Velo Crispy Peppermint (Nicotine Pouches) - Review. 7 March 2022.

March 2025 Update:

The last time I reviewed this product, it was called Velo Ice Cool.  Since then, the design has changed, and it is now called Velo Crisy Peppermint.  As Velo is now hard to get online to the US, I wanted to make a note to reflect the new name and design.  Everything else below is still accurate - aroma, flavor, rating, etc.  Just a new name and design.

Original Review (March 2022):  BAT has been gradually branding their Lyft nicotine pouches line to Velo, seemingly to have more international uniformity.  It seems as though it is in the final stages, so I felt it was time to review the re-named Velo products so as to update my reviews here.  Today we're talking about Velo Ice Cool (Strong)!  In the Velo brand, this is one of their most popular.  I feel like I've had the Ice Cool flavor a lot.  Epok Ice Cool (white tobacco) launched in June of 2016.  The nicotine pouch version, Lyft Ice Cool, would follow in December of 2018.  I had a chew bag version, Epok Ice Cool out of Denmark, in February of 2019.  Then, Epok Ice Cool would come to Norway in February of 2020.  I recently had a Velo version (which is basically the same thing as this one), out of Germany, in September of 2020.  And now we have this version, the new "worldwide" version.  The flavor description for this one says "Experience the intensity of VELO Ice Cool. This variant, cold as ice, gives you crisp peppermint with hints of sweetness and hints of mint".  Each can weighs 14.7 grams and has 21 portions, for 0.7 gram portions.  The nicotine content is 10mg/portion, or 14.29mg/g (1.429%).

       

When you open the can, this one has a sharp, clean, clear aroma of peppermint.  The portions are slim, moderately moist, and pretty soft to the touch.  Being a mint product, they have a light cooling presence in the lip, along with a little burn to them.  In the flavor, it's a present. Sharp, refreshing taste of peppermint.  It has a very light sweetness to it, which doesn't overpower the flavor profile.  In terms of strength, it feels to be about the strong level.  The flavor, on average, lasts about 40-45 minutes.  Basically, if you've had the old version of this one. Lyft Ice Cool (Strong), this one is pretty much the same thing.  The only difference being, of course, it has a new name to it.

Rating and Final Thoughts

I rated this one at 3.17/5.  I remember when the Lyft version of this one launched, it was quite popular.  I don't hear as much about it now, but I know a few folks who still use it.  If you like a stronger peppermint taste with a little bump in nicotine, I suspect you would enjoy this one.  While I don't use nicotine pouches much myself, I still recommend Velo because all in all, it's a quality line of nicotine pouches.

Velo Nicotine Pouches are available at SnusMe.com.

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