Siberia compared: Pablo, Skruf, Iceberg, Garant

September 18, 2026

“Is Siberia stronger than Pablo?” is the most common comparison question in this range. It can be answered, though not as simply as it is asked — because the brands declare against different reference quantities and because two different product types sit side by side. This article puts every line stocked here next to one another.

Siberia White Dry Red Regular, can seen from above

First: two product types, not one

Before figures are compared, the product type needs settling. There are three groups in this shop:

chewing tobacco — the pouch contains tobacco. Siberia, Pablo, Skruf and VID.
Tobacco-free nicotine pouches — a white carrier instead of tobacco, nicotine present. Garant, Iceberg, Cuba.
Without nicotine — W1NNAS, with caffeine or melatonin instead of nicotine.

“Tobacco-free” does not mean nicotine-free. Some of the tobacco-free lines here carry higher figures than the chewing tobacco in the same price bracket.

Every line side by side

Line	Type	Nicotine	Pouch	Flavor
Skruf Ice #2 Medium	chewing tobacco	ca. 7 mg/g	White Chew Bag	Mint, menthol
VID Medium	chewing tobacco	approx. 12 mg per pouch	White Slim	five varieties
Skruf Ice #3 Strong	chewing tobacco	ca. 14 mg/g	White Chew Bag	Mint, menthol
Skruf Ice #4 Xtra	chewing tobacco	ca. 16 mg/g	White Chew Bag	Mint, menthol
VID Strong	chewing tobacco	approx. 20 mg per pouch	White Slim	three varieties
Siberia Blue	chewing tobacco	ca. 24 mg/g	White	Mint, clear
Pablo Ice Cold 3.0	chewing tobacco	ca. 33 mg/g	Dry	Mint, menthol
Siberia Red	chewing tobacco	ca. 43 mg/g	White Dry	Mint, cool
Siberia Black	chewing tobacco	ca. 43 mg/g	White Dry	Tobacco, strong
Iceberg Extreme	tobacco-free	ca. 43 mg/g	Slim	Ice Mint, menthol
Garant White Extreme	tobacco-free	ca. 50 mg/g	White	ice-cold mint
Cuba Black	tobacco-free	strength level 6	Slim	eight varieties
W1NNAS	no nicotine	—	Pouch	four varieties

Where comparability ends

Two lines cannot be put in the same column, and that is not carelessness but a property of how they are declared.

VID declares per pouch

12 and 20 mg per pouch respectively, rather than per gram. Turning that into a figure per gram would require knowing the pouch weight — and pouch sizes follow no standard, not even within a single brand. Within VID, Strong is just under twice Medium; beyond that the figure does not carry over.

Cuba declares by a level

Strength level 6 is the manufacturer's own scale, not a measurement. It says something about the position within the Cuba lines and nothing about the relationship to Garant or Iceberg.

Siberia gegen Pablo

The most searched-for pairing. Both are chewing tobacco, both declare per gram, so the comparison can be made cleanly.

Strength: Siberia Red and Black at around 43, Pablo at around 33 mg/g. Siberia Blue sits below Pablo at around 24.
Flavor: both rely on mint and menthol. Siberia Black is the only tobacco-forward variety in this comparison.
Pouch: Pablo is bound with xanthan in the Dry format, Siberia Red and Black are White Dry and extra dry on the outside, Blue is White and slightly moister.
Choice: Siberia offers three varieties in up to three formats plus softpack and 500 g box, Pablo two pouch sizes of the same recipe.

Siberia gegen Skruf

The widest gap in the range. Skruf Ice #2 is at around 7 mg/g, Siberia Red at around 43 — more than six times as much. Moving from Skruf to Siberia is not a change of nuance but of order of magnitude. Within the Skruf line, by contrast, the steps are small: from #3 to #4 adds two milligrams.

Chewing tobacco against tobacco-free

This is where the common assumption that tobacco-free is the milder choice breaks down. Garant White Extreme at around 50 mg/g sits above every chewing tobacco in this shop, Iceberg Extreme at around 43 is level with Siberia Red and Black. The difference lies in what is in the pouch, not in the amount of nicotine.

What the comparison cannot do

Three things cannot be read off a table:

The impression. Cooling agents change perception markedly. Siberia Black without mint comes across to many as stronger than Red, with an identical declared figure.
The absolute amount per pouch. That would require the pouch weight, and that follows no standard.
What suits whom. For that the table is a starting point, not an answer.

In short

Only the figure on the can is comparable, and only between lines using the same reference quantity.
Range in this shop: from around 7 mg/g at Skruf #2 to around 50 at Garant.
Siberia Red and Black sit in the upper range at around 43 mg/g, Blue in the middle at around 24.
Pablo sits between Siberia Blue and Siberia Red at around 33 mg/g.
Tobacco-free does not mean milder — Garant carries the highest figure in the range.
The only nicotine-free line is W1NNAS.

The full list for Siberia is under Siberia Nikotingehalt, the overview of the other lines under Other brands.