XQS Snus (44 products)

What XQS actually is

XQS is a nicotine pouch brand made by Scandinavian Tobacco Group. The pouches are tobacco free and white, almost all of them are slim, and every can holds 20. What separates XQS from the rest of the shelf is the flavour work. Elderflower, sour cactus, wintergreen, chilli mango and butter toffee are not flavours most brands attempt, and XQS get them right more often than not.

The strengths we stock

Every XQS pouch on this page is either 8 mg/g or 16 mg/g. Neither is high.

Nothing XQS make is what we would call strong. If you want a pouch that hits hard, look at Pablo, Cuba or Siberia instead.

Reading the XQS names

XQS print words like Strong, X-Strong and Ultra Strong on their cans, and those words describe how cold the pouch feels, not the nicotine. The clearest example is the two Arctic Freeze cans: X-Strong and Ultra Strong are both 16 mg/g. What differs is the pouch weight, 0.6 g against 0.7 g, so the Ultra pouch holds 11.2 mg of nicotine and the X-Strong holds 9.6 mg. We rate both Medium. On our scale Ultra Strong begins at 50 mg/g and runs to 100, so read the number on the product page, not the word on the lid.

Where to start

If you have never used a nicotine pouch, Citrus Cooling at 8 mg/g is the easiest way in. Blueberry Mint is the one people come back for. If you already use pouches and want the cold, Arctic Freeze Ultra Strong is the coldest can in the range. And if you are here out of curiosity, Soft Toffee and Elderflower are the two nobody expects to like and plenty do.

XQS Snus FAQ