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Poppets Toffee 39 g carton

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Chewy toffee centres coated in milk chocolate, in the 39 g Poppets carton.

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Barcode 50314904

Carton ingredient panel photographed 2025-10-02[11]

United Kingdom · English · supported

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Evidence observed
2025-10-02
Net content
39 g
Pack
carton

the current label; the legal denomination changed to "Milk chocolate coated toffee", the chocolate was moved to the head of the list and polydextrose, gum arabic and tapioca starch were added

Ingredients

Declared ingredients

  1. Milk chocolate (37%) (
    1. Sugar,
    2. Cocoa butter,
    3. Skimmed milk powder,
    4. Cocoa mass,
    5. Whey powder,
    6. Lactose,
    7. Butterfat,
    8. Soy lecithin,
    9. Flavourings
    ),
  2. Glucose syrup,
  3. Sugar,
  4. Condensed skimmed milk (
    1. Skimmed milk,
    2. Sugar,
    3. Lactose
    ),
  5. Vegetable oil (
    1. Palm oil,
    2. Coconut oil
    ),
  6. Butterfat,
  7. Tapioca starch,
  8. Gum arabic,
  9. Shellac,
  10. Salt,
  11. Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids,
  12. Lecithins,
  13. Polydextrose

Original statement & ingredient evidence

Milk chocolate coated toffee. Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (37%) (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Skimmed MILK Powder, Cocoa Mass, Whey Powder (MILK), Lactose (MILK), Butteroil (MILK), Emulsifier (SOYA Lecithin), Flavourings), Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk (Skimmed MILK, Sugar, Lactose (MILK)), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Coconut), Butter Oil (MILK), Glazing Agents (Dextrinised Tapioca Starch, Gum Arabic, Shellac), Salt, Emulsifiers (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Lecithins), Polydextrose.

Declared ingredients

  1. Milk chocolate — Milk Chocolate · 37% [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
    1. Sugar — Sugar [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
    2. Cocoa butter — Cocoa Butter [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
    3. Skimmed milk powder — Skimmed MILK Powder [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
    4. Cocoa mass — Cocoa Mass [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
    5. Whey powder — Whey Powder (MILK) [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
    6. Lactose — Lactose (MILK) [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
    7. Butterfat — Butteroil (MILK) [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
      the label word is "Butteroil", the anhydrous milk fat recorded here on the butterfat page
    8. Soy lecithin — Emulsifier (SOYA Lecithin) · emulsifier [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
    9. Flavourings — Flavourings [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
  2. Glucose syrup — Glucose Syrup [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
  3. Sugar — Sugar [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
  4. Condensed skimmed milk — Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
    1. Skimmed milk — Skimmed MILK [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
    2. Sugar — Sugar [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
    3. Lactose — Lactose (MILK) [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
  5. Vegetable oil — Vegetable Oils [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
    1. Palm oil — Palm [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
    2. Coconut oil — Coconut [11]
      GB · from 2025-10-02
      known
  6. Butterfat — Butter Oil (MILK) [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
    printed a second time outside the chocolate coating
  7. Tapioca starch — Dextrinised Tapioca Starch · glazing agent [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
    printed as a dextrinised starch
  8. Gum arabic — Gum Arabic · glazing agent [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
  9. Shellac — Shellac · glazing agent [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
  10. Salt — Salt [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
  11. Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids — Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids · emulsifier [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
  12. Lecithins — Lecithins · emulsifier [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known
    printed without a source plant, unlike the SOYA lecithin in the coating
  13. Polydextrose — Polydextrose [11]
    GB · from 2025-10-02
    known

Allergen declarations

  • contains: milk[11] · MILK highlighted in capitals eight times in the ingredient list
  • contains: soybeans[11] · SOYA highlighted in capitals in the emulsifier of the coating

Other observations & source differences (4)

Different sources or national labels can coexist. Differences alone do not establish a change to the product.

Statements on the label

  • Recycle[1]label · UK OPRL kerbside mark on the carton, beside the Tidyman symbol
  • 25% minimum recycled board[1]label · the line above the mark is clipped by the crop; the figure and the word "minimum" are legible

Product facts

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Barcode
50314904 check digit OK
Brand
Poppets
Net content
39 g
Pack
carton
Last observed on sale
2026-09-17
Last sale evidence
listed by cheapfood.co.uk (GB) and kalasgodis.se (SE) on 2026-09-17; Valeo Foods UK still shows a Poppets Toffee Carton in the range
Made in
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Status
active

About this product

Poppets Toffee is a 39 g cardboard carton of chewy toffee balls coated in milk chocolate, sold in the United Kingdom under the Poppets brand and made by Valeo Confectionery.[4] The carton front carries the PAYNES signature above the Poppets wordmark and the line "chewy toffee covered in milk chocolate", and the pack is opened through a tear-out hatch in one corner rather than a wrapper, the format the brand has kept since the 1930s.[5] The back names a UK consumer-services address at WF8 9BT and the Valeo Foods Group in Dublin.[6] The barcode is a GTIN-8, 50314904, printed by UK, Swedish and US sellers alike.[7][8][9]

Poppets were introduced in 1937 by George Payne & Co of Croydon, as a dragée with only a raisin centre; toffee, mint and orange followed, and by 2011 about ten million were eaten each week.[5] Payne's was bought by Northern Foods in 1998, the Croydon Road factory closed in 2001 and production moved to Leicester and, from 2020, to York; the brand now belongs to Valeo Confectionery Limited of Norwich, registered since 1986 and formerly Tangerine Confectionery Limited.[5][10] The carton's recipe was reformulated between 2022 and 2025: the older list opened with sugar and glucose syrup and declared the pack as "milk chocolate (37%) with toffee centres", while the current one opens with the milk chocolate itself and adds polydextrose, gum arabic and dextrinised tapioca starch.[6][11]

