Nicotine pouches, delivered the same day in Ho Chi Minh City

In Vietnam, "snus" is the everyday word for white nicotine pouches. Traditional Swedish snus contains moist tobacco; the pouches sold at VinaPouches contain no tobacco at all — only nicotine, plant fibres, flavouring and water. The word travelled from Sweden, where snus has been used since the 1800s. When the all-white tobacco-free version arrived in the 2010s, most markets kept calling it "snus" out of habit. So in Vietnamese conversation "snus", "snus trắng" and "túi ngậm nicotine" all point at the same thing on this site: a small white pouch you park under your upper lip. On product pages we always state whether a product contains nicotine and how much.

A nicotine pouch is a small white pouch of nicotine, plant fibre, flavouring and water that you park between your upper lip and gum for 15 to 60 minutes. No tobacco, no smoke, no vapour, no spitting. Nicotine crosses the gum lining rather than the lungs, so nothing is inhaled and nothing is burnt. A pouch leaves no smell on your hands, clothes or breath, which is why they are used at a desk, on a motorbike, in a meeting or on a flight where smoking is impossible. Pouches come in strengths from 3mg to 25mg and in slim, mini and regular formats.

Swedish snus is made from ground tobacco leaf and is brown; nicotine pouches are white and use plant fibre in place of tobacco. Both sit under the lip. Everything VinaPouches sells is the white, tobacco-free kind. The practical differences: white pouches do not stain teeth the way brown snus can, they release flavour rather than tobacco taste, and they produce far less saliva. Several brands in our catalog — Skruf, Lundgrens, Siberia — are old Swedish snus houses that now also make the white tobacco-free version. When a heritage brand appears here, it is their white line.

No. Every pouch VinaPouches sells is tobacco-free: nicotine, plant-based fibre (usually eucalyptus or pine cellulose), food-grade flavouring, sweetener and water. No tobacco leaf, dust or stem is used at any stage. Tobacco-free does not mean nicotine-free. The nicotine in a white pouch is still nicotine and is still addictive; it is simply not delivered on a bed of tobacco. If you want a product with no nicotine at all, look at the Zero and Energy lines.

A nicotine pouch contains five things: nicotine, plant fibre that gives the pouch its body, water, flavouring, and a sweetener such as sucralose. Many brands add a pH regulator so the nicotine releases at a steady rate. The fleece on the outside is food-grade, the same class of material used in tea bags. Ingredient lists are printed on the base of every can; if a can in your order does not match the product page, tell us and we will replace it.

Yes. VinaPouches stocks nicotine-free lines including VELO Zero, LOOP Zero, XQS Zero and LEO Zero, plus the caffeine-based RAVE Energy and DENSSI Energy ranges. All give flavour and the under-lip habit without nicotine. The Energy ranges use caffeine, not nicotine — the milligram number in names like "RAVE Energy Mint Man 100mg" refers to caffeine content, not nicotine. LEO is the clearest example of a paired range: every LEO flavour exists as both a 9mg version and a Zero version, so you can keep the same taste with or without nicotine.

Take one pouch from the can, place it between your upper lip and gum, and leave it there. Do not chew or swallow. Remove it after 15 to 60 minutes and put it in a bin. Most cans have a compartment in the lid for used pouches. Press it gently into place with your tongue so it sits flat. Most people use the upper lip because it is more comfortable and less visible, but the lower lip works the same way. There is nothing to prepare, charge or light. You can talk and drink normally with a pouch in.

Most people keep a nicotine pouch under the lip for 20 to 40 minutes. The usable range is 15 to 60 minutes: flavour fades first, and nicotine release tails off after about 30 minutes. Take the pouch out sooner if it feels too strong. Manufacturers print an upper limit of 60 minutes on most cans. Extended formats such as LOOP Xtended are built to hold flavour longer, but the nicotine curve is broadly the same. Leaving a spent pouch in past an hour adds nothing.