ZYN Slim – Gentle Mint 6mg

Not every mint pouch needs to freeze your lip, and ZYN Gentle Mint 6mg shows why with a soft blend of spearmint and vanilla at regular strength. It comes as a slim pouch, 20 to a can. The name is a fair description of how it tastes.

A softer ZYN mint: Gentle Mint at 6mg

Spearmint is the sweeter, rounder member of the mint family, and vanilla smooths it further, so the pouch tastes closer to a mint sweet than a blast of menthol. Compare that with ZYN Cool Mint Slim 6mg, which runs on peppermint and menthol for a much colder hit. The two share a strength, so choosing between them comes down to how much chill you want. Among ZYN mints without menthol, Gentle Mint is the sweeter option and Spearmint the brighter one.

Who reaches for Gentle Mint

It suits people who like mint but find menthol sharp on the gums, and anyone who wants a pouch to keep in for a while without the flavour turning aggressive. At ZYN’s S2 level and 8.81mg per gram, ZYN Gentle Mint 6mg also makes an approachable first ZYN for someone moving across from lighter pouches. ZYN reworked the recipe during its 2025 can redesign but kept the name, and its ingredient list is one of the few in the range to use sucralose alongside xylitol.

• Nicotine: 6mg per pouch
• Per gram: 8.81mg
• Strength level: Regular; S2 on ZYN’s four-step scale
• Format: Slim
• Can count: 20 pouches
• Net weight: 13.6g (0.68g each)

Want spearmint with more bite? ZYN Spearmint Slim 6mg adds peppermint at the same strength, and VELO Bright Spearmint 4mg is a lighter option from another brand. The rest of the range is on our ZYN page.