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Colman's Chilli Con Carne Mix - 50g

Original price $3.99 - Original price $3.99
Original price
$3.99
$3.99 - $3.99
Current price $3.99

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

 
More about this product

Buy Colman's Chilli Con Carne Mix - 50g in Canada

Colman's Chilli Con Carne Mix - 50g is a British recipe mix sachet for making chilli con carne with paprika, cumin and cayenne pepper already doing the sensible part.

It is made for the sort of evening where dinner needs flavour, not a full meeting. Add your mince, onions, tomatoes and kidney beans, and the packet gets the seasoning properly under way.

This Colman's meal maker provides 4 servings and is suitable for vegans when prepared appropriately, which makes it a useful cupboard option for more than one sort of meal plan.

For anyone after authentic British food in Canada, Colman's Chilli Con Carne Mix - 50g is an easy one to recognise. It is the genuine UK-market version, and The Great British Shop keeps it available in Canada for customers looking for proper British pantry staples.

Shop more Colman's and British pantry staples

Suitable for Vegans

Ingredients and Nutritional Information

Ingredients

Corn starch, tomato puree powder (19%), onion powder (11%), paprika (6.8%), flavourings, yeast extract, garlic powder, salt, sugar, Wheat flour, cumin, oregano, cayenne pepper, pepper. May contain Rye, Barley, Oat, Egg, Soya, Milk, Celery and Mustard. *Made to vegan standards, see ingredients section for allergens.

Allergens: Contains Cereals Containing Gluten and Wheat. May contain Rye, Barley, Oat, Egg, Soya, Milk, Celery and Mustard.

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

Typical values Per 100g prepared Per 100g unprepared Per serving prepared %* per portion**
Energy 538kJ 1426kJ 2803kJ 34%
Energy 129kcal 338kcal 671kcal 34%
Fat 1.7g 3.8g 8.6g 12%
of which saturates 0.7g 1.2g 3.5g 18%
Carbohydrate 18g 63g 94g 36%
of which sugars 1.9g 15g 9.8g 11%
Fibre 2.2g 8.7g 11g 0%
Protein 8.4g 9.9g 44g 88%
Salt 0.28g 5.3g 1.5g 25%
Ingrédients et valeurs nutritionnelles (Français)

Ingrédients

Amidon de maïs, poudre de purée de tomate (19 %), poudre d’oignon (11 %), paprika (6,8 %), arômes, extrait de levure, poudre d’ail, sel, sucre, farine de blé, cumin, origan, poivre de Cayenne, poivre. Peut contenir du seigle, de l’orge, de l’avoine, de l’œuf, du soja, du lait, du céleri et de la moutarde. *Fabriqué selon des normes végétaliennes, voir la section ingrédients pour les allergènes.

Allergènes : Contient des céréales contenant du gluten et du blé. Peut contenir du seigle, de l’orge, de l’avoine, de l’œuf, du soja, du lait, du céleri et de la moutarde.

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 typiques Par 100g préparé Par 100g non préparé Par portion préparée %* par portion**
Énergie 538kJ 1426kJ 2803kJ 34%
Énergie 129kcal 338kcal 671kcal 34%
Matières grasses 1.7g 3.8g 8.6g 12%
dont acides gras saturés 0.7g 1.2g 3.5g 18%
Glucides 18g 63g 94g 36%
dont sucres 1.9g 15g 9.8g 11%
Fibres 2.2g 8.7g 11g 0%
Protéines 8.4g 9.9g 44g 88%
Sel 0.28g 5.3g 1.5g 25%
More About Colman's Chilli Con Carne Mix - 50g

Colman's Chilli Con Carne Mix - 50g is available in Canada from The Great British Shop for customers looking for proper British pantry staples and familiar Colman's recipe mixes. This 50g packet is a spicy seasoning mix with paprika and cumin for chilli con carne, made with tomato puree powder, onion powder, paprika, garlic powder, wheat flour, cumin, oregano, cayenne pepper and pepper.

If you want to buy Colman's Chilli Con Carne Mix - 50g online in Canada, this UK-market Colman's meal maker ships from within Canada. Orders regularly head to Halifax, Dartmouth, and Bedford in Nova Scotia, while Toronto, Mississauga, and Ottawa in Ontario are full of shoppers looking for authentic British food in Canada that matches the exact cupboard product they had in mind.

As part of the British pantry staples category, Colman's Chilli Con Carne Mix - 50g fits neatly alongside gravy mixes, sauce mixes, seasoning sachets and other useful British groceries in Canada. It is suitable for vegans when prepared appropriately, contains no artificial colours or preservatives, and comes in paper packaging.

Colman's Chilli Con Carne Mix - 50g is also a familiar sort of order for customers in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, and in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, where proper British groceries can be oddly specific. The on-pack style meal idea uses mince, onions, tomatoes and kidney beans, with the mix helping pull the whole thing together in around 20 minutes.

The Great British Shop keeps Colman's Chilli Con Carne Mix - 50g available in Canada for shoppers across Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia, with orders also going out to Winnipeg in Manitoba. For anyone searching for British food in Canada, British groceries in Canada, or Colman's recipe mixes to order online in Canada, this is a useful sachet to keep in the cupboard.

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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