Snu Lines Explained: Core and Xtra High in South Africa

Snu nicotine pouches come in two lines on our South Africa shelf: a core line of ten flavours that starts at 9mg per pouch, with most also at 12mg and 18mg, and an Xtra High line of five flavours at 45mg per pouch. The core line carries the brand's own labels of Low, Medium and High, and Xtra High is the single step above it. Both lines sit together in the Snu nicotine pouches collection, and every Snu strength and mg level in South Africa is laid out on a page of its own.

The range is for adults 18 and over. The two lines work rather like the grades at a petrol station on the N1 between Pretoria and Johannesburg: the car stays the same and only the grade on the nozzle changes, much as a Snu flavour keeps its name from one line to the next while the line decides the mg figure in each pouch. A pouch is kept in for 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the user's preference, and there is more on timing in how long a Snu lasts in South Africa. Every can is used the same way, whichever line it belongs to, and how to use Snu walks through the steps.

Between them, the two lines fill 32 cans on our shelf, spread across eleven flavours. The order those flavours rank in on taste has its own page in which Snu flavour is best in South Africa, and the background to the brand sits in what Snu is. For ordering, we deliver to South Africa, and the details are on where you can buy Snu in South Africa.

Which Flavours Make Up the Snu Core Line?

The Snu core line is ten flavours, and every one of them is on our shelf at 9mg per pouch, with most also stocked at 12mg and 18mg. Black Ice is the one Snu flavour outside the core line, because the brand sells it in Xtra High only. The core flavours fall into three loose families, and the family is usually the quickest way to find a can.

Fruit Flavours

Fruit makes up the largest share of the core line. SNU Triple Mango 9mg and SNU Grape 9mg each follow a single fruit. SNU Strawberry Kiwi 9mg pairs two, and SNU Lemon & Lime 9mg leans towards citrus. SNU Triple Mango, SNU Grape, SNU Strawberry Kiwi and SNU Lemon & Lime each carry on through 12mg and 18mg per pouch, so a reader who finds a favourite at the Low step has two more steps in the same flavour. SNU Watermelon 9mg is stocked here at 9mg per pouch only, so choosing watermelon also means choosing the Low step. Wild Cherry belongs to the fruit family too, and SNU Wild Cherry 9mg is the start of a run through 12mg, 18mg and 45mg per pouch, the same four steps as Cherry Cola, Fizzy Energy and Tropical Punch.

Mint

SNU Fresh Mint 9mg is the mint of the core line, and it is on our shelf at 9mg and 12mg per pouch. That makes SNU Fresh Mint 12mg the top of the mint run within the core line, and the step a mint reader moves to after the Low can.

Drink Flavours

SNU Cherry Cola 9mg and SNU Fizzy Energy 9mg take their cue from the drinks fridge. Fizzy Energy is the newest listing in the Snu range, and it is an energy drink flavour. SNU Tropical Punch 9mg sits beside them as a fruit punch. SNU Cherry Cola, SNU Fizzy Energy and SNU Tropical Punch each run through 12mg and 18mg in the core line, and each carries on into Xtra High at 45mg.

What Is the Snu Xtra High Line?

The Snu Xtra High line is five flavours at 45mg per pouch: SNU Black Ice 45mg, SNU Cherry Cola 45mg, SNU Fizzy Energy 45mg, SNU Tropical Punch 45mg and SNU Wild Cherry 45mg. Cherry Cola, Fizzy Energy, Tropical Punch and Wild Cherry also appear in the core line. So, a reader who already knows SNU Cherry Cola 18mg or SNU Wild Cherry 18mg will recognise the name on the Xtra High can, and only the mg figure changes.

SNU Black Ice 45mg is the one Snu flavour available at a single strength, 45mg per pouch, with no 9mg, 12mg or 18mg version from the brand. The jump into Xtra High is also wider than any step inside the core line. SNU Tropical Punch 18mg and SNU Tropical Punch 45mg share a flavour, yet the 45mg can holds two and a half times the nicotine per pouch of the 18mg can.

As such, Xtra High reads more naturally as a line of its own than as one more rung on the core ladder. It is the line for readers who already know they want 45mg per pouch. A reader in Cape Town or Johannesburg moving up from SNU Wild Cherry 18mg to SNU Wild Cherry 45mg is making a much bigger move than the one from 12mg to 18mg.

What Do Low, Medium, High and Xtra High Mean in mg?

Each of the four Snu labels stands for one mg figure per pouch: Low is 9mg, Medium is 12mg, High is 18mg and Xtra High is 45mg. The label is the brand's own word and the figure beside it is the measurement. When two cans sit side by side, the number is the part to compare.

How Do the Labels Sit on Our Strength Scale?

