Snu Flavours Ranked: Which Is the Best Snu Snus in France?

Cherry Cola is the best Snu flavour on our shelf in France, because it is one of four flavours that come in every Snu strength we stock: 9mg, 12mg, 18mg and 45mg per pouch. Cherry Cola leads the Snu snus range for readers in France, and the other ten flavours follow it in order below. Each of those four figures is explained under what strengths Snu comes in, while the ranking itself rests on how many strengths each flavour offers and on who each one suits.

A ranking of this kind reads like the general classification of the Tour de France. The riders at the top of that table are the ones who can handle every kind of stage, from the flat roads of the north to the mountains and the time trials, and Cherry Cola is a flavour that rides every stage of the Snu strength range. Further down sit the specialists, flavours offered at fewer strengths but well matched to particular readers in France.

How Are Snu Flavours Ranked on Our Shelf in France?

Snu flavours are ranked first by how many strengths each one comes in on our shelf in France, and then by how wide a group of readers its flavour family suits. Strength comes first because it is the one detail on a can of snus that compares exactly, while flavour is personal and easier to explore once the number is settled. As such, a flavour available at four strengths can follow a reader from 9mg all the way to 45mg per pouch without the flavour changing, and that continuity is what lifts it up the order.

How long a pouch stays in is a matter of personal preference, and how long a Snu lasts is covered in its own right. Every flavour is handled in just the same way, and how to use Snu snus in France has its own page. So, the order here rests on strength and flavour alone.

The range divides into the core cans, which run from 9mg to 18mg, and the strongest cans at 45mg, and the Snu lines explain how the two sit together. Readers meeting the brand for the first time will find the basics under what Snu is, and ordering is covered under where to buy Snu in France. All eleven flavours are on our shelf for readers in France, whether they live in Paris, Marseille or anywhere between.

What Do the Snu Strengths Mean for Each Flavour?

Every Snu snus strength is given in mg per pouch, the amount of nicotine in one portion, and that figure means the same thing whichever flavour is printed on the can. On our scale, 9mg and 12mg sit in Medium (8 to 16mg), 18mg sits in Strong (16 to 25mg) and 45mg sits in Extreme (25mg and over). The bands help with browsing, but the number is the more reliable comparison when two flavours look alike on the shelf.

Some listings quote mg per gram instead, a figure tied to the weight of the filling and not to a single portion. Converting it takes one step: take the mg per gram and multiply it by what a single pouch weighs, measured in grams. Two pouches can therefore share a per gram figure yet differ in what each one holds, which is why every number in this ranking is stated per pouch.

Flavour can change how a strength is perceived, even though it never changes the figure. A mint pouch often feels brisker than a fruit pouch at the same stated mg, because menthol produces a cooling sensation in the mouth. Perhaps the plainest way to use the ranking, then, is to fix the mg per pouch first and let the flavour be the second decision, made from the tier that offers that number.

Which Snu Flavours Can You Stay With From 9mg Up to 45mg?

Four Snu flavours come in all four strengths on our shelf in France, each at 9mg, 12mg, 18mg and 45mg per pouch, and they hold the first four places. A reader can stay with any one of them from a first Medium can to an Extreme one, which no other flavour except Black Ice at its single strength reaches at the top of the range.

1. Cherry Cola

Cherry Cola takes first place because it comes in every Snu strength, and it suits readers who usually reach for a drinks flavour as well as readers who prefer fruit. At 9mg and 12mg it sits in Medium, at 18mg in Strong and at 45mg in Extreme, which makes Cherry Cola a flavour a reader in Lyon or Lille can treat as a constant while every other part of the choice changes. For a household where two adults share an order but not a strength, it is also a simple flavour to agree on, since each can pick a different figure without either giving up the flavour.

2. Wild Cherry

Wild Cherry takes second place with the same four strengths. Wild Cherry is the cherry flavour without the cola, which makes it an easy can to return to for readers who like one flavour stated plainly. Because it also reaches 45mg per pouch, it covers the Snu strength range just as completely as Cherry Cola, and a reader who enjoys both can compare them at identical figures.

3. Tropical Punch

Tropical Punch takes third place, again at 9mg, 12mg, 18mg and 45mg per pouch. Tropical Punch suits readers who like a punch flavour, the sort that sits naturally with a long August afternoon in Marseille. Whichever strength a reader settles on, the flavour stays Tropical Punch, from the 9mg can to the 45mg one.

4. Fizzy Energy

Fizzy Energy takes fourth place and is the newest Snu flavour, an energy drink flavour available at the same four strengths. Fizzy Energy suits readers who enjoy a drinks flavour but want something other than cola, and a reader comparing it with Cherry Cola is comparing two drinks flavours at identical figures, which keeps the comparison fair. So, for anyone who already knows their mg per pouch, Fizzy Energy is a straightforward flavour swap with nothing else to adjust.

Which Snu Fruit Flavours Come in 9mg, 12mg and 18mg?

