Swedish Match claims V2 snus is poor quality

[Snusdog]

Here is an extended version of the article with a bit more info (not much)

Pretty sure this would get your ass sued if you published something like this in America (If I were V2 I sure as hell would make them disclose the research)

Anyway the slightly longer version

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Swedish Match: Danish snuff is filthy 2011-02-04 06:20

The Swedish Tobacco giant Swedish Match requires that the competitor V2 withdraws its moist snuff from the market. The reason is that snus has a high amount of bacteria, the newspaper Dagens Industri.
Sheet Swedish Match, in a letter demanded that the Danish competitor withdraws snuff from the Swedish and Norwegian markets, where low-cost manufacturer V2 is increasing rapidly.
. According to Swedish Match, writes DI, is both the bacterial load and the toxicological content well above levels from both the Swedish National Food Administration and the EU.

In some cases, it is about 100 percent above the threshold, then twice against what is considered acceptable.
"If there is repentance and after our contact, then we move on. There might be the Market", says Henrik Olsson of Swedish Match to Dagens Industri.

[Veganpunk]

The only problem I have with V2 is that no matter how many cans of Offroad frosted I open, there is always 2 portions ripped open spilling tobacco all over the damn place.

That's weird, I've never had that happen. General Wintergreen yea, but never Offroad. Even their wintergreen hasn't busted open on me.

[Snusdog]

Guys

I think we need to take a moment to Thank both SM for protecting us from Bacteria

and

Phillip Morris for protecting our children from cigarette wielding Indians

I know I rest so much better knowing that Big Tobacco is looking out for me the little guy...............and that every dumb shit politician and half witted do-gooder takes the bait every time.

How is this not blatantly evident.............how is it that someone hasn't looked up from the kool-aid stand and simply asked..............."Wait, who is sponsoring this?"

[Veganpunk]

Guys

I think we need to take a moment to Thank both SM for protecting us from Bacteria

and

Phillip Morris for protecting our children from cigarette wielding Indians

I know I rest so much better knowing that Big Tobacco is looking out for me the little guy...............and that every dumb shit politician and half witted do-gooder takes the bait every time.

How is this not blatantly evident.............how is it that someone hasn't looked up from the kool-aid stand and simply asked..............."Wait, who is sponsoring this?"

Well that would just be common sense there. And we know the World lacks that!

[AllanH]

This v2 company makes the shittiest snus in world, so no wonder it's full of filth. Biggest joke since Danish army.

[tom502]

Well, I know that last can of V2 snus I had, Rothbrix Classic White, had 8 busted portions in the can.

[Crow]

The only V2 snus I've tried were the ones whipped up by WK (Blueberry SnusX snus).

The tobacco itself wasn't the best, but it was acceptable.

[chadizzy1]

Spoke with my contact at SM, will know more behind this on Monday.

[cj]

i have never had any broken portions in any v2 snus i love phantom brown portions with all that i am v2 makes a dam good snus there los snus is in my favorites too. i think that SM is seeing that V2 is a very big player now and they dont like it

[truthwolf1]

I have not tasted any bacteria, arsenic or lead in my offroad longcut. Oddly, if anything the freshness seems to disappear and turns to battery acid flavor once it is warehoused in the US.

[muddyfunkstar]

I've given up on thunder portions because the quality was too iffy for my liking. Dunno about bacteria and that, but there were some foul tasting cans, variable portion size, and variable numbers of portions. That was enough for me

I almost exclusively buy SM Snus these days because the quality control speaks for itself.

[Premium Parrots]

I've not seen a single broken portion to date with V2. General wintergreen is a whole nother story tho. You can expect to find at least one broken portion in the wintergreen.


SM is just getting nervous. As they well should be. V2 makes great products

[Poo-Diddy]

Well V2's Snus could be filled with rat poison and I still think I'd put it in my mouth after tasting the Coola....

I've never ordered more than 10 cans at a time, but I just ordered 4 more rolls of the Coola...(amazing how much cheaper it is to buy in bulk $50 for 1 roll, $100 for 4, you learn something new every day)

Basically for the past year I have used Thunder Frosted almost exclusively after over 20 years on American Kodiak Wintergreen which supposedly had fiberglass in it to cut your lip and make the nicotine hit you harder..

That didn't stop me from over 20 years on the stuff and a little extra bacteria rumor is not gonna stop me from enjoying my Frosted and Coola snus either....

[khalid]

Nice to see SM feeling the heat from some competition.

[Monkey]

They use percentages and the fact that v2 snus is not based in Sweded (and not under the Swedish fda)in that statement to discredit them.

If the threshold they speak of in Sweden is one part per million then 100 percent more than that is two parts per million. The numbers are so low that they can only get a rise from people through abusing the power of large numbers. It is bull poop. That plus the fact that it is not controlled by the Swedish fda makes the idiots tremble.

I like v2 snus and have never had a problem with them. They disclose their research and the numbers can be found. They will still receive my snus dollars....

Sorry. This crap makes me angry....whoever wrote the article.