Apres Lines Explained: What Are The Apres Snus Lines In The UK?

The Apres lines on our UK shelf number four: Normal at 4.4mg per pouch, a limited edition at 5.5mg, Extra Strong at 8.3mg and Hypèr Strong at 11mg. Every can of Apres snus is made by Après Nicotine AB, a company in Stockholm, Sweden, and every pouch in every line is tobacco free, containing nicotine but no tobacco.

Reading the range works a lot like reading the London Underground map, where the colour of a line tells you where you are long before any station name means anything. So, the line printed on an Apres lid tells a reader in the UK the nicotine per pouch, and the flavour then settles which can goes in the basket. Our UK shelf now holds 19 Apres cans spread across the four lines, set out in the table below.

What Are The Apres Lines On The UK Shelf?

The Apres lines on the UK shelf are Normal, Extra Strong, Hypèr Strong and one limited edition, and each line name describes nicotine per pouch rather than flavour. The Apres range is organised by strength under the names Zero, Mini, Normal, Extra Strong and Hypèr Strong, and our shelf carries Normal, Extra Strong and Hypèr Strong cans together with the limited edition. Apres Cola 8.3mg and Apres Cola 11mg share a flavour, so the line is the main thing that changes from one lid to the next.

On our own strength scale, Normal at 4.4mg and the limited edition at 5.5mg both sit in Light (1 to 8mg per pouch), while Extra Strong at 8.3mg and Hypèr Strong at 11mg both sit in Medium (8 to 16mg per pouch). The brand's words and our scale use different vocabulary, which is worth keeping in mind when comparing. Extra Strong on an Apres lid is a step on the Apres ladder, and the mg figure beside it is what lets you compare a pouch with snus from any other brand. Every figure, line by line, is gathered on our page of Apres Strengths and mg Levels in the UK.

A flavour can appear in more than one line, and that is the detail that most often surprises people browsing the range for the first time. Apres Cactus Lime 8.3mg and Apres Cactus Lime 11mg share a flavour name, as do Apres Ice Tea Peach 8.3mg and Apres Ice Tea Peach 11mg. So, the line marking on the can, rather than the flavour name, is the quickest way to know which of the two you are holding.

Will Moving Between Apres Lines Change How You Use A Pouch?

No, every Apres line is used in the same way, and the only thing that changes between Normal and Hypèr Strong is the nicotine in each pouch. A pouch sits under the lip and stays there for as long as the user likes, whichever line it comes from.

The detail on timing, including why the same approach applies right across the range, sits on our page about How Long Does an Apres Last in the UK?. For the steps themselves, from opening the can to placing a pouch and putting the used one in a bin afterwards, our guide to How to Use Apres Snus in the UK runs through them in order.

Think of the way a Sunday roast is served in homes across the UK: the plate can be loaded light or heavy, but the cutlery, the gravy and the order of things stay exactly where they were. In the same way, a reader moving from Extra Strong to Hypèr Strong keeps the same routine, and the pouch simply carries 11mg rather than 8.3mg. That is why the line is worth settling first, because it is the one choice in the range that changes the nicotine figure.

What Marks Set One Apres Line Apart From Another On The Can?

The lid separates the Apres lines with small marks on a shared design, with Extra Strong cans carrying a black tab and Hypèr Strong cans carrying a red banner. Apres cans are white with a coloured ring, the brand name in a serif typeface, the flavour name in capitals, the words nicotine pouches, and a row of small dots near the edge that shows strength.

The Extra Strong Tab

The Apres Extra Strong cans carry a small black tab with Extra Strong printed on it, as seen on Apres Menthol 8.3mg. On a crowded shelf it is the quickest way to separate a can from its Hypèr Strong twin, which helps when Apres Menthol 8.3mg and Apres Menthol 11mg sit side by side.

The Hypèr Strong Banner

Apres Cola 11mg, Apres Hugo Spritz 11mg and Apres Mochaccino 11mg carry the line name repeated around the rim and a red Hypèr Strong banner with five dots. Left on a desk in a Manchester office, that red band is about as easy to spot as a post box on a grey morning.

The Flavour Numbers

Each lid also carries a number above the brand name, such as 1 on Apres Menthol 8.3mg, 4 on Apres Cola 11mg, 13 on Apres Mochaccino 11mg and 15 on Apres Hugo Spritz 11mg. For an order of preference across the flavours, our list of Apres Flavours Ranked: Which Apres Snus Is Best in the UK? is the place to look. The background on the brand, the company behind it and what goes into each pouch is on our page explaining What is Apres?.

Are All The Apres Lines Sold In The Same Can?

Apres cans in the Normal, Extra Strong and Hypèr Strong lines are standard size cans holding 11g net. The ingredient list printed for Apres Blueberry 4.4mg, Apres Limoncello Dicapri Limited Edition 5.5mg, Apres Menthol 8.3mg and Apres Hugo Spritz 11mg matches: filler (E460), water, plant fibre, thickener (E401), flavourings, stabiliser (E415), salt, an acidity agent (E501), nicotine and sweetener (E950).

So, the difference between a Normal can and a Hypèr Strong can of Apres snus comes down to the nicotine per pouch and the flavour, while the list of ingredients around them stays the same. A pouch from one line looks and sits like a pouch from another, much as standard and first class tickets on the same train from Birmingham to London cover an identical route.