Four fruit flavours come in 9mg, 12mg and 18mg per pouch on our shelf in France, which covers Medium and Strong on our scale and places them fifth to eighth. For readers who settle at or below 18mg, these four offer as much strength choice as the leaders, so the decision here comes down almost entirely to fruit.

5. Grape

Grape takes fifth place as a single fruit, and it suits readers who want one clear fruit at 9mg, 12mg or 18mg per pouch. Grape also stands apart from the tropical and citrus options further down, which makes it a useful reference point for a reader comparing fruit families.

6. Strawberry Kiwi

Strawberry Kiwi takes sixth place and pairs strawberry with kiwi, at 9mg, 12mg and 18mg per pouch. Strawberry Kiwi suits readers who like a fruit flavour with two parts to it. It offers the same three steps as Grape, so the two make a tidy comparison at any one figure.

7. Triple Mango

Triple Mango takes seventh place and is the mango flavour in the range, at 9mg, 12mg and 18mg per pouch. Triple Mango suits readers who want one named fruit in place of Tropical Punch, and the difference between the two is a useful test of what a reader prefers. A reader in Bordeaux who enjoyed Tropical Punch at 12mg can try Triple Mango at the same figure and learn something about their own taste.

8. Snu lemon & Lime

The lemon & Lime flavour takes eighth place as the citrus option, at 9mg, 12mg or 18mg per pouch. Snu lemon & Lime suits readers who prefer citrus to the cherry and tropical flavours at the top of the ranking, which makes it a natural second can for a reader who wants contrast with a favourite from the first tier.

Where Do Snu Fresh Mint and Watermelon Rank?

Snu Fresh Mint ranks ninth and Watermelon ranks tenth, because on our shelf in France both are offered at the lighter end of the range: Fresh Mint at 9mg and 12mg per pouch, and Watermelon at 9mg. Both sit entirely within Medium on our scale.

9. Fresh Mint

Snu Fresh Mint is the mint flavour in the range and suits readers who want a clean mint snus at 9mg or 12mg per pouch. Because of the menthol, mint can feel brisker than fruit even when the number matches, so a reader moving from Grape at 12mg to Fresh Mint at 12mg may notice the cooling more than any change in strength. Perhaps that makes it a natural choice for an early commute across Paris, when something brisk suits the hour.

10. Watermelon

Watermelon suits readers who want a summery fruit at 9mg per pouch, the one strength it comes in on our shelf. For a reader in Nantes or Toulouse who has settled at 9mg, Watermelon adds one more fruit to the choice without changing the number at all. It also sits beside Triple Mango at the same 9mg figure, which makes the two an easy fruit comparison.

Which Snu Flavour Is Only Sold at 45mg?

Black Ice is the Snu flavour sold only at 45mg per pouch, which places it in Extreme on our scale and eleventh in the ranking. It sits where it does because it serves a single strength, and for readers who already use 45mg it is simply one more option beside the four leaders.

Readers at 45mg in France therefore have five flavours to choose from: Black Ice alongside Cherry Cola, Wild Cherry, Tropical Punch and Fizzy Energy at the same figure. Black Ice suits established readers who already know that 45mg per pouch is their figure, and who want a flavour name outside the fruit and drinks group.

How Can You Tell a Snu Flavour Before Opening the Can?

Every Snu lid carries a scented patch printed with the words Rub here to smell the flavour, so a reader can check a flavour before the can is opened. The scented patch on every Snu lid is especially handy when choosing between near neighbours in the ranking, such as Wild Cherry and Cherry Cola, or Tropical Punch and Triple Mango, where the names overlap. A quick rub of each lid at a kitchen table in Lille says more about the difference than any description could.

The patch also helps when several cans arrive together. Readers who order a few flavours to compare can line them up, smell each lid in turn and build a ranking of their own, keeping the strength the same so that flavour is the only thing that changes. It turns a shelf of eleven flavours into a short, orderly comparison.

Which Snu Flavour Suits Which Reader in France?

The right Snu flavour for a reader in France depends on their settled strength first and their favourite flavour family second. A reader who wants one flavour at every step, from 9mg to 45mg per pouch, is best served by Cherry Cola, Wild Cherry, Tropical Punch or Fizzy Energy. A reader who stays at 18mg has eight flavours to choose from, and at 9mg every one of the ten core flavours is available, Fresh Mint and Watermelon included.

By family, drinks readers have Cherry Cola and Fizzy Energy, single fruit readers have Wild Cherry, Grape, Triple Mango and Watermelon, and readers who like a pairing or a punch have Strawberry Kiwi and Tropical Punch. Citrus readers have lemon & Lime, mint readers have Fresh Mint, and Black Ice, sold only at 45mg per pouch, suits readers settled at that strength.

Once the choice is made, readers can shop nicotine pouches across the whole range, or return to our snus range to compare Snu with other brands. We deliver to Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nice and the rest of France, and you need to be 18 or over to order from us.