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Vape Flavor Categories, Explained: Fruit, Berry, Tropical, Mint & Ice, Candy, Dessert, Drinks and Tobacco

Every flavor sold across our 41 brands belongs to one of 13 families. This page is the map: how big each family is, which brands make it, which flavor is the most widely copied inside it, and how sweet or cold the family runs on our panel's five-axis scale. The numbers come from the catalog at build time, so they move as brands add and drop flavors. If you know the family you like and want the individual flavor decoded, the flavor decoder lists every named flavor with its tasting note.

At a glance

Vape flavor categories by size, brands and panel profile

FamilyFlavorsBrandsMost widely madeSweetness (0–5)Iciness (0–5)Tart (0–5)Browse
Fruit 100 20 Watermelon Ice (20 brands) 3.4 1.7 2.1 Fruit hub
Berry 134 20 Blue Razz Ice (14 brands) 3.5 1.6 2.4 Berry hub
Tropical 107 20 Strawberry Banana (9 brands) 3 1 2.4 Tropical hub
Citrus 65 16 Lemon Heads (4 brands) 3 1 4 Citrus hub
Mint & Ice 49 21 Miami Mint (17 brands) 3 4 2 Mint & Ice hub
Menthol 1 1 Menthol 1.8 4.5 1.3 Menthol hub
Candy & Sour 67 19 Sour Apple Ice (13 brands) 3.8 0.7 3 Candy & Sour hub
Dessert & Cream 12 5 Chocolate Cupcake 5 0.5 1.5 Dessert & Cream hub
Drinks & Soda 29 10 Coffee (2 brands) 3 1 2 Drinks & Soda hub
Lemonade 19 10 Pink Lemonade (4 brands) 5 1 4 Lemonade hub
Mixed & Exotic 144 19 Clear (6 brands) 3 1 2 Mixed & Exotic hub
Tobacco 5 8 Tobacco (6 brands) Tobacco hub
Mystery / Cosmic 7 3 Aquarius Mystery / Cosmic hub

Profile columns average the panel scores on our ranked single-flavor pages inside each family; a dash means the family has no ranked page yet. Flavor counts are distinct names, not device variations.

Family by family

What each category tastes like, and who makes it

Fruit

100 FLAVORS · 237 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 20 BRANDS · SWEET 3.4 · ICE 1.7 · TART 2.1 · BODY 2.7

The default category. Watermelon, peach, grape, apple, cherry and melon in single-fruit or two-fruit form, usually with a cooling agent when the word Ice is attached. Fruit flavors are where every brand puts its bestseller, which is why Watermelon Ice is the single most widely made flavor in our catalog. Panel notes on fruit flavors turn on two things: whether the fruit reads as fresh or as candy, and how much ice sits on top. Sweetness runs mid-scale; iciness depends entirely on the name.

Most widely made fruit flavors

Brands making fruit

Adjust, Airmez, Digiflavor, Dojo, Flum, Foger, Geek Bar, JNR, Kado Bar, Lost Angel, Lost Mary, Lost Vape and 8 more

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Berry

134 FLAVORS · 308 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 20 BRANDS · SWEET 3.5 · ICE 1.6 · TART 2.4 · BODY 2.8

Strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry and the blue razz family. Berry is the largest family in the catalog by flavor count because brands stack berries into pairs: Blueberry Watermelon, Strawberry Kiwi, Blackberry Blueberry. Blue Razz Ice is the anchor flavor, made by more brands than any other berry, and it is a candy blue-raspberry rather than a real fruit. Expect the tartest profiles in the fruit group here.

Most widely made berry flavors

Brands making berry

Adjust, Digiflavor, Dojo, Flum, Foger, Geek Bar, JNR, Kado Bar, Lost Angel, Lost Mary, Lost Vape, Meloso and 8 more

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Tropical

107 FLAVORS · 200 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 20 BRANDS · SWEET 3 · ICE 1 · TART 2.4 · BODY 3.8

Mango, pineapple, passion fruit, guava, lychee, coconut, banana and dragon fruit. Tropical flavors carry the most body of any family, meaning the vapor feels thick and juicy rather than light, and they are usually made without ice so the ripeness comes through. Strawberry Banana and Mexico Mango lead the family. Tropical is also where the exotic single fruits live: lychee, guava and dragon fruit appear here first before brands blend them into mixed names.

Most widely made tropical flavors

Strawberry Banana · 9Mexico Mango · 5Peach Mango Watermelon · 5Sour Mango Pineapple · 5Strawberry Kiwi · 5Frozen Banana · 4Strawberry Mango · 4Banana Cake · 2

Brands making tropical

Adjust, Airmez, Digiflavor, Dojo, Flum, Foger, Geek Bar, JNR, Kado Bar, Lost Angel, Lost Mary, Lost Vape and 8 more

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Citrus

65 FLAVORS · 86 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 16 BRANDS · SWEET 3 · ICE 1 · TART 4 · BODY 3

Lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit and their sour-candy cousins such as Lemon Heads. The most tart family in the catalog by a wide margin. Citrus rarely appears alone in a disposable; it is usually paired with a berry or a mint to round the acid. Grapefruit Refresher and Cherry Lemon show the two directions: juice-bar bright or candy sour.

