What do the dots on Velo nicotine pouches mean in the UK?
Velo's UK page states three tiers and 4 to 17 mg with no dot table; three retailer dot ladders disagree. What a dot count can and cannot tell you.
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Zone, reviewed: Imperial Brands' pouch range in five flavours and two milligram figures
Five flavours, a strength ladder one milligram wide, 20 pouches at a £6.50 RSP — and a flavour-to-strength mapping that, as the trade report prints it, puts one flavour on both sides of the line.
ALP lands in the UK with eight flavours, a 21+ line and no milligram figure in the release
ALP's UK and EU launch announcement names markets, eight flavours and a Conor McGregor partnership, but states no nicotine strength figure for any product.
ZIG, reviewed: Republic Technologies' first pouch range, six flavours and a 17 mg top tier
Six flavours, three milligram figures, and no strength word attached to any of them in the trade reports — while the one live UK listing this desk could find shows a dot scale and MAX on the lid, a price below the RRP, and the unit finally stated.
Vaping duty arrives on 1 October, and on HMRC's published definition it does not reach a pouch
HMRC's manual defines a vaping product as a liquid. Read against that wording, a tin of pouches falls outside the charge — a reading of a published definition, not a ruling anyone has issued.
Nordic Spirit's Mini can, reviewed: 14 pouches, three strengths, and a 'Regular' worth two numbers
Mini cans hold 14 pouches to the standard tin's 20 at about the same price a pouch on multibuy. Strengths 3 to 9 mg, and why 'Regular' varies.
Pouches are named in the vending machine ban starting 29 October
Guidance published on 11 August lists nicotine products among the categories a vending machine may not sell from 29 October 2026. The offence attaches to whoever controls the premises.
Nordic Spirit Perlz Review: 1mg/2mg, £6.50 for 30 (UK)
Perlz dissolve under the tongue: 1 mg Moderate or 2 mg Strong, £6.50 for 30 or £2.50 a sachet. What the label can't tell you, and the 29 October rules.