OK now will all these comments I have a question. I have a tin with moist fresh snuff and I am not getting the fragrances as much as I would when the snuff is drier… So now, for storage, do I air this tin? Or do I seal it with tape and put it in an airtight container for maximum storage time.
Option B. Even sealed it will have access to tiny amounts of air. No need to hasten staling by airing first.
Got it boss. Command confirmed. I will seal all those fresh tins right away.
Almost every tin of new, fresh snuff I open has the ammonia thing going on. As already mentioned it’s only natural & due to the fermentation process.
It’s easily gotten rid of however by leaving the lid off & airing it for a few hours…I normally leave it overnight with the lid removed which does the trick perhaps giving it a wee stir up half way through
Come morning the ammonia smell has all but gone leaving the natural aroma of the snuff to develop, often getting better as times goes by
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Thanks, Andy. Now relieved. I thought the snuff which was moist, dark and didn’t yield any scent was actually bad. But now I can hope this to age well 
I’m a new snuffer. Just opened a fresh tin of S&G Celtic Talisman and am getting overpowering Ammonia. It’s making my sinus’s throb and giving me a headache when snuffing it. The only other snuff I’ve tried is F&T’s Princes Special which I didn’t have this problem with. I’m airing the tin out a bit trying to dissipate the ammonia, would you say this is the right thing to do?
@KillerKlown1978 Absolutely! Let the ammonia dissipate then close it back up to keep it fresh
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i think the ntsu black has its ammonia from pile fermentation were the leaves are stacked in a huge pile which makes it heat up inside and ferment.
every thought what makes the dholakia white or the malka ifrikia of bright color ? could be ammonium carbonate which is white and was used as stimulant the smelling salts in the old days.
Could well be calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) and calcium carbonate (chalk). Sifaco uses these for their oral Makla brand products (chema). Indian snuff manufactures use these two ingredients, too. You can even smell them in some Indian products, as well as feel the taste of it. Ingredients of Super Chetak snuff by 6 Photo, as listed on the 45 g tin: tobacco, lime (I guess slaked lime is meant, though I might be wrong, there’s a very strong burn), water, paraffin oil, colors, mixed spices, menthol, natural and artificial flavours. The off-puting taste of calcium hydroxide is very pronounced in Super Chetak and Cheeta, too. The problem with slaked lime is, once you know it, you notice it. I feel some in LA Natural, too (well, maybe a bit less).
Last February @Snufferdemedicis posted a link to French LNE site, where Poschl’s Neffa Bledi nasal snuff composition can be found. It might be interesting for you as well, Sunny: https://www.lne.fr/bdd-composition-tabac?id=355 (you can search for specific products here)
and for Neffa Bledi go: https://composition-tabac.lne.fr/extras/bd/detail\_produit.php?id=355
There’s another German oral tobacco product (chema-type) sold in France - Poschl’s La Prise: https://composition-tabac.lne.fr/extras/bd/detail\_produit.php?id=354
I had tried it, it’s very mild (almost no burn), no nicotine wonders there. Makla fans would be dissapointed. It is cheaper than Makla. Its texture, moisture and colour is typical of chema. Composition is very simple, mostly water, some tobacco, very small amount of ammonium chloride and carbon. No alkalizers there, hence no free nicotine and total absence of pleasure.
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I love it when I get an ammonia-smelling tin. Dont get me wrong, I hate the smell of ammonia, but its how I know I have a superfresh tin of nice, maximum moist snuff.
Hell yeah ammonia is sick bro, it gets you ripped