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US 10,226,066 B2Granted
Rosemary in a tobacco blend
AssigneeR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsSerban C. Moldoveanu, Wayne Allen Scott
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Abstract
Provided are smoking products and methods of preparing smoking products that include tobacco and a deflavored rosemary or a heat-treated rosemary. The deflavored and/or heat-treated rosemary may have been previously heated at a temperature and a time sufficient to reduce or remove flavorant components compared to the use of untreated rosemary. The heated rosemary may include one or more pentacyclic triterpenoid acids such as betulinic, betul-18-enoic, oleanolic, and ursolic acids.
Claims13
A method of preparing a smoking product, the method comprising:
- blending tobacco and heat-treated rosemary, wherein the heat-treated rosemary has been previously air heated at a temperature of about 100° C. to about 200° C. for about 0.5 to about 8 hours to reduce or remove flavorant components compared to an untreated rosemary.
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