Best ice cold nicotine pouches

This list is drawn from stock we physically hold, so nothing on it is a recommendation we cannot fulfil. Each pick carries the three figures that settle most decisions — nicotine per pouch, portion size, and pouches per can — rather than an adjective.

Nicotine Pouches Canada · Updated September 29, 2026 · 5 min read

Every pick comes from stock we hold ourselves, so the list only includes what we can actually ship. Each entry gives the three numbers that answer most questions: nicotine per pouch, portion size, and pouches per can. No adjectives needed.

How we picked these

Three filters decide what appears here: the can has to be in stock, the flavour has to be cold, and the dose has to be printed on the tin rather than estimated by us. 737 of the 1075 pouch cans we stock print a dose. The rest are not considered.

In-stock does most of the cutting. Of the 115 VELO cans we list, 6 are buyable. Of 68 ZYN cans, 14. Of 28 cans of 77, 4. All 7 4NX cans are out. That is why this list is short, and why it changes as cans sell through.

Cold flavours are the majority of the shelf anyway — 58% of the VELO range, 56% of ZYN — so the title narrows less than it sounds. The pouch spec separates them: measured weights run 0.3 g to 1.044 g, and among cans labelled 4 mg, concentration runs 5.0 mg/g to 11.3 mg/g. VELO Bright Spearmint Mini is 4 mg in a 0.5 g pouch; VELO Simply Spearmint Mini is the same 4 mg in a 0.42 g pouch.

The picks

Product	Nicotine	Format	Per can	Price
4NX Arctic Mint (12 mg as labelled)	—	—	20	CA$14
4NX Blue Raspberry Ice (10 mg as labelled)	—	—	20	CA$14
4NX Energy Ice (12 mg as labelled)	—	—	20	CA$14
4NX Icy Mint (10 mg as labelled)	—	—	20	CA$14
4NX Tropical Ice (10 mg as labelled)	—	—	20	CA$14
4NX Watermelon Ice (10 mg as labelled)	—	—	20	CA$14
77 Fresh Mint Light (5.2 mg as labelled)	—	—	20	CA$14
77 Fresh Mint (10.4 mg)	10.4 mg	Slim	20	CA$14

Read from our live catalogue — prices and stock update automatically.

How to choose between them

Decide the dose first, because a can is not a fixed amount. VELO runs 4 mg to 20 mg per pouch, so 20 pouches of VELO Bright Spearmint Mini is 80 mg of nicotine in the tin, while 20 pouches of VELO X-Freeze Max at 20 mg is 400 mg.

A 4 mg cold can is a mini, the lightest pairing on this list. Bright Spearmint Mini is 4 mg in a 0.5 g pouch — 8.0 mg per gram, the lowest concentration in the VELO range — and at CA$12.00 it works out at CA$0.60 a pouch, against CA$0.70 for a CA$14.00 can of 20.

When two mint cans look identical, use the tasting numbers. Bright Spearmint Mini reads mint 6 out of 10 with sting 4; Simply Spearmint Mini, at CA$14.00, reads mint 5 at the same sting. VELO Sour Lime Mini swaps mint for citrus, at fruit 7 and sting 5.

For cold at the top of the VELO range, the heavy cans are slims: X-Freeze Max at 20 mg, Mighty Peppermint at 17 mg, Polar Mint Max at 14 mg, each 20 pouches at CA$14.00. ZYN's slim cans often run to 21 pouches at CA$14.00, as Icy Mint Slim at 12.5 mg does — CA$0.67 a pouch rather than CA$0.70.

Light — 1.5–4 mg per pouch (177 cans listed, in stock or not). Where to start. Enough to feel, mild enough to sit with for an hour.
Normal — 4.2–6 mg per pouch (76 cans listed, in stock or not). The everyday strength — enough to feel without taking over the afternoon.
Strong — 6.3–12 mg per pouch (259 cans listed, in stock or not). A firm kick and a real tingle. Not a first pouch.
Extra Strong — 12.5–20 mg per pouch (96 cans listed, in stock or not). Heavy hitters for a tolerance that is already built.
Super Strong — 22.2–30 mg per pouch (70 cans listed, in stock or not). Serious doses, for a tolerance that is already well established.
Extreme — 32.5–50 mg per pouch (70 cans listed, in stock or not). The highest doses we list. Far above any Canadian-authorized product.

Getting them delivered

Orders go out from 1751 Savage Rd, Richmond, BC V6V 1R1, across Canada. A free mystery pouch from CA$99, free shipping and that pouch from CA$150, and a second pouch from CA$200. Multi-can listings are priced at 90% of the same cans bought singly, so that saving applies whether or not the order crosses the shipping threshold — check both totals before paying. Paying in cryptocurrency takes a further 10% off the merchandise subtotal.

Canadian single cans run CA$12.00 to CA$14.00. We hold our own inventory rather than drop-shipping it, so a listing marked in stock is a can on the shelf.

We hold our own inventory rather than drop-shipping it, so a listing marked in stock is a can on the shelf.

Common questions

How is this list ordered?

By what we stock and can ship today, weighted toward the products our customers reorder. Everything on it is in our own catalogue — we do not list products we cannot send you.

What strength should I pick?

Compare the milligrams-per-pouch figure rather than the word on the can — the words are marketing and they do not agree across brands. Our shelf runs 1.5 mg to 50 mg per pouch, in these bands: Light (under 4 mg), Normal (4–6 mg), Strong (6–12 mg), Extra Strong (12–20 mg), Super Strong (20–30 mg), Extreme (30 mg+).

A cold can does not have to be straight mint. ZYN builds part of its cold range on fruit: Dark Frost Slim is berry and menthol at 11 mg, Lychee Ice Slim is lychee and ice cold at 11 mg, and Grape Ice Extra Strong is grape and menthol at 11 mg — three slim cans at CA$14.00. The straight mint at that weight is ZYN Icy Mint Slim, 12.5 mg.

Dose decides where a cold can sits. The 4 mg minis top the Light band, 1.5 mg to 4 mg. Cold cans from 6.3 mg up sit in Strong, 6.3 mg to 12 mg, or Extra Strong, 12.5 mg to 20 mg, where VELO's heaviest cold slims land.

Two brands can share a maker. VELO cans we stock are made by BAT, and so are Après, whose range runs 3.2 mg to 11 mg; ZYN is made by Swedish Match. The brand on the lid says who made the tin, not how much is in the pouch.

Keep going: VELO, ZYN, our full nicotine pouch range, every brand we carry.