XQS Slim – Hallon Lakrits Strong 8mg

Raspberry meets liquorice in XQS Hallon Lakrits 8mg, a Swedish sweet-shop pairing in a Strong slim pouch. There are 20 pouches in each can. Like the other Strong fruit cans from XQS, it carries 8mg per pouch at 16mg per gram and a 4 out of 6 rating.

What Hallon Lakrits means

Hallon is Swedish for raspberry and lakrits means liquorice, so the name is the flavour list. It is a pairing Swedes know well from the lolly aisle, and XQS, founded in Jämtland in 2005, leans on that local taste for part of its range. If you have searched for hallon lakrits snus, this is the tobacco-free pouch version. The same naming habit shows up in Hallonsoda, the brand’s raspberry soda flavour.

How XQS Hallon Lakrits balances fruit and liquorice

Raspberry brings a bright, slightly tart sweetness at the start. Liquorice follows with a rounder, darker depth, and the two merge into something like a raspberry liquorice lolly rather than either flavour alone. Liquorice fans get a softer entry point, while fruit fans get more character than a plain berry can offers. Liquorice is less sugary than berry, so XQS Hallon Lakrits 8mg ends on a deeper, less sweet note than a straight raspberry would.

Other liquorice pouches to compare

ZYN Violet Licorice Ice 9mg mixes liquorice with floral violet and a cooling note at a similar strength. NYYTTI Liquorice Candy 9.6mg takes liquorice in a candy direction, as its name suggests. Neither has raspberry in it, so this XQS can remains the only fruit-and-liquorice pairing among the three. It suits pouch users who enjoy liquorice sweets and want more depth than a straight fruit flavour gives.

• Nicotine: 8mg per pouch
• Strength by weight: 16mg/g
• Site level: Strong
• XQS rating: 4 of 6
• Format: slim, white
• Pouches: 20
• Net weight: 10g

Swedish-inspired flavours sit alongside fruit and mint in XQS pouches.