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[piks101]

q; people are suckers for anything in a rustic looking packet

here...here, give me an FJ40 all day long.

[mattzq8sonoma]

Matt, would you happen to work in the Kentucky offices for SM / formerly Pinkerton?

Yes that is where I work. In the lab in the middle of the production area. Not the best place for a lab, but it works.

[mattzq8sonoma]

As we seem to have a SM guy here, I would like to raise the question why SM is the only snus brand (AFAIK) which prohibits independent web shops like Northerner, snus.de or snusline to sell their products to us in the EU. I know the ban, of course, but there are loopholes allowing snus to be sold. Other than SM, I mean. Why not General, Ettan, etc. as well?

This isn't my area of expertise at all. But I know that General is available in like 75 countries around the world, same with Ettan & Kronan. I think, but I'm not sure, that Swedish Match allows the sale of those select few brands that are most widely available to be sold through the loophole to the EU. It's the brands that don't have worldwide sales...the brands that are only sold locally in Sweden and Norway...that we don't allow because we are responsible, and we want our products to be sold there legally & legitimately. If you go to Sweden and purchase locally, you can take back any and all SM products through the Travel Retail, AFAIK. Probably want to go there before the end of the year to stock up so you don't get taxed higher.

[tommybegley]

IS SNUS GOING UP AGAIN!!!! Damn, how much is it going to be in January do you think???

[mattzq8sonoma]

IS SNUS GOING UP AGAIN!!!! Damn, how much is it going to be in January do you think???

Don't know exactly. I just saw that Skruf will be going up the equivalent of $2 a can for Los and $1 for pouches. I'm assuming it will be similar for Swedish Match. As far as I know, this only affects sales in Sweden because of the 12% tax increase, but as with everything, prices rise all the time so don't be surprised if it goes up online too. In the US, the prices just went up for Marlboro and Skoal and Camel Snus, so we'll probably follow suit.

[BasseBlues]

Hello Matt

Do you have any information on what temperature Swedish Match is using in the pasteurization process?

I had a discussion on my YouTube video on making you own Swedish snus about the best temperature when making snus. When I use my Crokpot I get 65 °C in the snus and if I cover the whole Crockpot with aluminum foil I get it to rise to 90 °C. If I only cover the top I get 75 °C. On different recipes I have read they recommend a temperature between 60 - 90 °C.