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Homepride Chasseur - 400g

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About our best-before dates

We work hard to bring proper British groceries to Canada, but importing food across an ocean is not as tidy as stocking a supermarket shelf down the road.

Some products arrive with long dates. Some arrive with shorter ones. Different products come through the import process with different shelf lives, so the dates are not always as neat or predictable as they would be in a regular Canadian supermarket.

Most online grocery shops do not show best-before dates unless something is getting close. We do it differently.

If you were shopping in our Halifax store, you could pick up the product, turn it over, and check the date before buying. We think our online customers should get that same level of transparency.

That is why we show best-before dates clearly on our products.

What "best before" actually means

A best-before date is about quality — flavour, texture, freshness, and how the product is expected to be at its best.

It is not the same as a "use by" or expiry date, which only appears on certain regulated foods.

For everyday groceries like chocolate, biscuits, crisps, sweets, tea, sauces, jams, and pantry items, the best-before date is a quality marker, not a safety marker.

Why our dates vary so much

British imports are unpredictable. We do not get to choose every date that arrives in Canada, and different products naturally come with different shelf lives.

A jar of sauce may have months or years on it. A bag of crisps might arrive with a much shorter window and still be completely normal for that type of product.

We check dates, show them clearly, and give you the information before you buy — because that is how it should be.

What the colours mean

  • More than 30 days remaining
  • Within 30 days
  • Within 5 days, or past the best-before date

The product page will still show the actual date, so you can decide what works for you.

Why some customers like shorter dates

Many of our regular customers deliberately shop shorter-dated items when the price makes sense.

A chocolate bar with two weeks left is often every bit as good as one with six months left — and if we can pass on a saving instead of letting perfectly good food go to waste, everyone wins.

It is not about cutting corners. It is about being clear, fair, and sensible with stock that has travelled a long way to get here.

Questions about a specific product? Email help@thegreatbritishshop.ca — we read every message.

About our best-before dates

We work hard to bring proper British groceries to Canada, but importing food across an ocean is not as tidy as stocking a supermarket shelf down the road.

Some products arrive with long dates. Some arrive with shorter ones. Different products come through the import process with different shelf lives, so the dates are not always as neat or predictable as they would be in a regular Canadian supermarket.

Most online grocery shops do not show best-before dates unless something is getting close. We do it differently.

If you were shopping in our Halifax store, you could pick up the product, turn it over, and check the date before buying. We think our online customers should get that same level of transparency.

That is why we show best-before dates clearly on our products.

What "best before" actually means

A best-before date is about quality — flavour, texture, freshness, and how the product is expected to be at its best.

It is not the same as a "use by" or expiry date, which only appears on certain regulated foods.

For everyday groceries like chocolate, biscuits, crisps, sweets, tea, sauces, jams, and pantry items, the best-before date is a quality marker, not a safety marker.

Why our dates vary so much

British imports are unpredictable. We do not get to choose every date that arrives in Canada, and different products naturally come with different shelf lives.

A jar of sauce may have months or years on it. A bag of crisps might arrive with a much shorter window and still be completely normal for that type of product.

We check dates, show them clearly, and give you the information before you buy — because that is how it should be.

What the colours mean

  • More than 30 days remaining
  • Within 30 days
  • Within 5 days, or past the best-before date

The product page will still show the actual date, so you can decide what works for you.

Why some customers like shorter dates

Many of our regular customers deliberately shop shorter-dated items when the price makes sense.

A chocolate bar with two weeks left is often every bit as good as one with six months left — and if we can pass on a saving instead of letting perfectly good food go to waste, everyone wins.

It is not about cutting corners. It is about being clear, fair, and sensible with stock that has travelled a long way to get here.

Questions about a specific product? Email help@thegreatbritishshop.ca — we read every message.

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About Homepride Chasseur

About Homepride Chasseur

Chasseur is one of those French-named things that the British quietly adopted, simplified into a jar, and put in the cupboard next to the gravy granules. Homepride Chasseur is the 400g cooking sauce version most people in the UK will recognise from the supermarket shelf, and it is now available in Canada without anyone having to smuggle it over in a holdall.

The sauce is built around tomatoes, onion, mushrooms, white wine, sherry, herbs and savoury extracts, which is about as close to a proper chasseur base as a jar from the cupboard is ever going to get. It covers three portions from the one 400g can, which makes it a practical midweek option rather than a weekend project. Pour it over chicken, leave it to do its job, and dinner is largely sorted.

