What Is Apres Snus? A Guide for Spain

Apres is a tobacco free snus from Sweden, and on our shelf in Spain it comes in 19 cans running from 4.4mg to 11mg of nicotine per pouch. It is made by Après Nicotine AB, which describes itself as a young company from Stockholm, Sweden, and its flavours borrow freely from cocktails, desserts and the café counter. The whole range sits together in our Apres snus collection, while the chart below arranges every can by its strength per pouch, so a shopper in Madrid can find the right column before choosing a flavour.

Most Apres cans on our Spain shelf hold either 8.3mg or 11mg per pouch, with a single flavour offered at 4.4mg and a limited collaboration at 5.5mg. So, for most people the first decision with Apres is between those two main strengths, and the flavour question tends to settle itself once that is done. Several flavours appear at both 8.3mg and 11mg, which makes it straightforward to keep a favourite taste and simply move up or down a column.

Who is the maker of Apres snus?

Apres snus is made by Après Nicotine AB, which describes itself as a young company from Stockholm, Sweden. The brand presents itself as a Swedish brand that produces and sells tobacco free nicotine pouches, and its products first went on sale in Sweden in 2021. Since then, the range has reached several countries, where it is sold both in shops and online, and Spain is one of the places where it now sits on our shelf.

Apres is a young brand by Nordic standards, where snus itself has a long history. But, a young maker has the freedom to build a range around flavour from the very first can, and Apres has done exactly that, with a stated goal of innovative flavours offered in different formats and nicotine strengths. The trade marks and product names on every lid belong to Après Nicotine AB, so the brand and the maker are one and the same. That keeps the answer to who makes Apres pleasingly short, which is a rare luxury in a category full of parent companies and sub brands.

Is there any tobacco in Apres snus?

No tobacco is used at all. Apres snus holds nicotine without any tobacco leaf, so every pouch is a white, tobacco free portion rather than the ground leaf of traditional Swedish snus. Snus is the everyday word for pouches that contain tobacco and for tobacco free pouches, so what Apres snus really is gets settled by its ingredients, which is why the tobacco question is worth answering before strength or flavour comes into it.

Inside an Apres pouch you will find a filler (E460), water, plant fibre, a thickener (E401), flavourings, a stabiliser (E415), salt, an acidity adjuster (E501), nicotine and a sweetener (E950). The filler and plant fibre give the pouch its body, while the thickener (E401) and stabiliser (E415) are part of the recipe alongside them. The acidity adjuster is the ingredient that tunes pH, and pH is one of the things that affects how nicotine is released under the lip. The sweetener and flavourings carry the taste itself.

Traditional snus, by contrast, is built on ground tobacco with water, salt and flavouring, and nicotine arrives with the leaf. A tobacco free pouch swaps the leaf for a filler and adds nicotine separately. For a reader in Spain comparing a Swedish tin with anything else, that single difference in the base is the quickest way to tell the two kinds apart.

How much nicotine is in an Apres pouch?

An Apres pouch on our Spain shelf holds 4.4mg, 5.5mg, 8.3mg or 11mg of nicotine, depending on the can. Our own strength scale runs Light from 1 to 8mg, Medium from 8 to 16mg, Strong from 16 to 25mg and Extreme from 25mg upwards. On that scale, the 4.4mg and 5.5mg cans are Light, while the 8.3mg and 11mg cans fall into Medium. As such, every Apres can on our Spain shelf sits in the Light or Medium band of a scale that runs from 1mg to over 25mg per pouch, yet the gap between the lightest and strongest Apres pouch is still wide enough to matter.

Every figure here is mg per pouch, which is the number to compare from one can to another. Some product descriptions also quote mg/g, a measure of concentration by weight, and the two are easy to confuse at a glance. To turn one into the other, multiply the mg/g figure by the pouch weight in grams, and the answer is the nicotine in a single pouch. Perceived strength is a separate matter again, since moisture, pH and pouch composition all affect how quickly the nicotine curve rises and how long its plateau holds. Two pouches with the same mg can therefore feel different under the lip. For a closer look at each column, the Apres strengths chart for Spain sets the cans side by side.

How long can you keep an Apres pouch in?

You keep an Apres pouch in for as long as it still gives you flavour and a steady feel, and that varies with the person, the moment and the pouch. Flavour and nicotine follow their own curve rather than a timer. The first stretch brings the flavour forward while the nicotine starts to build, then the pouch settles into a steadier phase before it begins to taper.

A lunch break in Seville and a long afternoon at a desk in Bilbao will naturally call for different lengths, much as a quick coffee standing at the bar differs from a long one at a table, and the same can serves both without any fuss. Once an Apres pouch has given what it has, it comes out, and the next one waits in the can for later. The page on how long an Apres snus lasts in Spain follows that curve stage by stage, from the opening minutes through to the taper.

How do you place an Apres pouch under the lip?