That consistency makes the range easy to shop by line. Our page on Where can you buy Apres in the UK? covers ordering, and the short version is plain: we deliver to the UK. Everything we sell is intended for adults who are 18 or over.

Which Single Can Sits In The Apres Normal Line For UK Buyers?

The Apres Normal line on our UK shelf is Apres Blueberry 4.4mg, the lowest nicotine per pouch of any Apres can we stock. At 4.4mg it sits in the Light band of our scale, a gentle starting point on the Apres ladder.

Apres Blueberry 4.4mg also has a Hypèr Strong counterpart in Apres Blueberry 11mg, which makes blueberry the one Apres flavour on our shelf that runs from Light at one end of the range to the top Apres figure at the other. For a reader who wants to compare two strengths without changing the flavour at all, that pair offers the widest gap within a single Apres flavour. Normal is where the Apres ladder starts on our shelf, and every other line sits above it in mg per pouch.

What Is The Apres Limoncello Dicapri Limited Edition?

Apres Limoncello Dicapri Limited Edition 5.5mg is a limited edition can at 5.5mg per pouch, placed between Normal at 4.4mg and Extra Strong at 8.3mg. Its lid reads Limoncello Dicapri, with the words Limited Collaboration along the bottom, which marks it out from the numbered lines at a glance.

Because it is a limited edition, the can stands outside the Normal, Extra Strong and Hypèr Strong ladder and carries its own nicotine figure in place of a line name. On our scale, 5.5mg puts it in Light alongside Apres Blueberry 4.4mg, a step above the Normal line. The flavour name points to lemon, which gives it a neighbour in Apres Lemon Curd 8.3mg for anyone who likes to keep a citrus theme while moving up a line.

Which Flavours Make Up The Apres Extra Strong Line?

The Apres Extra Strong line on our UK shelf runs at 8.3mg per pouch across a broad flavour list, from Apres Appletini 8.3mg and Apres Cactus Lime 8.3mg to Apres Cola 8.3mg, Apres Ice Tea Peach 8.3mg, Apres Lemon Curd 8.3mg, Apres Menthol 8.3mg and Apres Tangerine Spritz 8.3mg. At 8.3mg it sits just inside the Medium band of our scale (8 to 16mg per pouch), and the Apres Extra Strong cans carry a small black Extra Strong tab on the lid.

Drinks And Mint

Apres Cola 8.3mg and Apres Ice Tea Peach 8.3mg take their names from the drinks aisle, and Apres Menthol 8.3mg covers the cooler side of the line. Apres Cola 11mg, Apres Ice Tea Peach 11mg and Apres Menthol 11mg repeat those flavours in Hypèr Strong, so a reader settled on one of them can stay with it while moving between the two lines.

Fruit, Citrus And Dessert

Apres Appletini 8.3mg and Apres Cactus Lime 8.3mg lean towards apple and lime, while Apres Tangerine Spritz 8.3mg takes the orange end of the citrus family. Apres Lemon Curd 8.3mg is a name most UK readers already know from a jar beside the marmalade, and on our shelf it is found only in this line, as is Apres Appletini 8.3mg. Apres Cactus Lime 11mg and Apres Tangerine Spritz 11mg, by contrast, both appear again at the higher figure.

Which Flavours Make Up The Apres Hypèr Strong Line?

The Apres Hypèr Strong line is the widest on our UK shelf, with ten cans at 11mg per pouch, the highest figure in the Apres range we carry. On our scale, 11mg still sits in Medium (8 to 16mg per pouch), so the Hypèr Strong name marks the top of the Apres ladder rather than the top of the whole shop.

Flavours Shared With Other Lines

Apres Cola 11mg joins Apres Cactus Lime 11mg, Apres Ice Tea Peach 11mg, Apres Menthol 11mg and Apres Tangerine Spritz 11mg in repeating Extra Strong flavours at the higher figure. Apres Blueberry 11mg repeats the Normal flavour, which gives blueberry a place at both ends of the range.

Flavours Found Only At 11mg

Apres Banana 11mg heads the flavours that appear only in Hypèr Strong on our shelf, alongside Apres Hugo Spritz 11mg, Apres Pink Spritz 11mg and Apres Mochaccino 11mg. Apres Hugo Spritz 11mg, Apres Pink Spritz 11mg and Apres Tangerine Spritz 11mg all carry the spritz name at 11mg, so anyone searching for Apres spritz snus will find most of the choice here. Apres Mochaccino 11mg is the only coffee flavour name across the Apres lines on our shelf.

Which Apres Line Suits Which UK Buyer?

The Apres line that suits a UK buyer depends on the nicotine per pouch they already know, with Normal and the limited edition at the lower end and Extra Strong and Hypèr Strong above them. A reader new to Apres can begin with the lower figures on the ladder, and a reader with a settled routine can go straight to the line that matches the mg they already use.

Flavour often decides it the other way round. A commuter heading into Leeds who wants Apres Lemon Curd 8.3mg will find it only in Extra Strong, while someone in Glasgow after Apres Pink Spritz 11mg will find it only in Hypèr Strong, so the flavour can choose the line just as readily as the line chooses the flavour. That being said, the shared flavours give the most room to move, because a can of the same name sits in two lines with two different figures.

For a wider look beyond one brand, you can buy snus from the whole shop by strength and flavour, or start from our snus home page and work through every brand from there.