Snubie's US Market / Non-Red List Recommendations - 3 March 2025.

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Updated 11 March 2025 - The General and G.3 brands were just added to the red list so I had to take them off suggestions below.

Snubie.com is a website that is pretty global.  I write and make videos for all sorts of markets.  However, I'm located in the US, and so is a lot of my audience.  I have an article here that covers nicotine pouch recommendations, and one for snus.  However, over the past year, the FDA has been "red listing" a lot of snus and nicotine pouch products.  Making them harder to get in the US.  If you're in the US, like me, you may be looking to branch out, or try other non-red listed products.  Well, you're in luck.  I'm making this new article that will be kept up to date with suggestions of non-red listed products for US consumers!  

First, let's start with traditional Swedish Snus. The brands that are currently red-listed are Göteborgs Rapé, Knox, Oden’s, Röda Lacket, Siberia, and Skruf. Taking those out, I'll give you a lift of my recommendations without those brands.  Some of those are my favorites, such as GR, Röda Lacket, Skruf, and even some Oden's products.  So it's unfortunate to see many of them go!  

Snus - Mint Flavors

There are a lot of these mint flavored products on the market.  I figured I'd help make it easier to pick them out and give you my favorites.

XRANGE Catch Mint Slim White - Peppermint
Nicotine Strength:  6.5mg/portion
My Notes:  I like that this one isn't overly sweet.  It's a very well balanced peppermint taste.

Nick & Johnny Green Ice
Nicotine Strength:  11.2mg/portion
My Notes:  This is one of my favorite spearmint products, it's very tasty.

Kapten Mint X-Stark Vit
Nicotine Strength:  13.5mg/portion
My Notes:  This one has a nice peppermint flavor that isn't too overpowering or too sweet.

Snus - Traditional Flavors

The traditional taste of Swedish Snus!  Traditional, what is that?  Well, it's the taste of bergamot, a slightly tart taste of citrus.

ONE White Portion
Nicotine Strength:  14mg/portion
My Notes:  The FDA red-listed General on March 11th, but you can still get the same taste with ONE White Portion (Vit)!

XRANGE General Slim White
Nicotine Strength:  7mg/portion
My Notes:  Another way you can enjoy the General flavor is in the XRANGE series!

LD Stark Original
Nicotine Strength:  12.6mg/portion
My Notes:  LD doesn't get enough love, but it's a good priced, traditional flavored snus!

Snus - Licorice Flavors

When I first started using snus, I wasn't the biggest fan of black licorice.  Over time, I came to love it.  Here's my favorites!

Kapten Salmiak White 
Nicotine Strength:  17.46mg/portion
My Notes:  One reason I like this one is the plump portions.  They also have a nice, salty black licorice taste!

LD Salmiak Original
Nicotine Strength:  9mg/portion
My Notes:  This one is one of the best licorice products all around, with a rich tobacco base and a salty licorice taste.

Snus - Beverage-Inspired Flavors

This category is basically anything that is inspired by, or that reminds me of, a beverage or beverage flavor.

Islay Whisky Original
Nicotine Strength:  12mg/portion
My Notes:  There aren't a lot of whisky snus products out there but this is the best one, in my opinion.

La Morenita Rum Snus (White Portion)
Nicotine Strength:  12mg/portion
My Notes:  There aren't a lot of rum snus products out there, either.  But this is some tasty, tasty stuff.

Nick & Johnny Americana
Nicotine Strength:  16.5mg/portion
My Notes:  I didn't have another category for this one so I put it in here.  Why?  Because it tastes like Cherry Dr. Pepper.

Snus - Tobacco Flavors

If you're using a tobacco product, you want to taste tobacco, right?  Well, here's my favorites.

Grov Stark Portion
Nicotine Strength:  15mg/portion
My Notes:  Grov is a great snus, and one of my favorites.  It has a rich, dark tobacco taste and a hint of geranium.

Ettan White Portion
Nicotine Strength:  7.2mg/portion
My Notes:  I'm more partial to Grov, but I like this version of Ettan.  The original has too much chocolate taste, but I find this one to be more balanced.

The Lab 06 Extra Strong Slim
Nicotine Strength:  18mg/portion
My Notes:  This one is a more complex one, with a nice tobacco base and hints of wood and almond.  It's pretty tasty stuff!

