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Cibus Amoris (Latin for "the food of love") is the name of an all-male, inter-collegiate, close harmony group founded at Cambridge University in 1995, where it was famed for its drinking, its crude portraits of male genitalia appearing in the pages of its members' sheet music, and making prominent errors at key moments.

As an inter-collegiate organisation, Cibus was not under the direction of a professional director of music and did not have access to a College music library. Many of the group's numbers were arranged by members of the group itself, in particular Guy Waller, and it was managed by Dirk van Heck (although the accolaide of having managed the group has been widely claimed).

In spite of the group's never broadcasting or recording commercially, it enjoyed success as an act at May Balls, 21st birthday parties and weddings, as well as on busking holidays in the south of England, for several years.

Cibus Amoris still reforms from time to time to sing at weddings, mainly of members or friends of members, although the membership of the group is increasingly scattered across the globe. Alumni of particular note in the music industry include Christopher Gabbitas, a member of the King's Singers, Tom Blunt, Chorus Master at Glyndebourne Opera House (known in the group as "de la Fontaine"), and David Buckley, a Hollywood film composer (known in the group as "Mellow D").