The can looks like a pocket-sized cigar box: dark cedar brown, gold foil trim, and a single cherry icon pressed into the lid. Twist it open and the aroma escapes like a bar door swinging in Havana—sun-warmed cherry, a trace of lime peel, and the faintest hint of fresh tobacco leaf. Yet this is not a cigar; it is Cuban Cherry Delights, a tobacco-free snus designed in Stockholm and flavoured in Rotterdam by a team that normally blends rum aromatics for European distilleries.
Cherry is the star, but not the candy-type that stains most nicotine pouches pink. The chemists started with Montmorency juice, freeze-concentrated to 60 °Brix for tartness, then folded in a micro-dose of fermented Cuban cacao to add earthy depth. A whisper of cold-pressed lime oil cuts the sweetness, while 0.3 % menthol provides a chill that arrives only after the fruit settles on the tongue. The sequence mimics the way a real cherry tastes under Caribbean sun—warm at first, then cooling as the sea breeze hits.
Nicotine arrives in two separate waves. The pouch shell is woven from dual-layer fibres: an outer sleeve that releases 8 mg/g within the first minute, and an inner core sealed with food-grade alginate that cracks open around the 20-minute mark, pushing total strength to 14 mg/g. The design keeps the curve flat, avoiding the spike-and-crash pattern common to “medium-strong” products. Users who keep a portion in during a 40-minute commute report the same steady lift at the end of the ride as at the beginning.
Moisture is locked at 46 %, lower than American cherry dip but higher than classic Swedish white portions. That ratio prevents the sour top notes from turning metallic, a problem that occurs when cherry aroma meets overly dry cellulose. To keep the balance stable, the factory fills each can with nitrogen instead of regular air, cutting oxidation by 35 % and extending shelf life to 18 months without refrigeration. Still, cellarmasters recommend storing Cuban Cherry Delights at 8 °C; the lime trace sharpens and the cacao becomes more pronounced when the pouch is slightly cool.
Portion size is 0.9 g, shaped into a soft rectangle that tapers at both ends
The geometry follows gum-line contours, so the pouch parks under the lip without fanning out. Because the cherry compound stains, the fleece is dyed dark red from the start—no visible discoloration, no tell-tale dots on your teeth if you smile in a meeting.
Strength options come in two colourways. The burgundy can holds the 14 mg/g formula described above. A second, maroon-gold edition labelled “Delights Light” stops at 6 mg/g and swaps the cacao for vanilla bean. Both share the same cherry-lime core, so switching between them during the day does not confuse the palate. Many users start with Light after lunch and move to the full version before late-night travel.
Environmental credentials: the outer shell is tin-free steel, recyclable in most European curb-side programmes. The inner compartment that hugs the pouches is made from sugar-cane bioplastic, which degrades in industrial compost within 90 days. Even the cherry waste generated during extraction is trucked to a Dutch pig farm where it becomes feed, closing the loop on fruit sugars that would otherwise be discarded.
User questions that arrive daily in customer chat:
- “Will it ghost my mouthguard?” The cacao pigment is oil-soluble, not water-soluble, so it rinses off plastic and silicone with plain water.
- “Does the lime erode enamel?” pH sits at 7.2, neutral by design; the lime is folded into an oil phase that never touches teeth.
- “Can I pair it with cola?” Surprisingly, no. Cola tannins flatten the cherry top note. Sparkling water or white tea amplifies it instead.
Cuban Cherry Delights is not a one-off fruit fad. It is a calculated collision between Caribbean cherry heritage and Scandinavian nicotine precision. Once the red pouch settles, you taste summer first, then frost—exactly the contrast that keeps the can empty faster than you expect.