For British expats in Canada who grew up with Homepride as a fixture in the kitchen, The Great British Shop stocks it as part of a wider range of British pantry imports, shipped from Canada so there is no waiting on international post or hoping a visiting relative has space in their bag. It is the UK version, as sold in Britain, not a local approximation with a similar name.

Homepride Chasseur is suitable for vegetarians and is dairy-free, which makes it a reasonably flexible sauce for households with mixed requirements. It is imported from the United Kingdom and arrives in the familiar Homepride format that people who know the brand will recognise immediately.

Shop more Homepride in Canada or browse the full range of British pantry favourites for delivery across Canada.

Ingredients, Nutrition & Storage
Nutrition Facts / Valeur nutritive

Ingredients

Water, Tomatoes (29%), Onion (6%), White Wine (4.5%) (contains Sulphites), Modified Maize Starch, Mushrooms (2.5%), Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sugar, Salt, White Wine Vinegar, Sherry, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Flavouring (contains Wheat), Colour (Plain Caramel), Yeast Extract (from Barley), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Mushroom Extract, Parsley, Celery Extract, Herb Extract, Spice Extract.

Allergens

Contains: sulphites, wheat, barley, celery.

Storage

Store in a cool dry place. Once opened transfer to a suitable container, refrigerate and consume within 3 days.

Frequently asked questions about Homepride Chasseur

Q: What does Homepride Chasseur sauce taste like?

A: Homepride Chasseur is a tomato-based cooking sauce built around white wine, mushrooms, onion, sherry, white wine vinegar and herbs, with savoury depth from celery and mushroom extracts. The result is a French-style hunter's sauce with a tangy, savoury character that does the heavy lifting when you want a proper dinner without making stock from scratch on a Wednesday.

Q: Is Homepride Chasseur suitable for vegetarians?

A: Yes, Homepride Chasseur is suitable for vegetarians. It is also dairy-free, which makes it a useful sauce for a broader range of diets. It does contain wheat, barley, celery and sulphites, so it is not suitable for anyone avoiding gluten or those with a sulphite sensitivity. The 400g can serves three portions.

Q: Is Homepride Chasseur available in Canada, and is it the UK version?

A: The Homepride Chasseur stocked here is the UK-made version, imported from Britain. For people in Canada who grew up cooking with Homepride jars, that matters more than it probably should. It is the sort of pantry sauce that gets added to a British grocery order alongside gravy and stock cubes, because the branded jar is what the recipe in your head actually calls for.

More about Homepride Chasseur

Homepride Chasseur sits in the British cooking sauce category alongside other ready-to-pour jar sauces designed to turn a handful of ingredients into something that tastes like you made an effort. Chasseur, loosely translated as "hunter's sauce," is a French classic that British home cooking adopted and domesticated into a reliable weeknight format, and Homepride has been the supermarket version most UK households reached for.

For British expats in Edmonton or Toronto rebuilding something close to a familiar kitchen routine, Homepride Chasseur is one of those specific products that does not have a straightforward Canadian equivalent. It is not just a tomato sauce; it is a particular flavour memory tied to particular meals, and that is what makes it worth seeking out.

The 400g can covers three portions, stores comfortably in a cool dry cupboard before opening, and once opened keeps in the fridge for up to three days. It is confirmed suitable for vegetarians and dairy-free, which gives it a wider table than some comparable cooking sauces. No preparation is needed beyond opening and pouring.

Homepride produces a range of British cooking sauces, and Homepride in Canada covers the broader selection available here. If you are stocking a British-style pantry more generally, British pantry favourites is worth a look alongside it.

Shipped from within Canada rather than overseas, Homepride Chasseur reaches Halifax and Edmonton without the parcel lottery of international post. It is the kind of thing that earns its cupboard space quietly and reliably, which is probably why it lasted this long on British shelves in the first place.

Additional Information

Packaging Accuracy. We keep product information as accurate and up to date as possible. Manufacturers sometimes change packaging, ingredients, nutritional information, allergen advice, pack sizes or branding without notice, so the product you receive may look slightly different from the images shown. If you have a question about ingredients or allergens before ordering, please get in touch and we will gladly check for you.

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