Some facts about the different "Snus" brands

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General. Sweden's largest and oldest tobacco snuff brand with over 100 years old tradtion. General snuff is rather dark and strong. The flavour is a bit rounded and rich. The scent is fresh and elegant with a certian element of citrus. General is an elegant and elaborate workmanship with carefully selected tobacco brands. A classic snuff with outstanding quality.

Ettan, or "Ljunglöfs Ettan" - is a product with strong traditions in the Swedish folklore. Dispite that Ettan don't contain anything special more than tobacco, salt and water it's one of Sweden's best selling brand. Ettan is somewhat a national symbol for Swedish snuff. The reason for this is because Jacob Fredrik Ljunglöf in 1822 invented his own method of making better snuff than anybody else. Since then the thing we call Swedish snuff is still produced by the same method. Ettan is a living proof that quality is winning in the long run. Ljungslöfs Ettan has tasted in the same way since it all began in 1822. It's a classic snuff with rich aroma, pure tobacco taste and medium granulaity. There are no aroma additives.

Grovsnus was founded in 1915, in the north of Sweden. The pouch snuff was introduced in 1983. This snuff is coarse-grained of all snuffs' brands, it has a mild and soft aroma.

Catch snus is a tasteful snuff with a soft sence of licorice. Catch Licorice was introduced in 1984.

Tre Ankare pouchsnus. This is the oldest pouch snuff on the market. It has a rich, fresh and tasteful tobacco taste. It was introduced in 1977. The mini version was introduced in 1986. The mini version is descrete and not visible under the lip.

Röda Lacket. This snuff comes from the easten parts of Sweden (a factory founded by Petter Swarz in a town called Norrköping). It's fine-cut and has a mild taste. Introduced in 1915-1917 or earlier.

Göteborgs Rapé. The word rapé is French and means grate, and is descended from times when you had to tear apart your own tobacco snuff on a little rasp. Despite its name it's today a coarsely grounded snuff.

Göteborgs Prima Fint, as the name might suggest, originates from and has its strongest present in Sweden's second largest city - Göteborg (or Gothenburg in English). Introduced in 1915-1917 or earlier.

CatchDry Eucalyptus. Less moisty and with brand new Eucalyptus taste. Discrete and fresh mini pouch. Was launced in 1998 as a new and different taste with new design. It has attracted both women and men that look for other tobacco alternatives.

Probe. A snuff with much character. Flavoured with American Bourbon Whiskey. Was launched in 1994.
Loose cuts version launched in 2001.

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