Some sweets cost 10p and a scraped knee. You know exactly which ones. The Barratt Fruit Salad Stick Pack is the chewy little fruit sweet that lived in a paper bag next to the Black Jacks and was swapped like currency at break time.
It sticks to your teeth, it takes ages, and that was always the point.
This is the proper UK stick pack, and it ships from within Canada, so nobody has to smuggle it home in a suitcase any more.
Go on. You were going to.
Shop more Barratt in Canada or browse the full range of British sweets available to order online from The Great British Shop.
Frequently asked questions about Barratt Fruit Salad Stick Pack
Q: Is this the same Fruit Salad I had in Britain?
A: Yes, it is the Barratt Fruit Salad you will remember from the newsagent's. Same name, same chew, same battle with your fillings.
Q: How big is the stick pack?
A: It is 36g, a pocket-sized stick of chews. Small enough to carry around, big enough to cause an argument over the last one.
Q: Is it good to send as a gift?
A: For anyone who grew up in Britain, it is a cheap and very effective way to make them laugh. Pair it with Black Jacks and you have done the job properly.
Q: What else from Barratt do you carry?
A: Black Jacks are the obvious companion, and we keep an eye out for other Barratt sweets too. Ask in the shop or browse the sweets section online.
More about Barratt Fruit Salad Stick Pack
Fruit Salad belongs to the penny sweet tradition: the jar on the newsagent's shelf, the pick and mix counter, the paper bag you emptied before you reached the end of the road. It is a chew rather than a chocolate, and it has outlasted a great many fancier things.
People in Canada go looking for it because nothing brings back a British childhood quite like the exact sweet you had at nine. The name alone gets a grin from anyone who grew up with it, and a puzzled look from anyone who did not.
The 36g stick pack slips into a pocket, a lunch box or a desk drawer, and it keeps happily in the cupboard until somebody finds it. It is a handy size for sharing, if you are that sort of person, or for not sharing, if you are honest.
Barratt also makes Black Jacks, the other half of that famous double act, so the two tend to go in the basket together. Add a few more British sweets and you have the start of a very respectable retro sweet box.
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Every corner shop had them, and every kid knew the rule: Fruit Salad and Black Jack, never one without the other. You counted out your pocket money, took far too long choosing, and walked out with both anyway. The name behind them is Barratt, and it goes back further than you would think, to a 21-year-old who set up in Hoxton in 1848. Not bad going for a sweet you paid for with whatever was rattling around in your coat pocket.
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One sugar boiler in Hoxton
George Osborne Barratt started with a single sugar boiler at 32 Shepherdess Walk, Hoxton. That is it. One boiler. Several of his siblings and children piled in, the business grew, and by 1906 Barratt had become the largest confectionery manufacturer in the world. Three years later, in 1909, it became a limited company. His son, Sir Albert Barratt, died in 1941 and is buried in the family grave at Highgate Cemetery. A long way from one boiler in Hoxton.
Lost, found, back on the wrapper
Then the complicated middle bit. Bassett's acquired Barratt & Co. Ltd. in 1966, and Cadbury Schweppes took over Bassett's in 1989. The old Barratt factory at Wood Green closed in 1980 after a long decline, and the site is now a complex called The Chocolate Factory, which feels about right. Since 2008 Barratt has been part of Tangerine Confectionery, now Valeo Confectionery, and in 2018 the name was brought back into active use. Fruit Salad is made by Barratt in Spain, and Black Jack in the UK and Spain.
The old gang, all present
The revived range reads like a register call from the sweet shop: DipDab, Refreshers, Nougat, Sherbet Fountain, Fruit Salad, Black Jack and Wham. Black Jack, introduced in 1920, is still sitting right next to Fruit Salad. You could argue about which one was better. People have, mostly in playgrounds, mostly with their mouths full. Nobody has ever won.
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