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Bonds of London Mint Imperials - 105g

Bonds of London Mint Imperials - 105g

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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 Bonds of London Mint Imperials

About Bonds of London Mint Imperials

Few British sweets are as quietly iconic as Mint Imperials, and Bonds of London has been making them the way people remember for a very long time. If you grew up in the UK, there is a reasonable chance a bag of these appeared in a relative's coat pocket, on the counter at a newsagent, or rattling around in the glovebox on a long drive. They are that kind of sweet.

Bonds Mint Imperials are hard, round lozenges with a smooth sugar shell and a clean, cool mint centre. The texture is firm and satisfying, with that characteristic slow dissolve that makes them last. This 150g bag is the classic format, imported from the United Kingdom.

For British expats in Canada, finding the exact version you remember can be harder than it sounds. The Great British Shop stocks the Bonds of London Mint Imperials so you are not relying on a care package from home or a lucky find in a specialty aisle somewhere.

Bonds of London has been producing traditional British confectionery for well over a century, and Mint Imperials are one of those products that has not needed reinventing. There is something to be said for a sweet that simply does what it has always done.

Shop more Bonds in Canada or browse the full range of British sweets available to ship across Canada.

Frequently asked questions about Bonds of London Mint Imperials

Q: What do Bonds Mint Imperials taste like?

A: Bonds Mint Imperials are firm, hard-boiled lozenges with a clean, cool mint flavour. They are not sharp or aggressively strong, but they have that classic refreshing quality that makes them the sort of sweet you find yourself reaching for again without quite deciding to. The texture is smooth and glassy, and the mint flavour carries through steadily as the lozenge dissolves.

Q: Are Bonds Mint Imperials the UK version imported from Britain?

A: Yes, these are Bonds of London Mint Imperials made in the United Kingdom and imported into Canada. Bonds is a long-established British confectionery brand, and Mint Imperials are one of those quietly enduring British sweets that have been on newsagent and sweetshop counters for decades. For people who grew up with them in the UK, the bag is immediately recognisable.

Q: How big is the bag of Bonds Mint Imperials available in Canada?

A: The bag available is 150g, which is a familiar size for British pick-and-mix style sweets. It is enough to share, though Mint Imperials have a way of disappearing steadily over an afternoon without anyone making a particular decision about it. For British expats in Canada, it is the sort of thing that goes into a British shop order alongside a few other things and arrives looking very reasonable.

More about Bonds of London Mint Imperials

Mint Imperials are one of those quietly enduring British sweets that have been rattling around in coat pockets and desk drawers for generations. Small, hard, sugar-panned and intensely minty, they sit firmly in the category of old-fashioned British confectionery that never really needed updating because nothing about them was wrong to begin with.

For British expats and Canadians with a taste for UK sweets, Mint Imperials are the sort of thing that is genuinely hard to replicate locally. The flavour profile is specific, the format is specific, and the memory attached to them tends to be equally specific. People looking to buy Mint Imperials in Canada are usually looking for exactly this, not a substitute.

This is the 150g bag from Bonds of London, a size that fits comfortably in a handbag, a glove box, or a desk drawer. They store well at room temperature, travel without fuss, and do not require any particular care beyond keeping them somewhere reasonably cool and dry.

Bonds of London produces a broad range of traditional British sweets, and Mint Imperials sit naturally alongside their other sugar-panned and boiled sweet lines. The full Bonds in Canada range is worth a look if you are rebuilding a proper British sweet tin, and the wider British sweets collection covers considerably more ground.

Orders ship from within Canada, which means no customs surprises for customers in Toronto, Windsor, Mississauga or further afield. A 150g bag is modest enough to tuck into a larger order without a second thought.

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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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The story of Bonds of London Mint Imperials

By Aaron A.  |  October 23, 2025

Suck it or crunch it

There are two kinds of people: those who suck a mint imperial politely until it disappears, and those who crunch it in four seconds flat and reach for another. You know which one you are. Bonds of London keeps both camps supplied. These are the mints that lived at the bottom of your nan's handbag, rattled about in the glovebox on long drives, and came round the back seat the minute somebody said they felt a bit sick.

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Old sweets, serious business

When Bonds of London changed hands in April 2016, the trade press called it one of the UK's oldest sweet businesses. Nobody gets that title just for turning up. The buyer was Innovative Bites, a US-foods wholesaler founded in 2008 by Vishal Madhu, in a multimillion-pound deal. Its founder said Bonds had historically been known for traditional British sweets, the pick'n'mix jars and hanging bags you would find in any decent sweet shop. Managing director Philip Courtenay-Luck stayed on with the business.

Then they bought the pick'n'mix too

A year later, Innovative Bites went and bought Hancocks Cash & Carry, the pick'n'mix wholesaler, in a deal worth about £100m. That tells you something. People who know the sweet trade take the old classics very seriously, and so they should. Bonds of London's best-known jars hold retro favourites such as sherbet lemons and wine gums, the sort of thing weighed out by the quarter while you hovered at the counter, pointing.

The mint that does the rounds

A mint imperial is not really a sweet you eat on your own. It gets offered. After a pub lunch, during a long sermon, halfway up the M6, a bag comes out and goes round. Nobody refuses. Nobody takes just one either, whatever they tell you. Keep a bag in the car and another in your coat pocket, and one day you will notice you have turned into your grandad. There are worse things to turn into.

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