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Sting Free nicotine pouches

Sting Free is a Swedish tobacco-free nicotine pouch brand from Stingfree AB, stocked at 24Nico across seven slim flavours from Normal to Xstrong strength.

About Sting Free

Sting Free is a Swedish nicotine pouch brand based in Lidingö, just outside Stockholm, and operated by Stingfree AB. The company owns the patent for the brand's defining product feature, holds the published clinical data backing it, and makes every pouch in the range.

How Sting Free started

The brand began with founder Bengt Wiberg, a long-time snus user who developed persistent gum pain and was advised by his dentist to stop using pouches entirely. Worried about going back to smoking, he started experimenting with placing a thin barrier between the gum and the pouch. He found that the pain disappeared while flavour and nicotine release felt unchanged, and that observation became the basis for the patented PROTEX two-sided pouch design that now defines the brand.

PROTEX has since been the subject of a peer-reviewed pilot study published in Acta Odontologica, in which 23 Swedish dentists, themselves daily pouch users at the time, replaced their habitual pouches with Sting Free for five weeks. The published study and the underlying patent are both documented on Stingfree AB's own corporate site.

Sting Free nicotine pouches at 24Nico

The 24Nico range covers seven slim-format SKUs across three strength tiers:

  • Normal (4.4–5.5 mg per pouch): California Peach, Maltese Lemon, Caribbean Mango, Ocean Mint
  • Strong (6.6 mg per pouch): Strong Blue Mint, Swedish Cola
  • Xstrong (11 mg per pouch): Ocean Mint Strong

Every pouch shares the same PROTEX two-sided construction: a white face that releases flavour and nicotine through the oral mucosa, and a blue face positioned against the gum. The construction does not change from flavour to flavour, only the taste profile and strength do.

Sting Free nicotine pouches at a glance

Manufacturer: Stingfree AB, Lidingö, Sweden

Founder: Bengt Wiberg

Country of origin: Sweden

Patented technology: PROTEX two-sided pouch construction

Format stocked: Slim

Strengths stocked: Normal (4.4–5.5 mg), Strong (6.6 mg), Xstrong (11 mg)

Flavour signature: Single-note flavours with a gum-facing PROTEX barrier

Tobacco content: None, plant-fibre based

The 24Nico strength filter uses the Low, Normal, Strong, Xstrong and Ultra scale. On that scale Sting Free covers Normal through Xstrong, with Ocean Mint Strong as the strongest pouch in the line-up.

FAQ Sting Free

What is Sting Free?

Sting Free is a Swedish tobacco-free nicotine pouch brand operated by Stingfree AB in Lidingö. Every pouch in the range uses the brand's patented PROTEX two-sided construction, with one face releasing flavour and nicotine and the other facing the gum. At 24Nico the range covers seven slim-format flavours from 4.4 to 11 mg of nicotine per pouch.

Who makes Sting Free nicotine pouches?

Stingfree AB, a Swedish company based in Lidingö, just outside Stockholm. The company holds the patent for the PROTEX two-sided pouch design and runs product development and clinical work in-house. Brand and manufacturer are the same legal entity.

Where are Sting Free pouches made?

In Sweden. The brand was founded by inventor Bengt Wiberg and is headquartered in Lidingö, with the patent, product development and clinical work all sitting inside Stingfree AB.

How strong are Sting Free nicotine pouches?

The 24Nico range covers three tiers:

  • Normal (4.4–5.5 mg per pouch): California Peach, Maltese Lemon, Caribbean Mango, Ocean Mint
  • Strong (6.6 mg per pouch): Strong Blue Mint, Swedish Cola
  • Xstrong (11 mg per pouch): Ocean Mint Strong
What flavours of Sting Free are available at 24Nico?

Seven slim-format flavours:

  • California Peach
  • Maltese Lemon
  • Caribbean Mango
  • Ocean Mint
  • Strong Blue Mint
  • Swedish Cola
  • Ocean Mint Strong
Are Sting Free pouches tobacco-free?

Yes. The pouches use a plant-fibre base with added nicotine, water, flavourings, sweeteners, salt, stabilisers and acidity regulators. No tobacco leaf or stem. The PROTEX gum-facing barrier is part of the pouch construction and does not contain tobacco either.

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