Canned & Jarred

Canned & Jarred

Koo canned vegetables and fruit, All Gold and Peppadew, the tins and jars every South African pantry needs. Shipped across Canada from our shop in Barrie, Ontario.

South African canned food, the pantry shelf that travels

Half of South African home cooking starts with a tin. Chakalaka next to the pap, butter beans in the stew, guava halves with custard on a Sunday, braai relish on everything that comes off the fire. None of it has a Canadian equivalent that behaves the same way, because the flavours are built for a different table. Everything here is brought over from South Africa in its own packaging, which is how you know it is the real recipe.

Chakalaka, mild through extra hot

Chakalaka is the spiced vegetable relish that goes beside pap, boerewors and anything off a braai, and it is the single most searched item on this page. We carry the full range, mild through extra hot, plus a Knorr soup version, on its own dedicated page.

Chakalaka

Koo, All Gold and the tins everyone grew up on

Koo is the name on most South African tins: butter beans in brine, guava halves in syrup, sliced beetroot and unsweetened pie apple. All Gold covers the tomato side with braai relish and the tomato and onion mix that starts a hundred different meals. Peppadew mild whole piquante peppers are the South African invention that did make it abroad, and Illovo ginger in syrup is the one people forget they missed until they see it.

Koo

Atchar, granadilla and the sharper end of the shelf

Miami mango and garlic atchar is the pickled mango condiment that goes with curry, bunny chow and anything that needs cutting through. Miami granadilla pulp is what turns a plain dessert into a South African one. Fynbos birds eye chilli sits at the hot end. These are the jars that do the heavy lifting in a curry cupboard, and they belong next to the curry powder and masala.

Maize Meal & Samp

Frequently asked questions

Chakalaka in mild, hot and extra hot, Koo butter beans and guava halves, All Gold braai relish, Peppadew peppers and Miami atchar. All brought over from South Africa rather than a Canadian substitute.

Cold, straight from the tin, next to pap, boerewors or anything off the braai. Some people warm it through with a stew instead. Knorr also makes a soup version if you want the flavour without the tin.

Yes, everywhere in Canada. Tins and jars travel well and most people order them alongside the rusks and jams for a full pantry restock.

Chakalaka is a cooked, spiced vegetable relish that goes beside a meal. Atchar is a raw, pickled condiment, usually mango, that cuts through a curry or a bunny chow. Both live on this page but they do different jobs on a plate.