meal-breaker
A foodstuff (usually a sweet, salty, oily or fatty snack) which unexpectedly spoils one's appetite. After consumption, the eater usually cannot start or finish the remainder of their regular meal.
I thought I'd just have a bag of buttered popcorn to take the edge off before dinner, but that's stuff's a real meal-breaker!
Meal breaker
An unwanted ingredient in a dish that makes the entire thing inedible.
I can't order that, it's got coriander. You know that's a meal breaker for me.
Does this have any type of nut in it? Because that's an instant meal breaker.
Does this have any type of nut in it? Because that's an instant meal breaker.