ZYN Red Fruits Nicotine Pouches

ZYN Red Fruits blends strawberry and raspberry with a hint of menthol, and it is offered in one strength, 9mg, in the Slim format. You get 21 pouches in the can, each 0.7g, with no tobacco leaf involved at any stage. They are manufactured by Swedish Match North Europe AB, part of Philip Morris International.

What Red Fruits tastes like

Two berries and a cold edge. Strawberry brings the softer, rounder sweetness and raspberry sharpens it up, so neither one takes over completely. The hint of menthol is small on purpose: enough to add a cool lift and stop the fruit feeling heavy, not enough to make this a mint pouch. Another red berry option, ZYN Red Berry Fizz Nicotine Pouches, sits right beside it, and the complete ZYN lineup is a click away.

Specifications

Brand	ZYN
Flavour	Red Fruits
Strengths available	9mg
Format	Slim
Pouches per can	21
Pouch weight	0.7g
Nicotine per pouch	9mg
Nicotine per gram	12.9mg/g
Made by	Swedish Match North Europe AB, part of Philip Morris International
Made in	Sweden
Contains tobacco leaf	No

Mini or Slim, and which one this is

Red Fruits comes as a Slim, and at 9mg it is the very first rung of the Slim ladder. Slim pouches weigh 0.7g, carry a slight dampness that you notice when you pick one up, run longer along the gum line and get going faster than the smaller format. A can contains 21 and the lid is printed with three to six dots.

ZYN's other option is the Mini: 0.4g, dry between the fingers, 20 per can, no more than two dots on the lid, and a release that builds slowly instead of arriving quickly. Minis run from 1.5mg up to 6mg. Because the format changes between 6mg and 9mg, this 9mg can is a Slim rather than a Mini, and that is worth knowing if you are moving up from a 6mg Mini in another flavour. The dose rises, but so does the size and wetness of the pouch, and that is the change people notice first.

What the strength numbers mean

Look at the 9mg on the lid and read it as nicotine per pouch. ZYN measures it that way; some competing brands print a per gram figure instead, which makes side by side comparisons useless unless you know which measure you are reading.

The conversion for Red Fruits: 9mg of nicotine held in a 0.7g pouch. Nine divided by nought point seven gives 12.9mg per gram. That is a lower concentration than a 6mg Mini reaches, since 6mg packed into 0.4g comes to 15mg per gram, but each Red Fruits pouch still delivers half as much nicotine again in total because there is far more pouch to draw from.

How to use ZYN pouches

1. Take a single pouch from the upper layer in the can and position it under your top lip, slightly off centre.
2. Then let it be. Chewing is not required and swallowing the pouch is not an option.
3. Expect a mild tingle for the first minute or so as it starts to work.
4. When around 30 minutes have passed, remove it and place it in the lid compartment, which keeps used pouches until you can throw them away.

ZYN Red Fruits Nicotine Pouches FAQs

Is this snus, and is snus legal in the UK?

This is not snus. Genuine snus is made with tobacco leaf and oral tobacco snus is prohibited from sale in Britain. ZYN leaves the leaf out, which is why it can be sold here at all, even though shoppers still search for it by the snus name.

How many pouches per can?

There are 21 in every can, each one weighing 0.7g.

How long do you keep it in?

About 30 minutes per pouch is the recommendation.

Why does 9mg come as a Slim?

The 9mg step is where ZYN switches formats, so every can at that strength or above is a 0.7g Slim with 21 inside. Anything smaller means dropping to 6mg or below. Compare the alternatives in our nicotine pouch collection.

Safety and age restriction

Nicotine, which this product contains, is addictive. We sell it only to adults over 18 who already use nicotine in some form. People who do not use nicotine should not take it up. Do not use while pregnant or breastfeeding. No product of this kind can be called risk free. Keep cans away from any child or pet in the house, and stop straight away and take advice if you feel unwell.