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Surstromming is considered one of the foods with the strongest smell in the world.

Why it is true

Surstromming is a Swedish fermented herring that undergoes a fermentation process producing acetic acid, propionic acid and hydrogen sulphide. The smell is so intense that many airlines ban the transport of the can.

Source: Nature

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