“It’s an Acquired Taste”: South Africans Divided as Woman Tries Woolworths’ Rollmops

• Local businesswoman and content creator Nqobile MaPhakathi Mseleku tried Woolworths' rollmops
• She candidly shared her rating out of 10 and noted that the fish snack had a sweet and sour taste
• Social media users got the heebie-jeebies after seeing the snack and stated what they thought it looked like

Content creator Nqobile MaPhakathi Mseleku gave Woolworths' rollmops a try, sharing her taste test with her followers. However, South Africans weren't convinced, with many saying that the R79.99 300g meal looked a little too strange for their liking.

Nqobile, a self-proclaimed seafood lover and businesswoman, uploaded a video on TikTok on 19 December 2025, where she opened the popular Northern European fish snack and gave it an 8/10 rating. She noted that it had a sweet and sour taste. According to Woolworths, their ready-to-eat herring rollmops, with an onion and gherkin filling, are high in Omega 3.

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Several members of the online community expressed their thoughts about the snack, likening it to other slithering animals and sharing their dislike for it.

@ilya31072 told the internet:

"I love sushi, but those rollmops look scary."

@sibongilemily confessed in the comments:

"My issue is that they look like little snakes, and I'm terrified of snakes."

A shocked @nompumelelomolebaloa asked the public:

"Guys, what’s this? Why does it look like something created for science?"

@queenesthers, quite dissatisfied, wrote:

"They're not visually appealing."

@leratoblessing04 said to the online community:

"It’s fish and gherkin, nothing wow, but maybe it’s an acquired taste because there was just no wow for me."

@_ahlume, who was one of a few people who liked the look of the rollmops, commented:

"I need to try!"

Watch the TikTok video posted on Nqobile's account below:

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Source: Briefly News