White Fox - Black Mint

White Fox Black: The Strongest Fox in the Den

White Fox Black, which we list as Black Mint, is the most powerful can in the range at 17mg per pouch. It uses a slim, all-white, tobacco-free pouch like most of the family, but the flavour heads somewhere the others do not: mint with a darker, smoky and faintly floral character. GN Tobacco, Sweden. Twenty pouches a can.

This is a pouch for experienced users, full stop. It sits in our extra strong nicotine pouches for a reason.

Why Shops Quote Different Numbers for Black

The black lid prints no strength figure at all, so every number you see for this can comes from a retailer's spec sheet, and they do not agree. We list Black at 17mg per pouch, the figure the leading UK specialist gives (22mg per gram on a 0.7g slim pouch). Other shops quote 30mg per gram, which would put a pouch nearer 22mg, and the version sold in the United States is labelled 20mg.

Per gram and per pouch are different measurements, and mixing them up is where most of the confusion starts. Whichever sheet you trust, Black is the strongest White Fox by a margin, and that is the part that matters.

What Does White Fox Black Taste Like?

Mint, but moodier. The cool is there from the start, sharp and fresh, but it is threaded with something darker: a smoky, almost incense-like note and a light floral lift that some people liken to rose. It sounds odd written down. Under the lip it works, giving a rounder, more grown-up flavour than the straightforward frost of Full Charge.

Despite the smoky note, there is no tobacco in it. The darkness is all flavouring; the pouch is the same tobacco-free, all-white construction as every other White Fox.

At 17mg the nicotine arrives firmly and the gum tingle is strong. The flavour holds up well through the session, which is useful, because you will not want to reach for a second one soon.

Should You Buy It?

Buy Black if you are already a regular user of 12 to 16mg pouches and want something stronger with more personality than straight mint. Do not buy it as your first pouch, your first White Fox, or as a way of finding out how strong you can go. Honestly, if you are wondering whether it is too strong for you, it probably is.

Gentler routes into the same brand: Double Mint or Peppered Mint at 12mg Classic, or Spearmint Five Paw. If you like very strong pouches from the same maker, Siberia goes further still, and deserves even more caution.

Black Mint Snus?

White Fox Black snus is how many UK shoppers find this can. Worth repeating: it contains no tobacco. It is a nicotine pouch, and it lives in our snus collection only because that is the word people search with.

Packs and Tiers

Black is sold in packs of 10 cans, 20 pouches per can, and counts towards the lower per-can tiers alongside every other flavour in the White Fox nicotine pouch range.

18+ only. Nicotine is addictive, and a 17mg pouch is only suitable for established nicotine users. Not for non-users or anyone pregnant or breastfeeding.