LOOP Strong – Ice Cool Mint 9.4mg

If you want a mint that bites cold rather than sweet, LOOP Ice Cool Mint 8.9mg delivers an icy chill in a slim white Strong pouch. It is the frostier of the two Strong mints in the LOOP range here. There is no fruit or pepper in the way, just a crisp, breath-freshening cold.

Ice Cool Mint or Smooth Mint?

Both are 8.9mg slims, but they are tuned differently. LOOP Smooth Mint Strong 8.9mg is the rounder, softer mint, while Ice Cool Mint pushes the cooling further so the chill is the first thing you notice. Both come from the same maker in the same 20-pouch can, so only the mint changes. If you like the feeling of a cold drink on your teeth, this is the one to choose.

Who LOOP Ice Cool Mint 8.9mg suits

Mint users moving up from a 6mg can often find a Strong 8.9mg pouch a comfortable daily level. LOOP rates it 3 out of 5 on its own scale, the same tier as its fruit-and-chilli Strong flavours. For a far stronger icy option, the brand has since released an Ice Cool Mint Hyper Strong at 14.8mg.

Cold mint and nothing else

Ice Cool Mint has one job, which is to feel cold and taste clean. The cooling is the headline from the first minute, with only a light mint sweetness behind it. Because there is no fruit layer, it is an easy can to use straight after coffee or a meal.

• Nicotine content: 8.9mg a pouch
• Level on our site: Strong; LOOP rating 3/5
• Cut: slim white pouch
• Contents: 20 pouches, 12.5g

For a spearmint from another brand at a similar dose, see CLEW Spearmint 10mg. You can also browse every LOOP flavour to compare the mint, fruit and chilli cans side by side.