prone to have unpleasant and disgusting associations with the disliked foods than were the normal controls. Perhaps neurotics differ from normals in preferences and dislikes in other activities as well. A list of food aversions might profitably be used in the detection of maladjusted persons.