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They say not to look too closely at how a sausage is made if you want to maintain an appetite.
But a Coles customer in Sydney couldn't overlook one unusually revolting ingredient in his pork and apple cider bangers: a live grub that emerged from inside one of the sausages.
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Coles shopper Andrew Wood got more than he bargained for from a packet of Coles sausages, when a small worm creature crawled out and onto his BBQ.
To the astonishment and repulsion of Andrew Wood, the grub exited the sausage, he said, once the tray of six "Coles finest" Australian pork sausages went on the heat of the barbecue.
Mr Wood, 40, who bought his sausages from Coles in Lindfield on Sydney's north shore on Thursday, complained and has been offered a $7.50Â refund by the supermarket chain, which he has not yet accepted.
The grub crawled out of the sausage as it was being cooked. Photo: Supplied
"I had a bread roll in one hand and I was ready for lunch when I saw this worm thing come out of one of the sausages. It didn't like the heat and it was squirming everywhere trying to get away," he said.
A DIY autopsy on the grub revealed a belly full of smaller maggots, according to Mr Wood.
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"I was looking forward to lunch but that really ruined my appetite, it was just sickening," he said.
A Coles spokeswoman said she could not comment until the company made further inquiries.
It is not the first time that a customer has blown the whistle on nasties in Coles' small goods.
At the time, Coles said its quality team suspected the common housefly larvae had infected the franks but that most likely occurred after they were cooked at home.