Where it's sold

  • cheapfood.co.uk information[12] United Kingdom GBP 0.40 · new · sourced the listing prints barcode 50314904 and names Valeo Confectionery Ltd; short-dated grocery seller · made in United Kingdom
  • kalasgodis.se information[2] Sweden new · sourced Swedish confectionery retailer; the listing prints "EAN: 50314904", 39 g, "Made in: England" and a Swedish translation of the earlier ingredient list · made in United Kingdom
  • economycandy.com information[3] United States USD 1.29 · new · sourced New York importer; "SKU: 50314904" on a "Payne Poppets! Toffee – 39g Box" page filed under imported British chocolate, shown out of stock when read · made in United Kingdom
  • the UK OPRL "Recycle" mark, the Tidyman symbol and the "not suitable for children under 3" roundel are printed on the carton, beside a UK (WF8 9BT) address[1] United Kingdom · printed Made in United Kingdom

A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price. Store links may be affiliate links (how this works).

Other names for this product

Also known as

  • Paynes Poppets Toffee en

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Open Food Facts

Open Food Facts: carton recycling panel, uploaded 2025-10-02

pack · Accessed 2026-09-17

Source & attribution [1] ↗

Recorded source

Source & attribution [2] ↗

Recorded source

Source & attribution [3] ↗

Coverage & research gaps (15)

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  • Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
  • Context: 3 / 4 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
  • Label photographs: 0 / 3 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
  • Carton front and nutrition panel photographed 2020-05-21: nutrient evidence: 9 / 9 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
  • nutrition · stale: no photograph of the 2025 carton's nutrition panel exists; the transcribed figures come from the 2020 and 2022 photographs of the same pack and may predate the recipe change
  • relationships · not_applicable: this is a GTIN-8, which GS1 UK allocates number by number, so there is no company prefix and no gs1_prefix_owner can be recorded
  • markets · unknown: amazon.co.uk carries single-box and multipack Poppets Toffee 39 g listings, but the storefront refuses both the server and a direct read, so none could be matched to this barcode
  • ingredients · disputed: the 2022 carton names Shellac and Dextrinised Starch as the glazing agents; the Swedish retailer's translation of the same barcode names shellac and gum arabic
  • identity · unknown: the number of toffees in the 39 g carton is not printed on any photographed surface
  • markets · unknown: Searched amazon.se on 2026-09-17 for "Poppets Toffee 39 g" (0 results), brand "poppets" (104 results, pages 1-2), "000050314904" (0 results), plus "Poppets toffee" and "Paynes Poppets": no listing of this article; No Paynes Poppets confectionery of any flavour or size on the store, so no sibling listing exists to read a variant selector from. The only exact-name hit, ASIN 6135071203 "Paynes Poppets: Confectionery, Fox's Confectionery, Mentha, Toffee", is a paperback book (breadcrumb Boecker > Barnboecker, no
  • markets · unknown: Searched amazon.com on 2026-09-17 for "Poppets Toffee 39 g" (0 results), brand "poppets" (582 results, page 1), "000050314904" (0 results), plus "Poppets toffee" (0 results) and "Paynes Poppets" (0 results): no listing of this article; Nothing adjacent: no Paynes Poppets confectionery in any size, flavour or multipack, and not even the book that amazon.se carries. The brand search returns only pop/fidget toys, poppet dolls, poppet valves and books about poppets.
  • evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
  • evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
  • schema · schema_gap: Review and assign legacy facts to coherent observations.
  • nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
  • nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
  • ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
  • ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
  • nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.

All references & source details

References

  1. ↑ Open Food Facts: carton recycling panel, uploaded 2025-10-02 Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2025-10-02. Accessed 2026-09-17. ODbL. Open Food Facts.
  2. ↑ https://www.kalasgodis.se/en/products/poppets-toffee/
  3. ↑ https://economycandy.com/product/payne-poppets-toffee/
  4. ↑ Valeo Foods UK: Poppets® Valeo Foods UK. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-17.
  5. ↑ Wikipedia (en): Poppets (sweets) Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-17.
  6. ↑ Open Food Facts: carton back with the earlier label, uploaded 2022-03-04 Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2022-03-04. Accessed 2026-09-17. ODbL. Open Food Facts.
  7. ↑ Best Before it's Gone: Poppets – Chewy Toffee Covered in Milk Chocolate – 39g Best Before it's Gone. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-17.
  8. ↑ Kalasgodis: Poppets Toffee Kalasgodis. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-17.
  9. ↑ Economy Candy: Payne Poppets! Toffee – 39g Box Economy Candy. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-17.
  10. ↑ Companies House: Valeo Confectionery Limited (02025064) Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-17. Record: 02025064.
  11. ↑ Open Food Facts: carton ingredient panel, uploaded 2025-10-02 Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2025-10-02. Accessed 2026-09-17. ODbL. Open Food Facts.
  12. ↑ https://cheapfood.co.uk/poppets-chewy-toffee-covered-in-milk-chocolate-39g/

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Barcode & identifiers

EAN-8
50314904
GTIN-14
00000050314904
EAN-13 / GTIN-13
0000050314904

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