Cuts and flavors
Skoal is packaged in a 1.2 oz plastic can with a metal lid and is available in three textures: fine cut, long cut and two different pouch sizes. Fine cut is more grain-like, while long cut is more string-like. Two pouch varieties of Skoal are also available, Bandits, which are small pouches, and standard size pouches. The tobacco is sealed in a teabag-like pouch, eliminating the problem of tobacco spreading through the mouth. They are also easier to remove, since the tobacco stays in the pouch throughout use. Skoal Bandits are smaller, 1 gram pouches. To compensate for the smaller portion of Bandits, tins of them contain 20 pouches, instead of the standard 15.
Skoal Original Fine Cut Wintergreen was originally sold in a fiberboard can with tin lid, just like Copenhagen, and was packaged in the plastic can with a tin lid. Skoal Long Cut has always been sold in a plastic can, and originally had a plastic lid as well.
The product originally produced was only available in wintergreen flavor,[2] but other flavors have been made available: • Skoal Original Fine Cut Wintergreen
• Skoal Bandits Mint
• Skoal Bandits Wintergreen
• Skoal Long Cut Wintergreen
• Skoal Long Cut Straight
• Skoal Long Cut Mint
• Skoal Long Cut Classic
• Skoal Long Cut Cherry
• Skoal Long Cut Spearmint
• Skoal Long Cut Apple Blend
• Skoal Long Cut Berry Blend
• Skoal Long Cut Citrus Blend
• Skoal Long Cut Peach Blend
• Skoal Pouches Mint
• Skoal Pouches Straight
• Skoal Pouches Wintergreen
• Skoal Pouches Apple
• Skoal Pouches Citrus
• Skoal Pouches Berry
• Skoal Snus Mint
• Skoal Snus Smooth Mint
• Skoal X-tra Crisp Blend Long Cut/Pouches
• Skoal X-tra Mint Long Cut/Pouches
• Skoal X-tra Rich Blend Long Cut/Pouches
• Skoal X-tra Wintergreen Long Cut/Pouches
Skoal X-tra was introduced in 2011 and has a bolder flavor and slightly more nicotine than regular Skoal. Skoal X-tra Crisp Blend and Rich Blend are two regular Skoal flavors fused together. Crisp Blend is a combination of Apple and Citrus, while Rich Blend is a combination of Cherry and Berry.
Skoal ReadyCut was introduced in late 2012. It is 15 pre-formed cubes of long cut tobacco which eliminate the need for packing the tin and are more convenient than traditional long cut. As of 2015, it had largely been removed from most markets, with showings only in a few states and online.
When Skoal Long Cut was introduced, the original four flavors were: In 1993, two new flavors added to the line-up:
Many more flavors and varieties were subsequently added.
- Wintergreen
- Mint (introduced in 1985)
- Straight
- Classic
Discontinued
• Skoal Peach Pouches
• Skoal Dry Cinnamon Pouches
• Skoal Dry Menthol Pouches
• Skoal Dry Caffeine Pouches
• Skoal Fine Cut Straight
• Skoal Key
• Skoal Long Cut Edge Wintergreen
• Skoal Long Cut Frost
• Skoal Long Cut Vanilla Blend
• Skoal Snus Cinnamon
• Skoal Snus Citrus Blend
• Skoal Bandits Straight
• Skoal Bandits Classic
• Skoal Long Cut Select Blend (was available in Ohio)
• Skoal ReadyCut Mint
• Skoal ReadyCut Straight
• Skoal ReadyCut Wintergreen
• Skoal X-tra Mint Chill Long Cut and Pouches
