Ingredients of Swedish match snus:
https://www.swedishmatch.com/Our-business/Snus-and-moist-snuff/Ingredients-in-snus/
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Very interesting document. Iâm not surprised by all the different ingredients. The only ones on the list I use are Polar Prise, Lowenprise, and Alpine. Sometimes I like the schmalzlers, but not often enough to buy them regularly. I prefer English snuff these days primarily.
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@mrmanos, indeed, really helpful. I canât find my favourite Kensington anywhere, so I just made my own from that round tap tin of dried-out J&H Wilson SP No.1. Menthol, eucalyptus and lavender. Beautiful!
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@volunge if I wanted to add an thick oil, say sandalwood, to a snuff would it need thinning down a bit first. If so with what?
@Betty_BW Yes, you need to thin it down to facilitate mixing. I use pure ethanol (96%), a mere mililitre is enough for thinning few drops of essential oil. I havenât tried adding sandalwood oil, though, but the amount of e.o needed for scenting snuff varies greatly from oil to oil. For instance, it takes only one drop of lavender oil to scent 5 grams of snuff (actually Iâm considering using even less next time, that is, 1 drop for 10 g of snuff), but you might be willing to add up to 6-7 drops of eucalyptus e. o. into 5 grams of your mentholated snuff). Be careful, better use less first, then add some more, if needed.
Countless blends of e. o. can be made, dissolving them in ethanol, just run a search âwhat does X essential oil blend well withâ (where X is the oil of your interest).
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@volunge thanks for your reply, I shall have a play.
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The first comprehensive chemical characterization of South American nasal snuffs :
Comprehensive Chemical Characterization of Rape Tobacco Products: Nicotine, Un-ionized Nicotine, Tobacco-specific Nâ-Nitrosamines, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Flavor Constituents
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Interesting that Bernard uses calcium hydroxide (instead of sodium carbonate) in the snuffs containing molasses and tamarind extract. Would the soda react with those or interfere with the flavoring, one wonders?@Volunge any thoughts on this?
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@SammyD13, I would like to note that those snuffs/schmalzlers also contain some vinegar. Albeit the amount is small, it significantly adds to the flavour (at least in Aecht A which I tried). Not sure if (and/or how) molasses and tamarind extract would interfere with sodium and potassium carbonates, but every alkalizer has itâs own taste. You can feel the âtasteâ difference switching from snuffs containing potash to snuffs containing sodium carbonate or slaked lime (calcium hydroxide). Especially after prolonged usage of one particular kind. I first noticed it when switched from Molens (Holandse Bolongaro and Hermbstedtâs BKS - potash) to WoS (Dr. Rumneyâs Brown, Irish No. 22 and SPs - sodium carbonate, according to my nose) and then to J&H Wilson (Top Mill and SP No.1 - potash), was really perplexed by the difference. I assume F&T Old Paris contains potash, too (have a good pinch of Rumneyâs Brown and then take some Old Paris, on a clean palate each). For slaked lime taste, some Bernards, sure, but itâs well hidden there beneath other ingredients; Cheeta, Super Chetak and White Horse come into my mind first, when I think of slaked lime. Gekachelter Virginie contains sodium carb. For snuffs containing ammonium carbonate, itâs the main alkalizer in U.S. Smokeless scotches (along with smaller amount of sodium carbonate).
Slaked lime is stronger base than sodium and potassium carbonate. Having no data about total and free-based nicotine content, I can only speculate that slaked lime containing Bernard products have more free-based (biovailable) nicotine, i. e. are on the stronger side nic delivery-wise. Due to its low solubility, slaked lime might also act as a binder/texture agent to some extent there (just a guess). But most probably the main function of this alkalizer in these molasses-containing sweet snuffs/schmalzlers is a preservative one (at least historically, when effective stuff like ethylparaben was unknown).
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If anyone has the Spreadsheet or the link to the spreadsheet with the ingredients that @SunnyDay had posted, please post it again here! It was a very useful document.
It seems that some of the previews posted links dont work after the forum changed (upgraded).
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