The herbed black botija olives are good in my opinion and they would get 5 stars if it were just up to me but I had to take 2 stars off because the rest of my household doesn't feel the same way. My Husband did not like them at all, he said they were way too salty! He feels like they're much saltier than the plain black olives. My Daughter did not like them either, she said they're rubbery and not as soft as the plain black olives. I think the harder texture was probably because they were dated good through Sept 2023 and we received them in Sept 2023. Sunfoods was really good about it and they sent us replacement bags of olives that were good through December 2023. I appreciate their effort to make it right but my Daughter feels like the replacements are still too rubbery. I used them to toss into my beet and cucumber salad (see attached photo) but for the sake of family unity, I won't order the herbed olives anymore. I'll be ordering the plain black botija olives from now on because we all agree they're delicious.