What Is Snu Snus in Australia?

Snu is a snus brand, sold as a nicotine pouch, with eleven flavours and four strengths: 9mg, 12mg, 18mg and 45mg per pouch. Every one of the eleven sits on our Snu snus shelf in Australia. Most of the range is fruit. Beyond that there is one mint, two drink flavours and a can that is only ever made in the strongest line.

The range is for adults 18+ only, and we deliver to Australia. Each line is covered in more detail in every Snu strength and mg level, but the table below is the quick version. It matches the name the brand prints on its cans to our own strength scale, so a Snu figure can be read like any other can on the shelf, whether you are in Sydney, Melbourne or Perth.

How Do You Use Snu Snus, and How Long Does a Pouch Stay In?

You place a Snu snus pouch beneath your upper lip and leave it for somewhere between 30 and 60 minutes, whichever you find comfortable. The habit is identical to any other snus, so anyone who has tried a different brand will know what to do, and a newcomer has almost nothing to learn. Saliva slowly pulls flavour and nicotine out of the pouch, which means the taste builds as the session goes on. For the detail on timing, see how long a Snu lasts. It treats the time a pouch stays in and the time its flavour holds as two separate questions.

Whether you choose Snu snus at 9mg per pouch or a stronger line, the steps do not change. Open the can, lift out one pouch, and slip it between gum and upper lip. Leave it there for as long as suits you inside that 30 to 60 minute range. A longer walk through, including the very first pouch as well as everyday use, is in using Snu for the first time. Because a pouch is small and stays put, it fits into an ordinary Australian day without fuss, be that a train from Parramatta into the Sydney CBD or a long Test afternoon at the Adelaide Oval.

How Strong Is Snu Snus?

Snu snus ranges from 9mg to 45mg per pouch, split across four lines that the brand calls Low, Medium, High and Xtra High. Those labels belong to the brand. The mg figure is what lets you compare fairly with every other can we stock. So the Snu Low line, at 9mg, lands in the Medium band of our scale, which applies across the whole shop. On that scale Light covers 1 to 8mg, Medium 8 to 16mg, Strong 16 to 25mg, and Extreme starts at 25mg and goes up.

Picture the brand names as the chilli symbols on a Thai menu in Northbridge. Every kitchen decides for itself what a given number of chillies means, so two chillies in one restaurant may be milder or hotter than two next door, and the only fair test is what goes in the pot. For snus, the mg per pouch plays that part, which is why it follows the flavour in the full name of every can we list.

Which Flavours Come in the 9mg and 12mg Lines?

Between them the 9mg and 12mg lines hold almost the whole range, and both land in the Medium band. Ten of the eleven flavours are available at 9mg, the exception being SNU Black Ice 45mg, which belongs to Xtra High alone. At 12mg only SNU Watermelon is absent, so the choice there is nearly as broad. Going from SNU Grape 9mg to SNU Grape 12mg means the same flavour and the same routine with a third more nicotine in each pouch, which makes it the smallest move available in the range.

Where Does the 18mg Line Sit?

The 18mg High line falls in the Strong band of our scale. It is the upper end of the everyday Snu range, suited to adults who are already at ease with 12mg and would like familiar flavours at a higher figure. Most of the fruit flavours continue into it, among them SNU Triple Mango 18mg and SNU Strawberry Kiwi 18mg, and so do both drink flavours. Mint and watermelon stay in the lower lines, which is worth checking before you set your heart on either.

What Is Snu Xtra High?

Snu Xtra High is the 45mg per pouch line, placed firmly within the Extreme band of our scale. Five flavours are made for it: Wild Cherry, Tropical Punch, Cherry Cola, Fizzy Energy and Black Ice. SNU Black Ice 45mg stands alone, because Black Ice has no 9mg, 12mg or 18mg version at all. Cans in this line may also print a figure per gram. That describes concentration, not the content of a single pouch, so the number to compare along the shelf is 45mg per pouch. If a can only gives nicotine per gram, multiply that figure by the weight of one pouch to get the amount in each. This is a line for adults who already use strong snus.

Strength decides which flavours you can pick from. For that reason the best Snu flavour, ranked for Australia goes through all eleven and notes the strengths each is sold in. If you want the lines themselves, from Low up to Xtra High, how the four Snu lines differ lays out each one in more depth.

Where Can You Buy Snu Snus in Australia?

You can buy Snu snus from our Australian shelf, and we deliver to Australia. We hold 32 Snu products out of 559 across the whole shop, which spans 3mg to 150mg per pouch. Each can is listed under its full name with the mg per pouch included, so you see the strength before you settle on a flavour, and buying Snu across Australia explains ordering in more detail. The process is the same from Brisbane and the rest of Queensland to Victoria and Western Australia: pick a line, then pick a flavour.

