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McVitie's Penguin Mint - 172.2g

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

 
More about this product

Buy McVitie's Penguin Mint 172.2g in Canada

McVitie's Penguin Mint 172.2g is the sort of biscuit bar that rarely lasts as long as people claim it will. Mint cream, biscuit, and a milk chocolate flavour coating is not really a combination built for restraint.

This one has that familiar Penguin bar format, just with the mint turned up enough to make it feel slightly more grown-up while still being very much a tea-break biscuit. It is tidy on paper and much less so once the pack is open.

Imported from the UK, McVitie's Penguin Mint 172.2g is the genuine UK version for shoppers after proper British biscuits in Canada. It is exactly the sort of product people search for by name because a substitute will only irritate them.

Available from The Great British Shop, McVitie's Penguin Mint 172.2g can be ordered online in Canada and shipped from within Canada when the biscuit cupboard needs something with a bit more mint and a bit less compromise.

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Suitable for Vegetarians
Ingredients and Nutritional Information

Ingredients

Milk Chocolate Flavour Coating (29%) [Sugar, Vegetable Oils (Palm, Shea), Cocoa Mass, Dried Skimmed Milk, Dried Whey (Milk), Butter Oil (Milk), Emulsifiers (Soya Lecithin, E476), Natural Flavouring], Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sugar, Palm Oil, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Ammonium Bicarbonate), Natural Flavouring, Natural Mint Flavouring with other Natural Flavourings, Salt

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Allergens: Contains Milk, Contains Soya, Contains Wheat.

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

7 servings per pack.

Typical values Per 100g Per Bar
Energy 2173 kJ / 519 kcal 543 kJ / 130 kcal
Fat 26.9g 6.7g
of which Saturates 15.2g 3.8g
Carbohydrate 62.7g 15.7g
of which Sugars 40.7g 10.2g
Fibre 2.5g 0.6g
Protein 5.3g 1.3g
Salt 0.19g 0.05g
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Ingrédients et valeurs nutritionnelles (Français)

Ingrédients

Enrobage saveur chocolat au lait (29 %) [sucre, huiles végétales (palme, karité), pâte de cacao, lait écrémé en poudre, lactosérum en poudre (lait), matière grasse de beurre (lait), émulsifiants (lécithine de soja, E476), arôme naturel], farine (farine de blé, calcium, fer, niacine, thiamine), sucre, huile de palme, sirop de glucose-fructose, cacao maigre en poudre, agents levants (bicarbonate de sodium, bicarbonate d'ammonium), arôme naturel, arôme naturel de menthe avec d'autres arômes naturels, sel

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Allergènes : Contient du lait, du soja, du blé.

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

7 portions par paquet.

Valeurs typiques Par 100g Par barre
Énergie 2173 kJ / 519 kcal 543 kJ / 130 kcal
Matières grasses 26.9g 6.7g
dont saturés 15.2g 3.8g
Glucides 62.7g 15.7g
dont sucres 40.7g 10.2g
Fibres 2.5g 0.6g
Protéines 5.3g 1.3g
Sel 0.19g 0.05g
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More About McVitie's Penguin Mint 172.2g

McVitie's Penguin Mint 172.2g is a recognisable British biscuits choice for customers trying to buy proper British food in Canada. Imported from the UK, McVitie's Penguin Mint 172.2g is the genuine UK version, with the mint cream biscuit bar format shoppers usually want when they search for Penguins by name.

You can order McVitie's Penguin Mint 172.2g online in Canada from The Great British Shop, and it ships from within Canada. That makes it a straightforward addition for anyone building an order of British groceries in Canada without hoping a local stand-in will somehow do the same job.

Whether you are in Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford or Sydney, or sending a parcel to Toronto, Mississauga or Ottawa, McVitie's Penguin Mint 172.2g fits neatly into a basket of British biscuits and familiar UK cupboard staples. It also travels well to places like Montreal and Hamilton where shoppers tend to know exactly what they are after.

Customers in Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Regina often look for British biscuits in Canada that are specific, familiar, and easy to order properly. McVitie's Penguin Mint 172.2g suits that sort of search rather well, especially for anyone after a mint chocolate biscuit bar instead of a plain biscuit pack.

From Vancouver and Victoria to Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, McVitie's Penguin Mint 172.2g is available in Canada for shoppers searching for British food in Canada, British groceries in Canada, and a genuine UK McVitie's biscuit bar shipped from within Canada.

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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