American comedian Lars Callieou couldn’t work out Australian Masterfoods squeeze-on sauce dispenser

An American traveler visiting Australia “couldn’t figure out” how to use a sachet of tomato sauce after ordering a burger and chips.

Comedian Lars Callieou admitted he had “no idea” how the product worked, and despite his best efforts, he couldn’t open the tiny dispenser.

He looked for a corner to rip it and tried to peel it open, but this proved useless.

It wasn’t until he held the bag between thumb and forefinger that he understood its clever design. The sachets pop open at the top when squeezed back onto themselves, allowing a small portion of the sauce to come out.

Lars shared a video explaining his dilemma on TikTok, leaving hundreds of Aussies in disbelief.

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Comedian Lars Callieou admitted he had “no idea” how the classic Australian squeeze-on tomato sauce sachets work. It wasn’t until he held the package between thumb and forefinger that he understood the clever design

“When I arrived in Australia the first time I used one of their ketchup packs I had no idea how it worked,” Lars said in a TikTok video.

“I couldn’t get it out, couldn’t find anywhere to peel it, couldn’t get it apart. And then I realized…”

He then demonstrated how the smart dispenser works and squeezed the sauce into his plate. In the background, Lars’ friend joked, “He’s a wizard!”

The comments were flooded with Aussies mocking the comedian, while others criticized him for saying “ketchup” instead of “tomato sauce” Down Under.

‘We’re so smart about important things,’ one Aussie wrote, another added, ‘We’re good, aren’t we! But you have to call it tomato sauce.’

“You couldn’t really figure it out?” questioned a third.

‘Wow. You figured out how to get sauce out,” commented another.

The plastic tomato sauce dispenser was designed by Sanford Redmond in 1990 for Masterfoods.

Australians struck earlier this year back to gourmands who wrongly gave credit Japan for the invention.

Soy, from Los Angeles, has been making his way around Japan over the past week, describing the country as “futuristic” due to the culture’s “attention to detail” when it comes to food.

In a video she praised the sauce dispensers handed out at takeaways, saying, “That’s how you know Japan lives in the future.”

But little did she know that Aussies have been using the same product to gently squeeze tomato sauce onto pies and sausage rolls without any fuss or mess since 1990.

Earlier this year, Soy (pictured) described Japan as “futuristic” for the country’s takeout sauce dispensers. But what she didn’t realize is that the product is an Australian invention

Australians were not shy about letting Soy know the original of the invention. ‘That’s actually an Australian invention for our tomorrow’s sauce on meat pies!!’ one wrote

In the clip, Soy can be seen enjoying three meals on different occasions — a McDonald’s garden salad, a noodle salad, and a hot dog on a stick — and slathers sauce on each dish.

‘Isn’t that crazy? You just have to squeeze,” she says.

But many were quick to point out the Aussie-made invention.

‘That’s actually an Australian invention for our tomorrow’s sauce on meat pies!!’ one noted.

“Australia’s been doing this for years, mate,” said another, a third added, “Excuse me, actually made in Australia.”

“That’s how we do our sauce here in Australia,” said a fourth, but admitted that the Japanese seem to have taken the idea to “another level” with double mustard and tomato sauce dispensers used on hot dogs.