By Beth AshworthUpdated 9 November 20269 min read
Velo Strengths and mg Levels in Australia
Key takeaways
- The Australia Velo shelf covers 4mg, 6mg, 8mg, 10mg, 10.9mg, 14mg and 17mg per pouch.
- At 8mg, Velo sits where our Light and Medium bands meet.
- Velo at 10mg, 10.9mg and 14mg is Medium, and Velo at 17mg is Strong.
- Velo Purple Grape is sold at 4mg, 8mg and 14mg per pouch, so always compare the full product name and nicotine content.
Velo snus comes in seven strengths on our Australia shelf: 4mg, 6mg, 8mg, 10mg, 10.9mg, 14mg and 17mg per pouch. That stretches the range from our Light band up into Strong. Every figure below is the nicotine in a single pouch, while a can is simply the container that holds the pouches.
We deliver across Australia, and the chart reads identically whether you are in Brisbane or Adelaide. Everything on this page is intended for adults who are 18 or over.
| Nicotine per pouch | Our strength scale | Flavours at this level |
|---|---|---|
| 4mg | Light | Purple Grape |
| 6mg | Light | Arctic Grapefruit, Tropical Mango, Wintery Watermelon |
| 8mg | Light and Medium boundary | Blue Raspberry, Bright Spearmint, Icy Cherry, Lime Flame, Purple Grape, Shift Cool Peppermint, Shift Hot Dragonfruit, Shift Hot Grape, Shift Hot Peach, Shift Hot Spearmint, Smooth Papaya |
| 10mg | Medium | Blueberry Ice, Cherry Ice, Crispy Peppermint, Icy Berries, Mango Ice, Minty Lemon, Orange Ice, Peach Ice, Polar Mint, Ruby Berry, Strawberry Ice, Tropical Ice, Wintery Watermelon, Zesty Elderflower |
| 10.9mg | Medium | Freezing Peppermint, Orange Spark, Tropical Mango |
| 14mg | Medium | Freezing Peppermint, Icy Berries, Mango Flame, Peppermint Storm, Polar Mint, Purple Grape, Wintery Watermelon |
| 17mg | Strong | Freezing Peppermint, Icy Berries, Orange Spark, Peppermint Storm, Wintery Watermelon |
Where Does Each Velo Strength Fall on Our Scale?
On the Australia shelf Velo spans 4mg to 17mg per pouch, so its cans land in our Light, Medium and Strong bands. The chart is organised by nicotine content, which means a flavour name never has to stand in for a measurement. Find the mg figure, follow it across to the band, then use the sections below to locate the matching can.
Here is how our bands are set out. Light covers 1mg to 8mg, Medium covers 8mg to 16mg, Strong covers 16mg to 25mg, and Extreme starts at 25mg. Neighbouring bands meet at a shared figure, so 8mg marks the join between Light and Medium and is not pushed into either one. Velo 4mg and 6mg are Light. Velo 10mg, 10.9mg and 14mg are Medium. Velo 17mg is Strong.
Strength tells you how much nicotine is in the pouch, not how long you will keep it in. A Velo pouch stays in for 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the user's preference, and How long does a Velo last? goes through that side of things in full. For placement and a daily routine, open How do you use Velo? next.
How Do You Tell Strength Apart From Flavour and Line Names?
Start with the nicotine figure, then the flavour, then the whole product name. Words such as Ice, Hot, Freezing or Storm point to one specific can, yet the mg per pouch is what puts that can on the chart. Working in this order keeps comparisons fair when several cans share a fruit or mint name.
With the strength fixed, your flavour taste can decide things inside that level. Which Velo flavour is best? deals with that choice, and What are the Velo lines? shows how range names bundle different cans. A line name and a nicotine figure answer two separate questions, so keep both in front of you.
If you want a plain explanation of the brand, What is Velo? is the right starting point. Once strength and flavour are chosen, Where can you buy Velo in Australia? covers the buying side. Shoppers in Sydney and Perth see the same product details, since the mg figure printed on a can never shifts with the postcode.
What Velo Flavours Are Available at 4mg and 6mg?
