XQS Slim – Citrus Strong 8mg

If lemon with a mint chill sounds right, XQS Citrus Cooling 8mg delivers it at the brand’s Strong level in a slim, white pouch. On this site the product title reads XQS Slim Citrus Strong. A can holds 20 pouches.

Citrus Cooling or Orange Squeeze?

XQS Orange Squeeze Strong 8mg also mixes citrus with cooling mint, but puts orange at the centre and keeps lemon in support. Citrus Cooling is the lemon-led one, sharper and less sweet. Both share 8mg and 16mg per gram, so the only real difference is the fruit. Orange Squeeze also tastes a touch sweeter, so Citrus Cooling is the drier, more bracing choice for warm afternoons or after a meal.

XQS Citrus Cooling at two strengths

A Light version, XQS Citrus Cooling Light 4mg, offers the same lemon and mint at 2 of 6 on the brand’s scale. This Strong can doubles the concentration and rates 4 of 6. For a much harder citrus from another maker, LUMI Citrus 12mg sits in the extra-strong range. Pick XQS Citrus Cooling 8mg if the Light can feels too soft, since the lemon and mint stay identical.

What goes into the pouch

XQS lists a cellulose filler, water, nicotine, flavourings, salt, propylene glycol to hold moisture, an acidity regulator and sucralose as the sweetener. That short list explains the taste: the sweetness is light, and the lemon and mint do most of the talking. None of these are unusual for a white pouch; the flavourings are what set one XQS can apart from another.

• Per pouch: 8mg nicotine
• Per gram: 16mg
• Strength level: Strong (brand scale 4 of 6)
• Pouch format: slim, all-white
• Pouch count: 20
• Fill: 10g per can

Explore the XQS brand page for the rest of the citrus and fruit range.