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Title:
SMOKELESS TOBACCO PASTILLE AND MOULDING PROCESS FOR FORMING SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/075035
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material, a sugar alcohol, and a natural gum binder component, wherein the composition is in the form of a pastille. A process for preparing a smokeless tobacco composition pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is also provided. The process includes providing an aqueous mixture comprising a hydrated natural gum binder component, mixing a tobacco material with the aqueous mixture to form a smokeless tobacco mixture, heating the smokeless tobacco mixture, depositing the heated smokeless tobacco mixture into a mould, and curing the smokeless tobacco mixture to form a smokeless tobacco composition pastille.

Inventors:
CANTRELL DANIEL VERDIN (US)
MORTON JOSHUA D (US)
HUME STEVEN D (US)
BRATCHER BARRY (US)
BOUTIN ROBERT FRANK (US)
HINKEMEYER THOMAS (US)
JACKSON THADDEUS J (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/062441
Publication Date:
July 26, 2012
Filing Date:
November 29, 2011
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Assignee:
REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO R (US)
CANTRELL DANIEL VERDIN (US)
MORTON JOSHUA D (US)
HUME STEVEN D (US)
BRATCHER BARRY (US)
BOUTIN ROBERT FRANK (US)
HINKEMEYER THOMAS (US)
JACKSON THADDEUS J (US)
International Classes:
A24B15/12; A23G3/48; A24B13/00; A24B15/30
Domestic Patent References:
WO2005046363A22005-05-26
WO2011081725A12011-07-07
Foreign References:
US20100275936A12010-11-04
US20100291245A12010-11-18
Other References:
MATHESON N K: "The chemical structure of amylose and amylopectin fractions of starch from tobacco leaves during development and diurnally-nocturnally", CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH, PERGAMON, GB, vol. 282, no. 2, 18 March 1996 (1996-03-18), pages 247 - 262, XP004018708, ISSN: 0008-6215, DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(95)00381-9
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
GORCZYNSKI, Jessica, L. (LLPP.O. Box 703, Atlanta Georgia, US)
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