The UK has a tradition of producing fine chewing tobacco. The name Twist originates from sailors who made the tobacco into balls, and soaked it in molasses for a sweeter taste.

The Twist tobacco was then chewed not smoked, as the sailors worked on wooden boats and smoking would have been a fire hazard. Chewing tobacco was also suited to miners due to the obvious fire risks involved in working down the mines.  Twist is made from dark-fired leaf and spun to give a rope effect.

Twist chewing tobacco is available in a variety of flavours; from strong black pigtail, to sweeter flavours such as apple, cherry, liqourice and aniseed. It is sold either as a twist section that you cut down to managable sizes, or in individual tobacco pellets.