Is Nicotine/Tobacco-Free Snus Safe?
There is a very good reason, especially now, to highlight the tobacco/nicotine snus products: SAFETY. That’s why I’m writing this article in the first place. If there is no tobacco, what is in those pouches, anyway? When tobacco/nicotine free snus was introduced in 2006 corn starch and corn fiber were common filler. Unfortunately, the second word in corn starch is ‘starch’. When you combine starch with saliva, it turns into sugar. Sugar is not healthy for your teeth and gums, especially in lengthy direct contact through a pouch. Swedish Match and Gotlandssnus took this very seriously. Onico now is based on oat and cocoa fibers.. Jimmy Karlsson of Gotlandssnus stated of their current tobacco/nicotine free offerings, “Gotlandssnus has green tea which is very low in starch content in itself. We also use carrot fibers that make saliva not so intense which in turn makes Sprilla & TNF a safer product. In addition, we have flour to inhibit bacterial growth in the mouth. This together with the
