Snus Storage Questions

[mouthofthesouth]

I have 27 cans in freezer bags in my freezer. I hope they keep well. Seemed like a good idea at the time anyway. Not a lot of room in the freezer. My wife actually helped me out there. What a doll

[SnusSTS]

It's not as simple as that. For one thing the snus is in a can and not exposed to open air. But as someone who has kept cans of snus in the fridge and out of the frig (because of space issues), I can absolutely assure you the cans left out of the fridge were drier than those kept in the fridge. And I often have several cans open at one one time. The snus I don't use often I can keep for weeks in the fridge after having opened, but cans I've opened will often be quite dry in less than a week if left out of the fridge.

But feel free to store your snus any way you want. I do think vacuum sealing them and storing them in a pantry would be fine. Like I said, I've had to resort to that method myself for at least some of my snus. At one time I had a hundred cans and they were not going to all fit in the frig/freezer.

I am in no way disputing this, Kaplan. I know the humidity in my house drops to 20%-30% in the winter, hence I need to use humidifiers to bring it back to anything humanly acceptable.

Freezer is a no-go for me, there is no way I can find room for 50-100 cans. I think I will just vacuum seal the rolls and keep them in my beer fridge. Now that I think about it, I don't I want to keep them warm as to avoid the tobacco aging and mellowing too much.

[trebli]

I have 27 cans in freezer bags in my freezer. I hope they keep well. Seemed like a good idea at the time anyway. Not a lot of room in the freezer. My wife actually helped me out there. What a doll

Yes, your snus will keep nicely in the freezer provided it is well wrapped in plastic. Some members have reported 5 year old snus that is as good as new.

[Frankie Reloaded]

I stopped bothering with additional covers some time ago. I figured the tight factory-wrapped plastic sleeve of a roll should cover the cans enough to be almost airtight.

On the other hand, I seem to feel that frozen and thawed snus has less flavor than a fresh one.

[CoderGuy]

I stopped bothering with additional covers some time ago. I figured the tight factory-wrapped plastic sleeve of a roll should cover the cans enough to be almost airtight.

On the other hand, I seem to feel that frozen and thawed snus has less flavor than a fresh one.

Agreed, I used to seal my rolls before freezing, but now I just toss them in the freezer when I get them. I was just using some Jaks 3 years past expiration the other day, still produced flavor and a slight burn, so I assume it was OK.

[SunnyHours]

There's also the TightVac's containers! I love them although I've only used it to store Herbs to keep them fresh and they work great!

[TheBlackVomit]

Question about storing

My local tobacco store is selling expired Thunder almost every variety for the very discounted price of $1 a can. The frosted portions only expired 08 of this year so they're basically good as new. I'm thinking I should buy a few rolls. Is the freezer the best option and when I take them out how do I thaw them?

[Ansel]

whack it all in the freezer. then just get out three cans out the freezer each time you run out for keeping at room temperature. thawing isn't really an issue as (correct me if i'm wrong) but the glycerine or whatever doesn't freeze...have i got that right?

[MrMalmsten]

I would say thats right, I do the same thing.

[scott mcnew]

keeping snus fresh long term.

I remember my dad freezing rolls of silver creek to keep it fresh and later bags of chewing tobacco after he switched as he would order large amounts at one time.I was wondering if snus can be kept good longer that way to and if so how long can it be kept frozen?

[ThatSnusGuy]

Hi Scott and welcome to the forum!

Snus can indeed be stored in the freezer. Swedish snus will however be just as good if kept in the fridge. Swedish snus really doesn't need to be kept in the fridge but if you do, it will keep in from drying out prematurely. I personally only freeze snus when I have a full roll and it's getting close to the best before date on the bottom of the can. In the freezer, Portion and loose snus will last about a year past the best before date. After that, you risk losing flavor and Nicotine strength. Like I said, I personally keep most of my snus in the fridge and have 2 rolls of Julesnus in the freezer at any given time. Hope this helps!

TSG

[lxskllr]

I have snus in the freezer that "expired" in 2008. It's not factory fresh, but it's fine. I freeze everything I'm not using within a month.

[Andy105]

I wish I had frozen a can of 5 year old Onyx that I found in the fridge, behind some vintage food items. Looked fine, but tasted like socks. Kept the can, though. Cool chrome lid.

[Gracie]

Great thread, I learned a lot. thanks everyone for sharing.

Gracie

[Nikolaos]

I use Air-lock bags for long term freezing, seems that work well until now...