Now, sex and relationship experts are speaking about ‘sitophilia’, which involves incorporating foods into the bedroom.
Also known as ‘food play’ or ‘sploshing’, the trend involves sexual fantasies hinging on eating and drinking.
While there are many variations of this sex trend, the most common version sees couples lathering themselves in non-bodily fluids, often a type of sauce.
The Santa Fe Reporter asked psychologist, author and blogger Mark Griffiths what the trend can entail, and he used the example of ‘the throwing of oranges at the buttocks as a form of sexual humiliation or punishment’.
Other examples could involve making food out of bodily fluids, or sucking on a lime before oral sex.
One Reddit user who claimed to have the fetish went into detail about what he was into.
He said: “It’s hard to explain, but I get turned on by food and sex at the same time. I get even more turned on when I see a guy I like eating…especially if he chews the food a bit and spits it into MY mouth.”
He added he also enjoys ‘fooling around licking each other’s bodies with syrup or whatever is tasty’ and using ‘food that is easy to handle, such as a sandwich, burger, fries, burrito, donuts, cake’.
Ocado quizzed people about what foods they used most often during sex, and the top ten were:
1) Whipped cream (49 percent)
2) Chocolate (36 percent)
3) Ice cubes (34 percent)
4) Strawberries (28 percent)
5) Bananas, cucumbers, and courgettes (27 percent)
6) Ice cream (21 percent)
7) Maple syrup (16 percent)
8) Coconut oil (15 percent)
9) Honey (15 percent)
10) Chocolate-covered fruits (12 percent)
Why are people into ‘sitophilia’?
Speaking of the fetish, sexual therapist Courtney Boyer told Metro: “Food and eroticism have been intertwined for thousands of years. Ancient cultures, including the Greeks and Romans, linked feasting, pleasure, and sexuality in both ritual and social life.
“Throw in taboo (food ‘not meant’ for sex), messiness, and sensory overload, and it can heighten vulnerability and presence in the body.”
Are there health risks associated with ‘sitophilia’?
Sexual heart expert Karin O’Sullivan has detailed some of the safety measures to consider when it comes to implementing food into the bedroom.
“Whatever goes inside your vagina must be something that can be taken out intact,” she told Metro. “Food left behind in the vagina requires an immediate trip to A&E or a sexual health clinic to be removed. It’s a bad idea to put any food, especially sweets, inside your vagina. Your vagina has a natural healthy balance which can be upset by the introduction of foreign objects.”