Snus - Fruit Flavors

The taste of fruit is a popular one in the world of Swedish Snus.  Here's some of my favorites!

Kaliber+ Stark Original Portion
Nicotine Strength:  10mg/portion
My Notes:  This one is a little interesting, and complex.  It has a nice tobacco base, hints of citrus, but a presence of lingonberry.  That's why I put it in this berry flavor category.

Vårgårda Bär White Portion
Nicotine Strength:  10mg/portion
My Notes:  This is a more traditional berry taste.  It has a nice tobacco base, along with a dark berry presence.

Snus - Wintergreen Flavors

For me, wintergreen is a love hate snus.  Sometimes I want it, sometimes I don't.  Sadly, there aren't many made anymore, so there's really only one suggestion I have.

The Moose Major Wintergreen
Nicotine Strength:  11.2mg/portion
My Notes:  This is a new one, but rapidly becoming a favorite of mine.  It's an American type of wintergreen taste, and has some nice body to it!

Snus - Herbal / Floral / Outdoorsy Flavors

This category is the outdoorsy type of snus.  Herbal, floral, you name it.  Here's some of my favorites! 

Tre Ankare White Large
Nicotine Strength:  7mg/portion
My Notes:  This one could almost fit in the tobacco category, but it has an herbal hint to it that makes it a little more deep.

Vårgårda Skog White Portion
Nicotine Strength:  10mg/portion
My Notes:  This one is a lot like Norrland, but almost with a mix of Göteborgs Rapé (and with both of them being red-listed, this is a good option).  It has an outdoorsy taste, along with some juniper.  It's an interesting one!

One Blue
Nicotine Strength:  13mg/portion
My Notes:  While we can no longer get Göteborgs Rapé in the US, One Blue has the exact same flavor, just not the name.  It's a neat way around the ban.

Snus - Lössnus / Loose Snus

These are a lot of different flavors, but there aren't a lot of loose snus products out there.  So, I wanted to give loose snus it's own category.  It deserves it.

Grov Lös / Loose
Nicotine Strength:  7.5mg/g
My Notes:  If you want a raw, natural, rich taste of tobacco, this is it.

Mustang Lös / Loose
Nicotine Strength:  10mg/g
My Notes:  Röda Lacket may be banned, but Mustang is somewhat similar.

SnusRoom Lös / Loose
Nicotine Strength:  11mg/g
My Notes:  There aren't a lot of loose products available to the US anymore, but with SnusRoom/SwedSnus, you can make your own, and add flavors!

Next, we come to nicotine pouches.  This category has a LOT of products on the red list. Ace, Klint, Lagom, Loop, Lyft, NOIS, Siberia, Skruf, Velo, White Fox, and XQS.  These hit harder, because I really like Ace, Loop, and Velo.  This recommendations list is a little harder to put together but I'll do my best to see what I can come up with.

Tobacco-Inspired Flavors

The tobacco flavor is something lots of manufacturers have tried to copy, but no one has got it quite right yet.  However, these are my recommendations for people looking for that "type" of flavor.

Zyn Gold
Nicotine Strength:  3mg and 6mg
My Notes:  I used to have 77 and Lundgren's listed here but they're cut off now and red-listed.  There aren't a lot of tobacco flavors out there!  I remembered these were good, and saw some sites still have them, and they weren't too bad.
(Link to my full review)

White Fox Black (Local buy only)
Nicotine Strength:  22.5mg/pouch
My Notes:  I put this one in here because it is available in stores in the US, you just have to look for it.  It's red-listed, so you can't buy it online, but you can find it in stores in the US.

I've also seen that Rogue has a tobacco flavor out there called "Rogue Tabac" (I saw it on Nicokick).  I haven't tried it, but it's an option.  It looks like Zone also has a tobacco flavor on Nicokick, but I haven't tried that one yet, either.

Traditional Flavors

These are flavors for folks looking for more mature flavors, tastes that you can use all day long and not tire of.  Flavors that aren't too sweet, but more grounded.