Purple Grape is the 4mg option, while Arctic Grapefruit, Tropical Mango and Wintery Watermelon are 6mg per pouch. Both figures sit in our Light band, so these four fruit names occupy the lowest rungs of the Velo chart. What separates them is nicotine content, and flavour is a second choice on top of that.
Which Can Is the Lowest at 4mg?
Velo Purple Grape 4mg holds 4mg per pouch, the smallest figure anywhere on the Australia shelf. Use the whole name when you compare it with other grape cans, because Purple Grape also turns up at 8mg and 14mg. A search for grape alone leaves the question open, and adding the mg figure settles it before the can reaches your basket.
Which Cans Come at 6mg?
Velo Arctic Grapefruit 6mg, Velo Tropical Mango 6mg and Velo Wintery Watermelon 6mg each hold 6mg per pouch. One nicotine figure, three fruits: a neat comparison for anyone who already treats 6mg as their reference point.
If you are weighing mango against watermelon, the only variable between those two cans is the flavour. Going from Purple Grape 4mg to any 6mg can alters both the fruit and the amount, so note those two changes separately. New snus users often find it easier to judge a can when only one thing moves at a time.
What Velo Products Hold 8mg per Pouch?
The 8mg group takes in Blue Raspberry, Bright Spearmint, Icy Cherry, Lime Flame, Purple Grape, Smooth Papaya and five Shift flavours. All of them carry 8mg per pouch, even though the names stretch across fruit, citrus and mint. On our scale, 8mg is where Light and Medium meet.
Velo Blue Raspberry 8mg and Velo Bright Spearmint 8mg offer a straight berry-versus-mint comparison at one figure. Velo Icy Cherry 8mg, Velo Lime Flame 8mg and Velo Purple Grape 8mg broaden the fruit and citrus side, and Velo Smooth Papaya 8mg brings in papaya with no change to the nicotine level.
The five Shift cans at 8mg are Velo Shift Cool Peppermint 8mg, Velo Shift Hot Dragonfruit 8mg, Velo Shift Hot Grape 8mg, Velo Shift Hot Peach 8mg and Velo Shift Hot Spearmint 8mg. Cool and Hot belong to the product names, and all five carry the same 8mg per pouch.
Someone in Melbourne choosing between Bright Spearmint and Shift Hot Spearmint starts from a firm fact: each holds 8mg per pouch. Anything that separates them afterwards is down to the flavour, because the nicotine stays level. The same applies to a reader in Victoria or Queensland picking between the fruit cans and the mint cans here.
How Does 10mg Velo Differ From 10.9mg?
Velo at 10mg and Velo at 10.9mg hold different nicotine amounts per pouch, and both belong to our Medium band. Keep the decimal point when you compare, since 10mg and 10.9mg are separate rows on the chart. The exact figure gives a sharper comparison than rounding either one into a loose description.
What Flavours Does 10mg Include?
The 10mg group is the biggest on the shelf. It contains Velo Blueberry Ice, Velo Cherry Ice, Velo Crispy Peppermint, Velo Icy Berries, Velo Mango Ice and Velo Minty Lemon, each at 10mg per pouch. Velo Orange Ice, Velo Peach Ice, Velo Polar Mint, Velo Ruby Berry, Velo Strawberry Ice, Velo Tropical Ice, Velo Wintery Watermelon and Velo Zesty Elderflower share that same 10mg.
Fourteen flavours at one level means the name on the can does the sorting. Write the strength down next to any flavour you favour, especially when the flavour also shows up elsewhere in the range, as Wintery Watermelon and Icy Berries do.
What Flavours Does 10.9mg Include?
Velo Freezing Peppermint 10.9mg, Velo Orange Spark 10.9mg and Velo Tropical Mango 10.9mg make up this level. A shopper in Brisbane who knows Tropical Mango from the 6mg can will recognise the name but meet a different content, so check the mg figure. Setting Orange Spark beside Freezing Peppermint at 10.9mg keeps the nicotine steady and changes only the flavour.
What Velo Flavours Are Sold at 14mg and 17mg?
Freezing Peppermint, Icy Berries, Peppermint Storm and Wintery Watermelon each appear at both 14mg and 17mg per pouch. The 14mg versions fall in our Medium band and the 17mg versions in Strong. Since the flavour names repeat, the strength figure is what distinguishes two otherwise identical search results.
