Recently, Swedish Match announced they were discontinuing a few products in the XRANGE series:
XR Sparkling and
XR Catch Raspberry Licorice. XR Sparkling was one that I've enjoyed for quite a while. it also had a quasi-apple taste to it. So, when I heard about this one, I was curious if the new XR Apple Slim White was a replacement for XR Sparkling. Is it? Well, when we get into the review we'll talk more about this one and find out! The
flavor description on this one says, "
Light tobacco character with clear hints of apples and orange". Each can weighs 16 grams and has 20 pouches, at 0.8g each. The nicotine content sits at 8.75mg/g, which breaks down to 7mg/pouch. It is interesting to note that XR formerly had 21 portions per can, but now has been cut down to 20.
Opening the can, I notice apple up front. It's slightly peppery, has a little orange, and a mild tobacco base. The portions are slim, soft, and semi-dry. They're pretty comfortable under the lip, with a nice mouthfeel. The flavor is mostly a tart taste of apple. It's slightly tangy, with a touch of sweetness, along with a faint hint of orange in the background and a mild tobacco base. The nicotine strength on this one feels to deliver right at the regular strength level. I find the flavor hangs out a good hour on average. But, for the ultimate question,
is this rebranded XRANGE Sparkling? To me, no, not really. It is similar, in a way, and slightly reminiscent to it, but it doesn't taste the exact same to me. That one seems to be more floral than this one, too. To me, this tastes like a different flavor.
Rating and Final Thoughts
I rated this one at 3.42/5. It wasn't a bad one. The taste was pretty enjoyable. While not a clone of GR XR Sparkling, I feel that this would be a good replacement for those who like that flavor. This one was pretty similar, but slightly different to me. I enjoyed it, and I love GR Sparkling. I may end up putting more of this in my freezer on my next snus order. If you want something with a pretty interesting taste, you'll probably dig this one!
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