Most widely made citrus flavors

Lemon Heads · 4Cherry Lemon · 3Grapefruit Refresher · 2Lime Berry Orange · 2Raspberry Orange · 2Berry Cherry Limeplatinum Edition · 1Black & Blue Lime Ice · 1Black Razz Lemon · 1

Brands making citrus

Adjust, Dojo, Flum, Foger, Geek Bar, JNR, Kado Bar, Lost Mary, Lost Vape, Meloso, Nexa, Off Stamp and 4 more

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Mint & Ice

49 FLAVORS · 142 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 21 BRANDS · SWEET 3 · ICE 4 · TART 2 · BODY 2

Cool Mint, Miami Mint, Icy Mint, Winter Mint and the iced mint variants. The coldest family, and the one where names mean specific things: Cool Mint is peppermint and arctic, Miami Mint is spearmint and softer, Winter Mint sits between. Mint is made by more brands than any other family relative to its size because every brand needs one all-day mint, and Miami Mint is the most widely made single flavor name after Watermelon Ice.

Most widely made mint & ice flavors

Miami Mint · 17Cool Mint · 7Icy Mint · 4Winter Mint · 3Black Mint · 2Blue Mint · 2Double Mint · 2Gum Mint · 2

Brands making mint & ice

Adjust, Airmez, Digiflavor, Dojo, Flum, Foger, Geek Bar, JNR, Kado Bar, Lost Angel, Lost Mary, Lost Vape and 9 more

Browse mint & ice →

Menthol

1 FLAVORS · 1 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 1 BRANDS · SWEET 1.8 · ICE 4.5 · TART 1.3 · BODY 2.3

Classic menthol as its own flavor rather than mint plus ice. Rare in modern disposables, where a synthetic coolant replaced menthol years ago. When it appears, it is a throwback profile for former menthol-cigarette smokers: cold, faintly medicinal, low sweetness.

Most widely made menthol flavors

Menthol · 1

Brands making menthol

Flum

Browse menthol →

Candy & Sour

67 FLAVORS · 164 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 19 BRANDS · SWEET 3.8 · ICE 0.7 · TART 3 · BODY 2.8

Sour Apple Ice, White Gummy, Gummy Bear, Sour Straws, Blue Rancher, Sour Gush, the B-Pop lollipops and the Fcuking Fab mystery blends. The sweetest family after dessert and lemonade, with the least ice. Candy names are recreations of specific products, so the panel note usually names the candy: Jolly Rancher, Gushers, Sour Patch. Sour Apple Ice is the exception that carries cooling.

Most widely made candy & sour flavors

Sour Apple Ice · 13White Gummy · 6Sour Fcuking Fab · 5Sour Apple · 3Sour Apple Watermelon · 3Sour Blue Dust · 3Sour Cranapple · 3Sour Gush · 3

Brands making candy & sour

Adjust, Airmez, Digiflavor, Dojo, Flum, Foger, Geek Bar, JNR, Kado Bar, Lost Angel, Lost Mary, Lost Vape and 7 more

Browse candy & sour →

Dessert & Cream

12 FLAVORS · 18 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 5 BRANDS · SWEET 5 · ICE 0.5 · TART 1.5 · BODY 4

Vanilla custard, strawberry ice cream, cake and chocolate profiles. The smallest family in disposables and the sweetest of all, with the most body. Dessert flavors are more common in bottled e-liquid than in sealed devices; in our catalog they cluster in a handful of brands, which is why the dessert hub also collects the candy family.

Most widely made dessert & cream flavors

Chocolate Cupcake · 1Chocolate Mocha · 1Frozen Vanilla · 1Hot Chocolate · 1Red Velvet Cupcake · 1Root Soda Vanilla · 1Tobacco Cream · 1Toro Ice Cream · 1

Brands making dessert & cream

Flum, Foger, Geek Bar, Off Stamp, RELX

Browse dessert & cream →

Drinks & Soda

29 FLAVORS · 45 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 10 BRANDS · SWEET 3 · ICE 1 · TART 2 · BODY 3

Coffee, cola, energy drink, tea, punch and slush profiles. The family with the widest range: a Coffee pod and a Cola Slush share nothing except that both are drinks. RELX carries the tea end almost alone; Foger and Geek Bar carry the slush and punch end. Sweetness is moderate and ice is usually reserved for the slush names.

