What processed food can you bring into Brazil?

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redpantherNew member20 September 2015 23:43:49

Hi all,

Like most expats, i have had to do without certain foods and products which in the UK are common place and you eat and use everyday. Well I have family coming over in October and the wish list is long and varied. The question is What can they not bring in to Brasil if they declair that they are bringing in goods for personnal consumption?

I visited for many years, before living in Brazil, and always brought in goods and we were never stopped. Was I lucky or has anyone suffered from this.

Things like:-

Salad cream
Baked beans
Real Chedder cheese ( mature)
British bangers
A sliced loaf of english bread
Pepperame
Baby Bells ( cheese)
Walkers salt and vinger crisps and other flavours
Custard cream biscuits
Rich tea biscuits
Garden peas in tin
Malt vinger.
Cornish clotted cream.
Proper jam Strawberry and other flavours

Just imagine a full English breakfast with Brazilian coffee on a Brazilian spring morning. The start of a good day. ( I am simple with simple tastes). What would be your perfect breakfast?
I have found some of these products on specialist webb sites in Brazil but the cost is stupid.

I know James will answer so thankyou in advance.

James ViP

Member since 20 June 2010

Brazil & Canada Expert

JamesViP21 September 2015 01:45:43

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You are going to have extreme trouble in getting any kind of processed foods into Brazil, Don't even bother trying.

I have a friend who was sent 4 packages of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, the Receita Federal (customs) seized them for 4 weeks before they finally permitted him to retrieve them. Anything that is an agricultural product, especially something that is also produced here in Brazil will just be the source of nightmares for you at customs.

Regardless of the price of the items you've found on the internet, in the end they'll be a lot cheaper than losing what you buy abroad and gets confiscated. There are lots of foods from the UK that are readily available here in specialty shops in São Paulo, probably in Rio too but I'm not familiar with Rio so I can't say for certain.

Casa Santa Luzia in São Paulo is awesome....
https://www.santaluzia.com.br/

Cheers,
James Expat-blog Experts Team

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