An Apres pouch goes under the upper lip, tucked between the lip and the gum, and stays there without chewing. Moisture in the mouth does the rest, drawing out the flavour and the nicotine gradually while the pouch sits still. A light tingle is a familiar part of how many pouches feel, and the cooling flavours add a fresh note on top of it.

When the session is over, the used pouch comes out and goes in the bin, while the can itself is made of recyclable plastic and belongs with the plastics. The guide on how to use Apres covers the first pouch and everyday use in more detail. Once the routine feels settled, flavour tends to become the more interesting question, and the best Apres flavours ranked for Spain puts the whole range in order.

How is the Apres range split into lines?

The Apres range is split by strength, into lines called Zero, Mini, Normal, Extra Strong and Hypèr Strong, with occasional limited editions released alongside them. On our Spain shelf, the cans come from the Normal, Extra Strong and Hypèr Strong lines, together with one limited collaboration. The 4.4mg can belongs to Normal, the 8.3mg cans broadly match Extra Strong, and the 11mg cans broadly match Hypèr Strong, a name the brand spells with a grave accent on its lids. The line name tells you roughly where a can sits before you read its mg, which saves a little time when browsing.

Apres Limoncello Dicapri Limited Edition 5.5mg is a different sort of can altogether. It carries the words LIMITED COLLABORATION along the bottom of its lid and sits at 5.5mg per pouch, between the 4.4mg and 8.3mg columns. Limited editions arrive as occasional releases beside the main lines, so they add variety without changing how the core range is organised. The page on the Apres snus lines in Spain sets out each line and where the limited releases fit.

Can you get Apres snus delivered in Spain?

Yes, we deliver to Spain. We deliver to Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville, and we deliver to Bilbao, Zaragoza, Málaga and Alicante as well. Everything we sell is meant for adults who are 18 or older.

Ordering Apres flavours at both 8.3mg and 11mg together lets you compare the two strengths side by side, which suits a range built so heavily around pairs of the same name. The page on where you can buy Apres in Spain covers ordering in more detail.

Which Apres flavours are on the shelf in Spain?

The Apres flavours on our shelf in Spain cover fruit, citrus, cocktails, desserts, coffee and menthol, spread across four strengths per pouch. Most names appear in more than one column, so it helps to read the range by strength first.

Lighter cans at 4.4mg and 5.5mg

Apres Blueberry 4.4mg is the lightest pouch on our Spain shelf, a berry flavour from the Normal line. Beside it, Apres Limoncello Dicapri Limited Edition 5.5mg brings a sweet lemon flavour in a limited collaboration can. Both sit in the Light band of our scale, below every other Apres can on the shelf.

Cans at 8.3mg

Apres Appletini 8.3mg takes its name from the apple cocktail, and Apres Menthol 8.3mg gives the range its cool, classic option. The rest of this column reads like a cocktail menu and a pastry counter combined: Apres Cactus Lime, Apres Cola, Apres Ice Tea Peach, Apres Lemon Curd and Apres Tangerine Spritz. Anyone who likes a citrus note will find most of what they want in that list, with Lemon Curd leaning towards dessert and Tangerine Spritz towards the drinks menu.

Cans at 11mg

Apres Banana 11mg is a Hypèr Strong can found only at this strength on our shelf, and it shares the column with Apres Mochaccino, which brings coffee and chocolate together. Apres Hugo Spritz and Apres Pink Spritz are also found only at 11mg, adding two more drinks to a range already fond of them. Several familiar names return here at a higher mg per pouch, since Blueberry, Cactus Lime, Cola, Ice Tea Peach, Menthol and Tangerine Spritz all have an 11mg version. So, a flavour enjoyed at 8.3mg can be followed straight up into this column without changing the taste, which makes for a tidy way to compare strengths within the brand.

What do the markings on an Apres lid tell you?

An Apres lid shows the brand, a number, the flavour and the strength, all on a white can with a coloured ring. The word Après is set in a serif type, and above it sits a number written with N°, such as N°1 for Menthol, N°4 for Cola, N°12 for Blueberry, N°13 for Mochaccino and N°15 for Hugo Spritz. That number works in the same way as a squad number at Camp Nou, identifying the flavour at a glance without saying anything about its strength. Below it, the flavour name is printed in capitals, with NICOTINE POUCHES underneath.

On an Apres can, strength is shown by a row of small dots at the edge of the lid. Extra Strong cans add a small black tab reading EXTRA STRONG, while Hypèr Strong cans repeat HYPÈR around the rim and carry a red banner reading HYPÈR STRONG with five dots. Each standard can holds 11 g net, so the lid is where one strength is told apart from another. Before ordering, the dots and the line name are the quickest check that a can matches the strength you have in mind.

With a strength and a flavour chosen, the Apres cans sit among many other makers when you buy snus from us, and the wider snus range at The Snus Life begins on the homepage for anyone still comparing brands.