Poppets: version 1

Saved 2026-09-17 12:43 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Poppets Toffee 39 g** (GTIN-8 `50314904`) from the wanted queue, where it had sat since the 2007 Barcodepedia capture "poppets toffee". **What it is.** A 39 g cardboard carton of chewy toffee. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Poppets <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Poppets
disambiguation: British chocolate-coated dragée brand, formerly Paynes Poppets
website: https://www.valeofoods.co.uk/brands/poppets
founded: 1937
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                      | market | from | until | ended | status  | source         | note                                                 |
| -------- | --------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/valeo-confectionery | global |      |       |       | sourced | ^valeo-poppets | Poppets sits in Valeo Foods UK's own brand portfolio |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name            | type   | locale | from | until |
| --------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Paynes Poppets  | name   | en     | 1937 |       |
| Payne's Poppets | search | en     |      |       |
| Paynes          | search | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref           | url                                            | title                            | accessed   | publisher      | kind         | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------- | ------------ | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| valeo-poppets | https://www.valeofoods.co.uk/brands/poppets    | Valeo Foods UK: Poppets®         | 2026-09-17 | Valeo Foods UK | manufacturer |           |           |         |         |             |          |
| wiki-poppets  | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppets_(sweets) | Wikipedia (en): Poppets (sweets) | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia      | publication  |           |           |         |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Poppets are bite-sized chocolate-coated dragées sold in Britain in small cardboard cartons and in pouches. They were introduced in 1937 by Payne's fine confectionery of Croydon, at first with a raisin centre only, and were long sold as Paynes Poppets; mint, toffee, orange and salted caramel fudge followed.[^wiki-poppets] The carton with its tear-out corner hatch, kept when other brands moved to plastic wrappers in the 1960s and 1970s, made them a cinema staple.[^wiki-poppets] The brand now belongs to Valeo Confectionery, which lists it among the Valeo Foods UK brands alongside Fox's, Barratt and Taveners.[^valeo-poppets]
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