ZYN Slim – Violet Licorice 6.5mg

Floral violet, sweet-salty liquorice and a touch of salmiak make ZYN Violet Licorice 6mg one of the more unusual cans in the ZYN range. It is a regular-strength slim with 20 pouches per can, and it suits anyone who grew up on salty liquorice. ZYN Violet Licorice 6mg first reached Swedish retailers in late 2021.

What ZYN Violet Licorice tastes like

Salmiak is the salty style of liquorice popular in the Nordic countries. Here it adds a savoury, slightly tangy depth beneath the sweeter liquorice, while violet gives a perfumed top note, much like old-fashioned violet pastilles. If you enjoy black liquorice you will likely enjoy it; if you dislike that family of flavours, you probably won’t. It rewards a slow pouch: the violet shows first, then the liquorice deepens as the pouch settles.

No sweetener on the ingredient list

Unlike most ZYN slims, the published ingredient list for this can names no added sweetener such as acesulfame K or xylitol. Whatever sweetness you notice belongs to the liquorice and violet flavour rather than a sweetening agent. The measured pH is 8.3, and each pouch weighs 0.68g.

Stepping up to the 9mg Violet Licorice

ZYN makes this flavour at S2 and S3, with violet, liquorice and salmiak listed for both. The 9mg can raises the nicotine to 13.22mg per gram in the same 0.68g pouch, so start here if you are curious about the flavour, and move up once you know you like it.

• Nicotine per pouch: 6mg
• Nicotine per gram: 8.81mg
• Strength: Regular, marked S2 by ZYN
• Format: Slim
• Pouches in a can: 20
• Net weight: 13.6g

Want it stronger? ZYN Violet Licorice Slim 9mg is the S3 version. For another Nordic-style liquorice slim, NYYTTI Liquorice Candy 9.6mg is worth a look. See all ZYN flavours.