Edge - Spearmint

Edge Spearmint: The Softer Mint

Spearmint is peppermint's calmer cousin, the one who turns up on time and never raises its voice. Edge Spearmint leans into that: a sweet, smooth, cooling spearmint pouch made in the UK, and the only Edge mint that starts as low as 3mg. It comes in 3mg, 6mg, 9mg and 12mg, 20 slim tobacco-free pouches per can.

What Does Edge Spearmint Taste Like?

Think chewing gum, the green packet kind. Edge describes a crisp, clean wave of cool spearmint that stays smooth and balanced from start to finish, and the sweetness is more noticeable than in Edge Mint. That comes from spearmint oil and L-carvone, the compound that gives spearmint its familiar rounded, slightly herbal taste, plus a little peppermint oil to keep it lively.

It's cooling without being punishing. Where Mint is sharp and dry, Spearmint feels fuller and friendlier in the mouth, which is why it makes a comfortable all-day pouch. Edge itself suggests that if you like the cool but not the sweetness, you should switch to Mint. Fair advice.

Edge Spearmint Strengths

Edge's own tingle guide lists its strengths as mg per gram, and the brand doesn't publish a pouch weight, so we quote the figure exactly as it appears on the can rather than guess at a per-pouch number. Either way, 3mg is the gentlest step Edge offers, which makes Spearmint 3mg one of the easiest ways into pouches we stock. It sits in our low-strength nicotine pouches alongside other beginner picks.

Who Is Edge Spearmint For?

If you've never used a pouch, this is a sensible first can. The flavour is familiar, the 3mg is gentle, and there's room to move up through 6mg and 9mg without changing flavour. It also suits people who find peppermint harsh or who just prefer a sweeter mint.

It's the wrong pick if you want a big hit (the ceiling here is 12mg; for 16mg you need Edge Mint) or if you want something that tastes of fruit rather than gum. For that, try Strawberry or Watermelon.

Spearmint vs Mint: Which Edge?

• Sweeter and softer: Spearmint
• Sharper and drier: Mint
• Lowest strength: Spearmint (3mg)
• Highest strength: Mint (16mg)

Can't decide? Nothing wrong with a can of each; a spare mint in the coat pocket never hurt anyone. Compare the full range on our Edge tingle scale and range page.

Ordering Edge Spearmint

Edge is sold in packs of 5 cans per flavour, so 100 pouches. Mix Spearmint with any other Edge flavour; the price per can steps down once you reach 10, 20 and 40 Edge cans in your basket. You'll often see this called Edge snus, but it's tobacco-free: plant fibre, water, flavourings, xylitol and nicotine. Other spearmints and mints are in our minty flavour collection.

For adults 18 and over. Contains nicotine, which is highly addictive.