Snus Storage Questions

[tom502]

I use a big freezer bag, it hold 3 rows of 8 cans. In the freezer. Doesn't take up much space too.

[justintempler]

One thing people don't talk about is what effect long term storage does to the pH of the snus.

Swedish snus includes finely ground tobacco with a total nicotine content of about 1.5 to 2.5 percent and it has a pH target value of about 8.5. These levels are traditional for Swedish snus and have remained unchanged for years. However, the pH level of the products declines as they age, meaning concurrently with the storage time. The pH level never increases. In Sweden, snus is stored in coolers before it is sold, which means that the pH levels are more stable than, for example, those of American snuff, which is fermented and is not stored in coolers. For reasons related to process engineering, pH levels are also allowed to vary somewhat in the finished product.

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2 year old snus might taste fine, but it won't have the same nicotine kick that fresh snus has. I freeze my snus in freezer bags and try not to have more than one years worth in the freezer.

[sagedil]

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"Longterm" is pretty vague. We talking 6 months? 2 years? From what I've seen people say, portions will still be good for up to, if not over, 6 months to a year from expiration if kept frozen. Of course, this probably varies brand-to-brand due to slight differences in production methods.
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FWIW, I have now had snus that was frozen 2 years AFTER the best buy date, and stored "Naked" in the freezer as others have said, and it was still fine.

As others have said, I have always been the lazy kind and just put my cans straight into the freezer. But what works for you really just depends on your personality. Care free and lazy, go my way. You enjoy being a bit anal and controlling, then definitely go the freezer bag route. Most people who do always seem so smug about it, it clearly makes them "happier" knowing they have taken that extra effort.

One day, I wold love to do a straight up test case between the same snus left in a freezer bag for a year vs one frozen a year naked just to see if there is any noticeable difference

[Mohave]

You are wasting a lot of space on carrots and meat.

[MojoQuestor]

All of these replies should be stickied somewhere. MojoQestor really summed it up. A "boxful"? lol.

Srsly:



Okay, it's a small box

An open-contribution FAQ section is called for.

Sounds good to me!

[Roo]

All of these replies should be stickied somewhere. MojoQestor really summed it up. A "boxful"? lol. An open-contribution FAQ section is called for.

[MojoQuestor]

I used freezer bags at first, but now I just chuck them in the freezer, sage-style. It's cheaper and I can cram in more snus that way.

I keep most of my snus in the freezer, a boxful or more in the fridge, and way too many in my room. Occasionally I'll throw most everything back in the freezer and start pulling them out again.

[Tristik]

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"Longterm" is pretty vague. We talking 6 months? 2 years? From what I've seen people say, portions will still be good for up to, if not over, 6 months to a year from expiration if kept frozen. Of course, this probably varies brand-to-brand due to slight differences in production methods.
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[lxskllr]

I'd be more concerned about SM's paperboard lös tins than plastic keeping them open. I've always stored mine in freezer bags, so I don't have any way of comparing them.

[texasmade]

shouldn't really matter. Sage has his cans bare naked in the freezer and he says they're still good.

i've just put all mine in the fridge, haven't used a freezer since my first few months of snusing.

[asidrave]

Storing unopened rolls of snus in the freezer

title says it all

i have 7 unopened rolls in my refrigerator....is it safe to store in the freezer longterm like that or is it better to break open and vaccum seal?

[Mohave]

I've put away a ginormous stash to protect against snus armaggedon, and an idea I stole from someone here is to use Pringles potato-chip tubes for storage. They just happen to be the perfect diameter and length for holding a roll. The caps don't seem to seal well, so I added some plastic wrap held with a rubber band to the tops of them. So far that seems to do the job. I recently pulled out a few cans from a couple of rolls that have been in my freezer now for several months, and it was just great, no issues at all. Maybe this wasn't all necessary, but using those tubes does keep things tidy and that sort of thing, and even though I have a pretty good sized freezer and no wife to negotiate with, I am planning on doing a lot more snus storage and it helps to have an easy organizing and retrieval system when storing a lot of it.

The only drawback so far is that I've had to let my belt out a notch ever since making the contents of all those Pringles cans go away to make room for the snus.

[sagedil]

I keep mine in freezer bags, not so much to preserve them, but to make the storage more neat, as they hold 3 rows of 8 cans each. I don't vacuum them though.

LOL, I finally put my, like 35 bags of Discreet is a great big bag for that exact reason. they were always falling places, now MUCH better. :lol:

[texasmade]

i keep mine in the fridge no bags they seem to hold up pretty well

[tom502]

I keep mine in freezer bags, not so much to preserve them, but to make the storage more neat, as they hold 3 rows of 8 cans each. I don't vacuum them though.