The listed historic formulated products and all menthol/camphor schmalzler excluding Zwiefacher do not contain tamarind extract which gives the non menthol schmalzler their pleasant sweet-sour fruityness
interesting for me is the possible positive health effect of tamarind extract while keeping in mind the compound included here described as tamarind extract could be an isolated flavor.
all descriptions are of personal opinion additionaly incorporating data laid open by the manufacturer in 2011 which according to Bernards have not been changed.
the schmalzler excluding Zwiefacher except the ones with menthol and including Gekachelter Virginie contain added ethylparaben which based on studies in the amount present should be efficient in inhibiting microbiological growth by 100%
ethylparaben was scheduled to the EU REACH program for intensive research for effects on human health in 2017 but their newest review that includes the results for ethylparaben is pending by a year already so no new information can be gained right now. it is used in relative high amounts in cosmetics but preservatives with something i am using daily raise my brow. on the other hand microbiological growth is for sure bad and tobacco has a high affinity for alfatoxin producing molds due to long curing processes. good amount of menthol and camphor kill the shit out microbes so it is not needed there.
i am not a tobacco professional in any way and even new to snuff taking (a month) nor a biochemist so everything i point out based on correlation of content percentages could be wrong.
-Historic Formulation
Civette: pure tobacco aroma a hint of oil (8%), water and salt nothing else added. not the strongest in flavors but similar to Alt Offenbacher has something that reminds of “old” in a pleasant way.
Alt Offenbacher: pure tobacco aroma has iron-III-sulfate and tannin which lend to its even more old, woody, leathery, museum and old tobacco store type aroma similar to the Civette.
both of those components are astringent and probably help to free the nose but with less drip.
Feinster Kownoer: i love this one it contains ammonia solution like Gletcherprise plus ammonium carbonate and sal ammoniac but has no menthol/camphor and is a pleasant snuff for me its the english leaning Bernard. slightly citric sweetness but just a hint. with 0.37% for Bernard unusual high sodium carbonate content might aid in boosting flavor compared to the other classic recipe products. 0.64% salt.
-Uncategorized
Gekachelter Virginie: smoked virginnia with 7% oil, it seems to be used in some of the schmalzlers to give them a smokey note.
Steife Prise: strong menthol maybe with some added mint or eucalyptus hard to take apart as it freezes your nose (steife Prise means cold harsh wind). no data available
-Menthol and Camphor
Zwiefacher: their lowest menthol/camphor schmalzler (1.3% / 0.7%) with a finer ground but still fluffy (15% oil like most schmalzler) and an easy sniff with a lighter brown color. slightly sweet-sour fruity). great product a fruity menthol snuff. .06% tamarind unlike all other menthol schmalzler
Amostrinha: the middle ground second lowest menthol/camphor schmalzler (2.2% / 1.1%), 0.24% plum/prune extract different from the sweet-sour fruityness of tamarind. tasty smokey and long lasting is great outdoors and indoors. has something comforting to it like a sit on the campfire or the moderate smoke smell of the air in modern town where people have in home fireplaces for novelty.
Polar Prise: the middle ground a tiny bit more menthol/camphor than the Amostrinha (2.6% / 1.3%) but the same character only difference is 5mg in 1g of an unknown flavor below the .5% range in content (thus freed from public disclosure). has ammonium carbonate (smelling salts) which makes the Polar Prise for me too overpowering compared to Amostrinha which i like a lot.
F / Fichtennadel: second highest menthol/camphor (3.4% / 1.7%) apart from 280 Jahr (Wiesn Snuff, Schmalzler, Weiss-Blau) which is close. 0.74% pine oil content gives it its special character.
280 Jahr / Wiesn Snuff / Schmalzler Weiss Blau: strongest menthol/camphor (3.7% / 1.9%) there seems to be a bit of the Gekachelter Virginie in the mix for a slightly smokey background but way less compared to Amostrinha or Polar Prise.
-Classic Schmalzler
Fresco: their least fruity schmalzler but all the non mentholated schmalzler have tamarind so it is still somewhat fruity in character. with .06% the lowest tamarind content of their classic schmalzler products that do not contain listed artificial flavorant(s) or no more than .5% otherwise it would be forced to list.
Aecht altbayerischer: very very similar to Fresco but slightly less rough with a bit less tobacco content, more molasses and .05% salt (fresco does not have salt). personal impression is that compared to Fresco a cocoa- taste comes trough more compared to fresco but this is of minor difference. with .08% slightly more tamarind extract than Fresco.
Original Schmalzlerfranzl / Doppelt-Fermentiert: different from Fresco and Aecht, less chocolate more sour-fruity tamarind, with .09% highest tamarind content of the non-artificial aromatized schmalzler (see fresco comment on cutoff range for flavorant(s) below .5%)
Gold: very very similar to Original Schmalzlerfranzl but .05% less of unknown flavorant(s), almost same tobacco content like Original, .09% tamarind extract.
-Aromatized Schmalzler
Regensburger Pris: probably based on Original and has same tamarind content, tiny bit more tobacco than Original, with 10% their lowest oiled schmalzler including menthol/camphor types. a hint of sour green apple aroma (.05%) gives it a special fruityness but its hard to detect just aids the flavor. their most sour-fruity product.
Magic Moments: probably based on Aecht albayerischer but with .09% slightly more tamarind, 0.18% undisclosed flavorant(s) (see Fresco comment), 0.1% strawberry sirup (composition unknown most likely including strawberry aroma) which is compared to the Regensburger Pris green-apple more detecteable but blends in nicely while this is a very sweet strawberry chocolate vanilla hinted schmalzler. i still find it not too artificial unlike for example the “child-toothpaste” in-your-face aromatization some of the Poeschl inherent.
Klosterprise: probably based on Fresco with .06% same tamarind and close tobacco content. the data from 2011 says 0.33% rum aroma which is not very present and hard to detect at all. a feint ghost of a smoked bacon/roast aroma only slightly in the background and not listed so there is a possibility that this comes from a tiny bit of Gekachelter Virginie blending with the rum aroma. it has .05% less of an undisclosed flavorant(s) compared to Fresco (see fresco comment) and with only 0.007% it is the one with the lowest “secret” flavorant(s) content surprisingly while not bad somewhat lacking compared to all other Bernard schmalzler.
Postillion: no data available but similar to Klosterprise in color and character. i can not detect the feint ghost of “smoked bacon” that is haunting the Klosterprise instead there seems to be a slight presence of vanilla.
while not bad this one also seems lacking in comparison to the others.
phew! that took me a while writing this and i sniffed them all while doing so 8-}
i hope it helps ordering your favorite Bernard