How Do You Read the Name on a Snu Can?

Each Snu can name follows a single pattern of brand, flavour and then mg per pouch. SNU Grape 9mg is Snu snus in grape at 9mg per pouch, and SNU Grape 18mg is that flavour at twice the figure. Once you see the pattern, the strengths of one flavour line up together, and stepping up a line only means reading the last number while the rest of the name stays put.

The flavour word and the mg figure answer separate questions. Flavour describes the taste, and the mg figure says how much nicotine is in one pouch. Reading them apart is the surest way to stop yourself mistaking a gentle taste for a gentle strength, because a mild sounding flavour can be found at any of the four figures.

What Do the Snu Drink Flavours Taste Like?

SNU Cherry Cola 9mg tastes of cola with cherry, and SNU Fizzy Energy 9mg tastes of an energy drink. Each is sold at 9mg, 12mg, 18mg and 45mg per pouch, so if you settle on one you can change lines without changing the taste. Cherry with cola will be familiar to anyone who has reached into a servo fridge on a hot afternoon.

Fizzy Energy is the newest Snu listing. The name tells you about the taste, while the figure on the can is the nicotine per pouch, so it pays to read the two apart. Fizzy Energy is also sold as SNU Fizzy Energy 12mg, SNU Fizzy Energy 18mg and SNU Fizzy Energy 45mg, which puts it among four Snu flavours found in every line, together with Cherry Cola, Tropical Punch and Wild Cherry.

Is There a Mint Snu Flavour?

Yes. Snu makes a single mint flavour, offered at 9mg and 12mg per pouch on our shelf. SNU Fresh Mint 9mg is the lighter of the two and SNU Fresh Mint 12mg the stronger, so mint stays within the Medium band of our scale. A fresh mint is welcome during the sticky build up weeks in Darwin, when anything with a cool edge appeals. The other cool sounding name in the range is SNU Black Ice 45mg, which is only made in Xtra High and so differs from Fresh Mint in strength as well as name.

Which Fruit Flavours Does Snu Make?

Fruit accounts for most of the Snu range, with seven of the eleven flavours built on it. The fruit cans fall into a tropical pair and a broader group of melon, berry and citrus, and most reach 18mg per pouch.

Which Snu Flavours Are Tropical?

SNU Triple Mango 9mg is led by mango, as the name says, and it is also sold as SNU Triple Mango 12mg and SNU Triple Mango 18mg. Mango season around Bowen in north Queensland gives that flavour a local touchstone. SNU Tropical Punch 9mg is a blended tropical flavour and it appears in every line, with SNU Tropical Punch 12mg, SNU Tropical Punch 18mg and SNU Tropical Punch 45mg rounding out the set.

Which Snu Flavours Are Berry, Melon or Citrus?

SNU Watermelon 9mg is only sold at 9mg on our shelf, making it the watermelon choice in the lightest Snu line. SNU Strawberry Kiwi combines two fruits at 9mg, 12mg and 18mg per pouch, and SNU Grape is sold at the same three strengths. SNU Wild Cherry covers all four lines, from SNU Wild Cherry 9mg to SNU Wild Cherry 45mg. SNU lemon & Lime is sold at 9mg, 12mg and 18mg, giving citrus fans three steps to pick from.

What Is the Rub to Smell Patch on a Snu Lid?

The lid of every Snu can has a scented patch printed with the words 'Rub here to smell the flavour'. The brand calls this its rub to smell packaging, and it lets you check the flavour before opening the can. That helps when a drink flavour and a fruit flavour are sitting together in a drawer. The patch speaks only to taste, so the mg figure on the label is still where you check strength.

With eleven flavours in the range, it is a handy touch, since two cans of the same strength can be told apart without lifting the lid.

Which Snu Suits Someone New to the Brand?

The 9mg Low line is the lightest Snu and holds ten of the eleven flavours. Someone new to the brand can therefore pick by flavour family without leaving the lightest strength, trying a drink flavour, the lone mint or any of the seven fruit cans first. Four flavours extend to 45mg and most of the others reach 18mg, so a flavour you like at 9mg can usually be followed into a stronger line later. The taste carries over and only the figure changes.

For a reader in Australia who likes mint, SNU Fresh Mint 9mg is the obvious first can. Fruit fans might begin with SNU Triple Mango 9mg, and anyone drawn to drinks could try SNU Cherry Cola 9mg. Once you have a strength and a flavour in mind, you can shop nicotine pouches across the full range, or browse the rest of our snus for other brands at the same mg per pouch. For a wider view, a wider look at the best snus sets the brands side by side, so the Snu line you choose can be weighed against the rest of the shelf.