Our shop uses one scale across every brand, which helps when Snu is compared with anything else on the South Africa shelf. On that scale, Light covers 1 to 8mg per pouch, Medium covers 8 to 16mg, Strong covers 16 to 25mg and Extreme covers 25mg and over. That places SNU Grape 9mg and SNU Grape 12mg in our Medium band and SNU Grape 18mg in Strong. Every Xtra High can, SNU Black Ice 45mg included, sits in Extreme.

Why Is 9mg Called Low on the Can?

The brand calls 9mg Low because it is the lowest step in the Snu range. Our scale calls the same figure Medium because it measures against the whole shop. Both labels are accurate within their own frame, and the mg figure settles the question either way. SNU Fresh Mint 9mg is Low on the can and Medium on our scale, and it holds 9mg per pouch under both names.

Is a Snu Strength Figure per Pouch or per Gram?

Every Snu figure on our shelf, and every figure here, is mg per pouch, which means the amount of nicotine in one pouch. A figure per gram describes concentration instead. To get mg per pouch from it, take the pouch weight in grams and multiply the per gram figure by that number.

Some listings print the Xtra High strength per gram, which gives a larger number than the per pouch figure. The Xtra High cans hold 45mg per pouch, and that is the figure we use for SNU Wild Cherry 45mg and every other can in the line. So, when two numbers for the same can seem to disagree, read the unit beside each one before comparing.

Which Snu Flavours Come in Every Strength?

Four Snu flavours run through all four strengths on our South Africa shelf: Cherry Cola, Fizzy Energy, Tropical Punch and Wild Cherry, each stocked at 9mg, 12mg, 18mg and 45mg per pouch. The rest of the range stops at different points, and those stopping points are where the two lines differ most.

From 9mg All the Way to 45mg

SNU Wild Cherry 9mg, SNU Wild Cherry 12mg, SNU Wild Cherry 18mg and SNU Wild Cherry 45mg show the full run in a single flavour. The same four steps exist for Cherry Cola, Fizzy Energy and Tropical Punch. A reader who settles on one of these flavours can move between the core line and Xtra High without changing taste, which is where the two lines meet most neatly.

From 9mg to 18mg

SNU Grape 9mg, SNU Strawberry Kiwi 9mg, SNU Triple Mango 9mg and SNU Lemon & Lime 9mg each step up to 12mg and then 18mg per pouch. SNU Strawberry Kiwi 18mg is the top of the strawberry and kiwi run, and SNU Lemon & Lime 18mg is the top of the citrus run. All four flavours belong to the core line only.

One or Two Steps

SNU Fresh Mint 9mg and SNU Fresh Mint 12mg cover the mint flavour, SNU Watermelon 9mg is the single watermelon can, and SNU Black Ice 45mg is the single Black Ice can. These cans are the quickest to choose from, because the flavour name narrows the strength to one step or two before the label is even read.

Which Snu Line Has the Most Flavours at 9mg?

The core line holds ten of the eleven Snu flavours at 9mg per pouch, so almost every flavour is available at the lowest Snu step. Choosing within that step comes down to taste. SNU Grape 9mg, SNU Lemon & Lime 9mg and SNU Fresh Mint 9mg all hold the same 9mg per pouch, so a reader in Durban drawn to fruit and a reader in the Western Cape drawn to mint start from the same place in mg terms.

From there, the core line offers two further steps before Xtra High, which leaves room to move one step at a time. For a mango reader, SNU Triple Mango 12mg and SNU Triple Mango 18mg are the next two cans. Xtra High is the line for experienced adults who already know they want 45mg per pouch. SNU Fizzy Energy 45mg and SNU Cherry Cola 45mg let a reader who knows those flavours at a lower step keep the same taste at the top. That being said, once the mg figure is settled, the flavour is the decision that remains, and it is often the easier one.

Why Does a Snu Lid Say Rub Here?

Every Snu lid carries a scented patch printed with "Rub here to smell the flavour", so the flavour can be checked by scent before the can is opened. The patch works the same way on both lines. It is most useful where flavour names repeat across lines, because SNU Cherry Cola 9mg and SNU Cherry Cola 45mg both carry the Cherry Cola scent on the lid, and the mg figure on the label tells the two cans apart.

Where Do the Snu Lines Sit on Our South Africa Shelf?

Both Snu lines sit together in the Snu nicotine pouches collection on our South Africa shelf, and we deliver to South Africa, including Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria. The table above shows the mg per pouch for each flavour.

Readers who want to compare Snu with other brands at the same mg figure can buy nicotine pouches from every brand we stock, where our strength scale runs across the whole range. The wider range of nicotine pouches from The Snus Life starts on the home page, and both Snu lines, from SNU Watermelon 9mg to SNU Black Ice 45mg, are a short step from there.