Which Cans Hold 14mg?
Velo Freezing Peppermint 14mg, Velo Icy Berries 14mg, Velo Mango Flame 14mg and Velo Peppermint Storm 14mg each hold 14mg per pouch. Velo Polar Mint 14mg, Velo Purple Grape 14mg and Velo Wintery Watermelon 14mg round out this level. Use the full name, and never peppermint, grape or watermelon alone, as the identifier.
Which Cans Hold 17mg?
Velo Freezing Peppermint 17mg, Velo Icy Berries 17mg, Velo Orange Spark 17mg, Velo Peppermint Storm 17mg and Velo Wintery Watermelon 17mg each hold 17mg per pouch. This is the top Velo level on the Australia shelf, and it lies inside our Strong band.
Wintery Watermelon shows why the number deserves as much attention as the flavour: it exists at 6mg, 10mg, 14mg and 17mg per pouch. Freezing Peppermint does the same at 10.9mg, 14mg and 17mg. Picking watermelon or peppermint settles a taste preference, but picking the exact product also needs the nicotine figure.
Can Words Like Ice, Hot or Freezing Alter the mg Figure?
No. A word such as Ice, Hot or Freezing names a product, while the mg per pouch states its nicotine content. Velo Bright Spearmint 8mg and Velo Blue Raspberry 8mg each carry 8mg per pouch, though one is mint and the other berry. Likewise Velo Cherry Ice 10mg and Velo Freezing Peppermint 10.9mg are told apart by their figures, not by the word at the front.
Picture a servo pie warmer: the price on the sign is one detail and the filling is another, and knowing one says nothing about the other. A Velo can behaves the same way. The flavour name is the filling, the format is the pie's size, and the mg per pouch is the number that belongs on the strength chart.
That is why the chart lists flavours beneath each nicotine level and does not rank flavour names. Two Velo products showing the same mg per pouch hold the same nicotine, and any other difference is the named flavour. Two products showing different figures are first separated by that figure.
How Should You Pick a Velo Strength in Australia?
Pick a strength by matching its mg per pouch to the nicotine content you already use, then browse the flavours available at that level. Anyone new to snus can begin with the lower rows of the chart, while an experienced user has a familiar product to act as a yardstick. In both cases the figure on the can is the fixed point.
For a cleaner comparison, change one detail at a time. Velo Purple Grape 4mg against Velo Purple Grape 8mg changes the nicotine and keeps the flavour. Velo Arctic Grapefruit 6mg against Velo Tropical Mango 6mg keeps the nicotine and changes the fruit. These are two distinct decisions, and separating them makes each easier to judge.
Before you buy snus, record the full product name together with its mg per pouch. That helps whether your shortlist is being drawn up in Adelaide, Sydney or anywhere else in the country, and it matters most for names sold at several levels. Check both details again when you return to a favourite flavour, because each version has its own figure.
For the wider snus range, apply the same per pouch comparison to every product. Keep your preferred Velo nicotine content in mg per pouch beside the flavour name, then choose the matching Velo can. Doing this each time you order snus keeps your choices consistent from one purchase to the next.
Questions about Velo
What strengths does Velo come in for Australia?
The Australia shelf has Velo at 4mg, 6mg, 8mg, 10mg, 10.9mg, 14mg and 17mg of nicotine per pouch.
Which Velo is the strongest you sell in Australia?
The strongest Velo is 17mg per pouch. Freezing Peppermint, Icy Berries, Orange Spark, Peppermint Storm and Wintery Watermelon come at that level.
Does Velo 8mg count as Light or Medium on your scale?
It lands exactly where the two bands meet. Light covers 1mg to 8mg and Medium covers 8mg to 16mg per pouch, so 8mg belongs to both edges.
Which strengths does Velo Purple Grape come in?
Velo Purple Grape appears at 4mg, 8mg and 14mg per pouch on the Australia shelf.
Does Velo Freezing Peppermint always contain 17mg?
No, Velo Freezing Peppermint is available at 10.9mg, 14mg and 17mg per pouch. The complete product name identifies the version.
How long is a Velo pouch kept in?
A Velo pouch is kept in for 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the user's preference.
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