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Barratt Dolly Mix - 150g

Original price $5.99 - Original price $5.99
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$5.99
$5.99 - $5.99
Current price $5.99

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.

Availability:
In stock — ships from Canada

★ 4.8/5 shop rating from customers across Canada

 
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Buy Barratt Dolly Mix - 150g in Canada

Barratt Dolly Mix - 150g is a proper sweetshop sort of bag: colourful candy and jelly sweets with shapes that look like they were designed during a very cheerful committee meeting.

This mix brings together the familiar soft, chewy, fondant-style pieces people know from classic British pick-and-mix days. No artificial colours or flavours either, which is quite restrained for something this bright.

It is the kind of bag that starts with “just a few” and then becomes a small archaeological dig for the best bits. Entirely normal behaviour around Dolly Mix.

The Great British Shop keeps Barratt Dolly Mix - 150g available in Canada for customers looking for authentic British food in Canada. Imported from the UK, this is the genuine UK version and easy to order online in Canada when British sweets are what you actually meant to buy.

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No Artificial Colours, No Artificial Flavours

Ingredients and Nutritional Information

Ingredients

Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Beef Gelatine, Maize Starch, Palm Oil, Flavourings, Acid (Citric Acid), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Colours (Anthocyanins, Chlorophylls, Beetroot Red, Plain Caramel, Lutein, Paprika Extract), Plant Concentrates (Safflower, Spirulina). Colours may vary.

Allergens: No allergen statement provided.

Product information is correct at the time of posting. As products may change, please check the label upon delivery for the most accurate ingredient and allergen information.

Nutritional Information

Nutritional information per 100g.

Typical values Per 100g
Energy 1596kJ/376kcal
Fat 1.5g
of which saturates 0.7g
Carbohydrate 89g
of which sugars 76g
Fibre <0.1g
Protein 1.7g
Salt 0.03g
Ingrédients et valeurs nutritionnelles (Français)

Ingrédients

Sucre, sirop de glucose, gélatine de bœuf, amidon de maïs, huile de palme, arômes, acide (acide citrique), cacao maigre en poudre, colorants (anthocyanes, chlorophylles, rouge de betterave, caramel ordinaire, lutéine, extrait de paprika), concentrés végétaux (carthame, spiruline). Les couleurs peuvent varier.

Allergènes : Aucune déclaration d’allergènes fournie.

Les informations sur le produit sont exactes au moment de la publication. Les produits pouvant changer, veuillez vérifier l’étiquette à la réception pour obtenir les informations les plus récentes sur les ingrédients et les allergènes.

Valeurs nutritionnelles

Valeurs nutritionnelles par 100g.

Valeurs typiques Par 100g
Énergie 1596kJ/376kcal
Lipides 1.5g
dont saturés 0.7g
Glucides 89g
dont sucres 76g
Fibres <0.1g
Protéines 1.7g
Sel 0.03g
More About Barratt Dolly Mix - 150g

Barratt Dolly Mix - 150g is available in Canada for shoppers looking for proper British sweets with the familiar multicoloured candy and jelly sweet mix. At The Great British Shop, Barratt Dolly Mix - 150g is stocked as the genuine UK version for customers searching for authentic British food in Canada.

This 150g bag contains assorted candy and jelly sweets made with sugar, glucose syrup, beef gelatine, maize starch, palm oil, flavourings and colours from sources including anthocyanins, chlorophylls, beetroot red and plant concentrates. It ships from within Canada, making it easy to order online in Canada from Halifax, Dartmouth and Bedford.

Customers in Toronto, Mississauga, Ottawa and Hamilton often search for British groceries in Canada by exact product name, especially when it comes to Barratt sweets, Dolly Mix and old-school UK sweets. Barratt Dolly Mix - 150g fits naturally into searches for British sweets in Canada, sweetshop favourites and UK groceries available in Canada.

Across Alberta and British Columbia, shoppers in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria also buy British food in Canada as part of regular sweet cupboard orders. Barratt Dolly Mix - 150g is available in Canada and ships from within Canada, which helps when the sweet stash needs something colourful, familiar and recognisably British.

Whether you are searching for Barratt Dolly Mix - 150g specifically or browsing British groceries in Canada more broadly, The Great British Shop keeps it straightforward. You can buy Barratt Dolly Mix - 150g in Canada, order it online in Canada, and add a genuine UK British sweet to the basket with very little fuss.

Additional Information

Packaging Accuracy

We always do our best to keep product information as accurate and up to date as possible. From time to time, manufacturers change packaging, ingredients, nutritional information, allergen advice, pack sizes, or branding without much notice. Because of that, the product you receive may look slightly different from the images shown online.

If anything important changes, we update our listings as quickly as we can. If you have a question about ingredients, allergens, or a specific product before ordering, please get in touch and we will gladly check it for you.

Transparent Online Pricing

We believe in being upfront about pricing. Some products are priced higher online than they are in-store, especially heavier items, fragile goods, or products that are more expensive to pack and ship safely across Canada.

That difference is not there to catch anyone out. It reflects the real cost of getting British food to customers properly, whether you are ordering from Toronto, Halifax, Dartmouth, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Mississauga, Montréal, Victoria, Winnipeg, Windsor, Bedford, Saint John, Charlottetown, Kitchener, Carleton Place, London, Burlington, Etobicoke, or somewhere smaller in between.

We would rather be transparent about that than hide the reality in vague terms. Proper service, careful packing, and honest pricing matter to us, and we would rather explain the cost clearly than build it into the experience in a way that feels misleading.

Weather, Melting & Freezing Risk

Some products carry a higher risk during transit in extreme weather. In warmer months, chocolate and other heat-sensitive items may soften or melt. In colder months, drinks and certain products may freeze, leak, or become damaged in transit.

We do what we reasonably can to reduce that risk. Liquids are packed in sealed protective bags to help protect the rest of your order if a bottle leaks or bursts. During summer, we may add ice packs to chocolate orders or take extra packing precautions where possible. Even so, there is no way to fully guarantee that heat-sensitive or cold-sensitive products will arrive unaffected during extreme weather.

We are clear about that because we would rather be honest than make promises we cannot always control. Your trust matters to us, and we try to be transparent about how we price, pack, and ship every order.

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