# Nuttall's Mintoes

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## Summary

Nuttall's Mintoes were butter mint hard sweets from a Doncaster firm. The name lives on in butter mintoes, which, unlike buttermints, contain real butter.

## Description

Mintoes are hard butter mint sweets, and the name has Doncaster roots. The William Nuttall business, based in the town, was best known for its Mintoes hard sweets.
A Doncaster sweet
In the 19th and 20th centuries Doncaster was home to several sweet makers: Parkinson's, the butterscotch makers, Nuttall's with its Mintoes, and Murray Mints. In August 2011, Parkinson's put its 190 year old trademark up for sale on eBay: see butterscotch and Murray Mints
Nuttall's was bought by Callard and Bowser, a firm founded in Glasgow in 1779 and known for its toffee. The takeover made Callard and Bowser one of the largest toffee makers in the UK.
Butter mintoes today
The name lives on in butter mintoes sold under supermarket labels, and in sugar free versions.
Butter Mintoes, as recorded by Open Food Facts in September 2026. Glucose syrup, sugar, butter (8 per cent), invert sugar syrup, salt, soya lecithins, flavouring, hydrolysed milk protein, and plain caramel as a colour. The record carries a vegetarian label.
Sugar Free Mintoes, as listed by Sweets and Candy. Isomalt and sucralose as sweeteners, butter, peppermint oil and vanilla as flavourings, plain caramel and salt. The retailer lists them as suitable for vegetarians.
Real butter, unlike buttermints
Both recipes here contain butter. That sets them apart from the buttermints sold by one UK retailer, whose recipe lists no butter or milk at all, only flavourings: see butter mints
Diet and allergy points
Milk. Both recipes contain butter, and one also contains hydrolysed milk protein, so they are not suitable for anyone with a milk allergy or for vegans: see milk in sweetsSoya. The Open Food Facts recipe contains soya lecithins.Sugar free. The sugar free version is sweetened with isomalt, and it carries the warning excessive consumption may produce laxative effects: see why do sugar free sweets carry a laxative warning?Younger children. These are hard sweets, and the NHS says not to give younger children hard foods such as boiled sweets. The sugar free listing says they are not suitable for children under 3.
In our pick and mix
We do not sell Mintoes, but we do sell SW040. Each card opens up to show the full ingredients and allergens for the sweets we actually stock.

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