Best places to buy nicotine pouches in Canada

There are four realistic ways to buy nicotine pouches in Canada: from us, from a convenience store, from a specialist shop, or from an overseas website. They differ on range, on price, and on how long you wait. Here is each one, and where we sit among them.

What separates them

All four brands are CA$14.00 a can, but the cost per pouch splits them. NOIS packs 30 slim pouches per can, which works out to CA$0.47 a pouch. Ace, VELO and XQS hold 20, so you get ten fewer pouches for the same money — CA$0.70 a pouch. If you want the most nicotine for the price, NOIS is the pick.

Portion shape and strength separate them further. VELO is the mini option: its pouches are smaller than the slims from Ace, NOIS and XQS. Ace is the strength outlier: every Ace can we stock is 3 mg per pouch, while every VELO, NOIS and XQS can is 4 mg. So ACE Cool Mint Light is the mildest option among these four brands on label strength.

Within that, the sting and flavour profiles vary. A smooth option like NOIS Cherry ICE Light is rated sting 2/10 and fruit 8/10, while NOIS Extreme Light is sting 9/10 but a cooler mint 5/10. Choose by throat hit, not just flavour — the same brand runs the full range.

What actually matters when you are choosing

• Strength — labelled dose runs from nicotine-free to the extra-strong tiers, and brands disagree about which word goes with which number, so compare the milligrams rather than the label.
• Currency — a price in EUR or USD is not the price you pay once your card converts it.
• Border — a domestic parcel has no customs step; an international one does, and the charges land on you.
• Range — one convenience store carries a couple of brands; a specialist catalogue carries dozens.
• Stock accuracy — a listing that does not show live stock will happily sell you something that is not there.
• Age policy — a seller should state plainly what its age check actually is, rather than implying one it does not perform.

Buying from us

Concentration is a better comparison than label strength. VELO Dark Cherry Mini is 9.5 mg per gram, the highest of these four; NOIS and XQS slims are 8.0 mg/g, ACE Cool Mint Light 6.0 mg/g. Per can, NOIS carries the most nicotine at 120 mg (30 pouches of 4 mg); VELO and XQS carry 80 mg, ACE 60 mg.

Pouch weight changes the feel. Most VELO minis are 0.42 g, noticeably slimmer than the 0.5 g slims from Ace, NOIS and XQS; VELO Bright Spearmint Mini is the exception at 0.5 g. If you prefer a smaller pouch, pick the VELO minis.

Tasting scores add another variable. Among fruit options, XQS Tropical Light scores fruit 8/10 and sting 4/10, while NOIS Mango ICE Light scores fruit 6/10 and sting 5/10 – so XQS is the fruitier, gentler choice. Orders ship from British Columbia across Canada, and orders over CA$150 ship free.

Common questions

Sting and flavour scores are the fastest way to predict how a can will feel. The scores separate cans that look identical on paper: NOIS Wintergreen Light and VELO Dark Cherry Mini both rate sting 2/10, making them among the gentlest we carry. Flavour scores work the same way: XQS Black Cherry Light Slim rates fruit 7/10, while VELO Dark Cherry Mini is fruit 8/10 — the cherry is more forward in the VELO.

Brand variety also matters. NOIS and XQS each stock five flavours, while VELO has three and Ace only one. If you're ordering for someone else or want to try a range from one maker, NOIS and XQS give you the most to sample.

Behind the branding, the manufacturers differ. Ace comes from Ministry of Snus, NOIS from NOIS.WORLD, VELO from BAT, and XQS from XQS international AB. Twinroll Service makes Buff 1Up and Stockholm White; Nicotech OÜ makes DIZZ and ZEUS.

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