BAOW Gin & Tonic
Nicotine Strength:  12mg/pouch
My Notes:  I liked the old Göteborgs Rapé Nicotine Pouches, but they were discontinued.  This new-ish BAOW pouch has a similar flavor of juniper.
(Link to my full review)

Citrus Flavors

These flavors are for folks who like the taste of citrus.  Lemon, lime, grapefruit, all that good stuff.

Zyn Cucumber Lime
Nicotine Strength:  6.4mg/pouch
My Notes:  This may sound weird, but stick with me here.  This one actually has a pretty enjoyable flavor.
(Link to my full review)

Zyn Lemon Spritz (Sweden)
Nicotine Strength:  6.5mg/pouch
My Notes:  I like this one because it's not like other citrus products.  It has a more rich citrus taste with notes of grapefruit.
Zyn Citrus (Sweden)
Nicotine Strength:  9mg/pouch
My Notes:  One I've enjoyed for many years, this one has an enjoyable taste of lemon.

Puff & Pouch Mango Jalapeño
Nicotine Strength:  11.2mg/pouch
My Notes:  Since I can't get Loop Jalapeno Lime anymore, I've found this one to be a decent replacement.

BAOW Chili Lime
Nicotine Strength:  12mg/pouch
My Notes:  This is another replacement for Loop Jalapeno Lime, with a similar flavor.
(Link to my full review)

Beverage Flavors

The beverage flavor category is growing a lot and getting quite popular with nicotine pouches, so I felt like it deserved it's own category.

Chapo Cola
Nicotine Strength:  13.2mg/pouch
My Notes:  This one has a nice cola flavor!

Iceberg Energy
Nicotine Strength:  12mg/pouch
My Notes:  If you like Red Bull like I do, you'll dig this one!

Fumi Cola
Nicotine Strength:  8mg/pouch
My Notes:  The cola taste on this one is sweet, but slightly spicy!

Fruit Flavors

Fruit flavors are quite abundant in nicotine pouches.  It was hard to narrow it down, but I did my best to pick a few that I felt like were the cream of the crop.

Zyn Red Fruits (Sweden)
Nicotine Strength:  9.03mg/pouch
My Notes:  This one has a pretty tasty mix of raspberry and strawberry!

Killa Banana
Nicotine Strength:  12.8mg/pouch
My Notes:  I don't use a lot of Killa stuff, but I really found this one to be quite unique.  It actually tastes like banana!

Tropical Flavors

This is one of my favorite categories.  I love the beach, and I love tropical flavors.  These are some tasty flavors I think you should check out!

Poke Tropical
Nicotine Strength:  12mg/pouch
My Notes:  There aren't a lot of tropical flavors in brands we can get to the US now, but I found this one recently and it's pretty good.

Fumi Caribbean
Nicotine Strength:  6.4mg/pouch
My Notes:  I forgot about this one, but remember it being pretty good and it looks like it's still sold.

Mint Flavors

It's no secret that mint flavors are quite popular.  There are billions of them.  Well, not billions, but there are a lot.  These are the ones I'd recommend trying out.

Zyn Fresh Mint (Sweden)
Nicotine Strength:  6.4mg/pouch
My Notes:  This one is another peppermint one that I enjoy because it is smooth, and not overly sweet.
(Link to my full review)

Zyn Spearmint (Sweden)
Nicotine Strength:  9mg/pouch
My Notes:  One of my favorites, this is a really nice taste of spearmint that you can use full time.
(Link to my full review)

Licorice Flavors

I like the taste of black licorice a lot so I wanted to make sure this flavor got an inclusion in my list!

Zyn Violet Licorice
Nicotine Strength:  6.5mg/pouch
My Notes:  This one has a good licorice taste, but what I really like is the floral presence in it.
(Link to my full review)

Wintergreen

It is surprising to me that no one makes a quality nicotine pouch with a wintergreen flavor.  If that ever changes, I'll add one here.

Floral Flavors

If you like spring-time, floral flavors, these are some products I'd recommend that have that flavor.

Helwit Violet
Nicotine Strength:  3mg/pouch
My Notes:  This one is pretty light in strength, but the flavor is really good.
(Link to my full review)

Zyn Violet Licorice
Nicotine Strength:  6.5mg/pouch
My Notes:  I mentioned this one earlier for a licorice flavor, but I feel like it deserves it's own mention for the presence of violet.
(Link to my full review)

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