9 mg Nicotine Pouches: Every US Brand and Flavor Sold at 9 mg
9 mg is the strength the big brands added when their 6 mg cans stopped being enough for switchers: ZYN Ultra, VELO Plus and Rogue MAX all have it, and it is the middle rung of our own line. This page lists every brand on our comparison that publishes a 9 mg pouch, the flavors sold at that strength and the can count, from each brand's own site.
9 mg Nicotine Pouch Brands and Flavors (7 brands, 53 flavors)
Every brand on our comparison that publishes 9 mg per pouch, with the flavors it sells at that strength, read from each brand's own site (checked 2026-09-17; brand names link to the full brand page). Strength is milligrams of nicotine per pouch as the brand labels it.
| Brand | Flavors sold at 9 mg | Pouches per can | Nicotine source (brand wording) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZYN | ZYN Ultra Citrus Zest, ZYN Ultra Peppermint Frost, ZYN Ultra Wintergreen Blast, ZYN Ultra Arctic Mint, ZYN Ultra Fresh Spearmint, ZYN Ultra Menthol Ice, ZYN Ultra Chill Mist, ZYN Ultra Signature Smooth | 15 (ZYN) / 20 (ZYN Ultra) | "pharmaceutical-grade nicotine salt"; not stated as synthetic or tobacco-derived |
| VELO | VELO Plus Spearmint, VELO Plus Wintergreen, VELO Plus Mint, VELO Plus Peppermint, VELO Plus Wild Berry, VELO Plus Citrus Chill, VELO Plus Dragon Fruit, VELO Plus Cappuccino, VELO Plus Tropical Heat, VELO Plus Watermelon Chill, VELO Plus Smooth Tobacco | 20 | VELO and VELO MAX: "pharmaceutical grade nicotine derived from the tobacco plant"; VELO Plus: "non-tobacco derived synthetic nicotine" |
| Rogue | Rogue MAX Citrus, Rogue MAX Spearmint, Rogue MAX Wintergreen, Rogue MAX Blue Raspberry | 20 | "nicotine bound to a polymer resin to create nicotine polacrilex"; not stated as synthetic or tobacco-derived |
| FRE | Original, Mint, Wintergreen, Watermelon, Lush, Sweet, Smooth | 20 | "zero-tobacco" / "Tobacco-Free Nicotine Pouches"; not stated as synthetic or tobacco-derived |
| ALP | Chilled Mint, Mountain Wintergreen, Refreshing Chill, Tropical Fruit, Sweet Nectar, Spearmint, Classic | 20 (ALP, Drifters) / 15 (Frontier) | "leaf-free" / "tobacco-free nicotine"; not stated as synthetic or tobacco-derived |
| on! | Wintergreen, Mint, Cinnamon, Coffee, Citrus, Berry, Original, Tobacco Flavor (brand publishes strengths for the line, not per flavor) | Not published | "tobacco-leaf-free"; not stated as synthetic or tobacco-derived |
| JuiceKold ours | Polar Menthol, Cool Mint, Wintergreen, Clear, Juicy Peach, Strawberry Watermelon Ice, Pink Lemonade, Mango Ice | 20 | no tobacco leaf; first run coming |
Who a 9 mg Nicotine Pouch Is For, and Where It Sits on the Ladder
9 mg is a newer rung than 6. ZYN reaches it only through ZYN Ultra, a separate eight-flavor line in a 20-pouch "hydro-boosted" can; VELO reaches it only through VELO Plus, the synthetic-nicotine line; Rogue reaches it only through Rogue MAX in four flavors. FRE and ALP, the independents, carry 9 mg across their whole core ranges. Lucy (8 mg), Sesh+ (8 mg), Juice Head (6 and 12) and VELO classic (7) sit either side of 9 without touching it.
Brands describe 9 mg as the strength for people who found 6 mg fading before the pouch was done, and for former heavy smokers or dip users who want the pouch to register. Fruit at 9 mg is thin across the market: ZYN Ultra has no fruit at all, VELO Plus has four, Rogue MAX has Blue Raspberry only, so a 9 mg peach or mango is mostly an independent-brand purchase.
JuiceKold makes all eight flavors at 9 mg, which is the rung we expect most 50 mg salt nic users to settle on: enough to notice, not so much that a fruit profile is buried. Our 9 mg and our 12 mg are the same recipes at a different nicotine load, so moving between them changes strength only.
Other strengths: 3 mg nicotine pouches · 6 mg nicotine pouches · 12 mg nicotine pouches · 15 mg nicotine pouches. The whole field ranked by highest strength is in strongest nicotine pouches by mg; every brand side by side is in best nicotine pouches compared; the JuiceKold line by flavor is on the nicotine pouches hub.
9 mg Nicotine Pouches: Questions People Ask
Q.01Which brands make a 9 mg nicotine pouch?
ZYN Ultra, VELO Plus, Rogue MAX, FRE, ALP and JuiceKold, per each brand's site on 2026-09-17. Lucy and Sesh+ top out at 8 mg; Juice Head jumps from 6 to 12.
Q.02Is there a 9 mg ZYN?
Yes, but only in the ZYN Ultra line (Citrus Zest, Peppermint Frost, Wintergreen Blast, Arctic Mint, Fresh Spearmint, Menthol Ice, Chill Mist, Signature Smooth) at 9 and 11 mg. Classic ZYN stops at 8.
Q.03Which JuiceKold flavors come in 9 mg?
All eight flavors, 20 pouches per can. 9 mg is the middle of the JuiceKold 6 / 9 / 12 ladder.