Most widely made drinks & soda flavors

Coffee · 2Hawaiian Punch · 2Absolute Longjing Ice Tea · 1Absolute Tieguanyin Ice Tea · 1Cherry Cola · 1Chrysanthemum Ice Tea · 1Cola Ice · 1Cola Ice Cherry · 1

Brands making drinks & soda

Flum, Foger, Geek Bar, Lost Angel, Lost Mary, Nexa, Off Stamp, RAZ, RELX, Suonon

Browse drinks & soda →

Lemonade

19 FLAVORS · 39 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 10 BRANDS · SWEET 5 · ICE 1 · TART 4 · BODY 3

Pink Lemonade, Blue Razz Lemonade and the fruit lemonades. Sweet and tart in equal measure, higher sweetness than plain citrus, and almost never iced. Lemonade reads as a drink rather than a fruit, and it is one of the few families where a candy-sweet profile and a tart profile coexist in the same name.

Most widely made lemonade flavors

Pink Lemonade · 4Amazon Lemonade · 2Blue Razz Lemonade · 2Dragon Fruit Lemonade · 2Peach Lemonade · 2Berry Lemonade · 1Blue Rancher Lemonade · 1Cherry Peach Lemonade · 1

Brands making lemonade

Airmez, Digiflavor, Dojo, Flum, Foger, Geek Bar, Lost Mary, Lost Vape, Olit Hookalit, RAZ

Browse lemonade →

Mixed & Exotic

144 FLAVORS · 201 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 19 BRANDS · SWEET 3 · ICE 1 · TART 2 · BODY 3

Names that describe nothing directly: Meta Moon, Clear, Dragon Strawnana, Pink & Blue, Rainbow Rain, Tropical Storm. The second-largest family by flavor count because brands use invented names for their flagship blends. Clear is the special case, an unflavored pod. Our flavor decoder lists the panel note for every mixed-name flavor so the name stops being a guess.

Most widely made mixed & exotic flavors

Clear · 6Dragon Strawnana · 3Meta Moon · 3B Burst · 2Baja Splash · 2Blue Raz Ice · 2Code Red · 2Lush Ice · 2

Brands making mixed & exotic

Adjust, Airmez, Digiflavor, Dojo, Flum, Foger, Geek Bar, JNR, Kado Bar, Lost Angel, Lost Mary, Lost Vape and 7 more

Browse mixed & exotic →

Tobacco

5 FLAVORS · 13 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 8 BRANDS

Tobacco, Classic Tobacco, Cuban and the tobacco editions. A small family made by a handful of brands for former smokers who find fruit flavors jarring. The flavor is a blend built to taste like cured leaf; no disposable contains tobacco leaf itself. Low sweetness, no ice, a dry finish.

Most widely made tobacco flavors

Tobacco · 6Classic Tobacco · 1Luxury Tobaccosuper Edition · 1Tobacco Gold Tobacco · 1Virginia Tobacco · 1

Brands making tobacco

Dojo, Flum, Foger, Geek Bar, Lost Mary, Nexa, RAZ, VIHO

Browse tobacco →

Mystery / Cosmic

7 FLAVORS · 7 DEVICE VARIATIONS · 3 BRANDS

Zodiac and space-themed names used by one or two brands for limited editions: Aquarius, Blue Starz, Berry Starburst. Treat these as mixed blends with a theme; the panel note is the only way to know what is inside.

Most widely made mystery / cosmic flavors

Aquarius · 1Berry Starburst · 1Blue Starz · 1Cosmic Cherry Ade · 1Grape Blow Pop Aquarius · 1Saturn Rings · 1Shooting Starsicle · 1

Brands making mystery / cosmic

Geek Bar, Lost Mary, Lost Vape

Browse mystery / cosmic →

FAQ

Flavor category questions

What are the main vape flavor categories?
Across the 739 named flavors in our catalog there are 13 families: fruit, berry, tropical, citrus, lemonade, mint and ice, menthol, candy and sour, dessert, drinks, mixed blends, tobacco and a small themed group. Fruit, berry and tropical together make up more than half of every brand's lineup; mint and candy are the next largest.
What is the most common vape flavor category?
Berry, by number of distinct flavor names, followed by mixed blends and tropical. By number of brands making the same flavor, fruit leads: Watermelon Ice is made by more brands than any other flavor, with Blue Razz Ice (berry) and Miami Mint (mint) next.
Which vape flavor category is the sweetest?
Dessert and lemonade score highest on our panel's sweetness axis, followed by candy. Tropical, drinks and mixed blends sit mid-scale, and tobacco is the least sweet. The sweetness figures on this page are averages of the panel profiles on our ranked flavor pages.
Which vape flavors are the coldest?
Mint and menthol. Cool Mint is the coldest widely made flavor; Miami Mint is noticeably softer. Any fruit or candy flavor with Ice, Iced or Frozen in the name carries cooling too, but at a lower level than a dedicated mint.
What is the difference between mint and menthol vape flavors?
Menthol is a specific compound with a cold, slightly medicinal taste; mint flavors in modern disposables use a synthetic cooling agent plus spearmint or peppermint flavoring, so they taste like mint candy rather than menthol cigarettes. Ice flavors use the cooling agent without the mint taste.
Do all brands make flavors in every category?
No. Every brand we stock makes fruit, berry and mint. Dessert is carried by only a few brands, tobacco by a handful, and tea and coffee drinks mainly by RELX. The category table on this page shows how many brands make each family.