Smoke treatment
AssigneeR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsAnthony Richard Gerardi, Jerry Wayne Marshall, Marvin Glenn Riddick
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Abstract
A method of preparing a smoke-treated tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of: (i) subjecting a tobacco material to smoke to give a smoke-treated tobacco material with modified taste characteristics; and (ii) incorporating the smoke-treated tobacco material into a smokeless tobacco product. The invention also provides a smokeless tobacco product incorporating a smoke-treated tobacco material. The smokeless tobacco product may be, for example, a moist snuff tobacco product.
Claims18
A method of preparing a flavorful smokeless tobacco product, comprising:
- (i) producing smoke from a wood material selected from oak, beech, alder, hickory, mesquite, acacia, ash, birch, pecan, walnut, almond, maple, olive, cottonwood, lilac, apple, crabapple, pear, cherry, plum, and combinations thereof,
- wherein the producing comprises applying friction to the wood material;
- (ii) subjecting a tobacco material to the smoke to give a smoke-treated tobacco material with modified taste characteristics;
- and
- (iii) incorporating the smoke-treated tobacco material into a smokeless tobacco product.
A method of preparing a flavorful smokeless tobacco product, comprising:
- (i) subjecting a tobacco material to smoke to give a smoke-treated tobacco material with modified taste characteristics,
- wherein the subjecting comprises atomizing or vaporizing liquid smoke;
- and
- (ii) incorporating the smoke-treated tobacco material into a smokeless tobacco product.
A method of preparing a flavorful smokeless tobacco product, comprising:
- (i) subjecting a tobacco material to smoke to give a smoke-treated tobacco material with modified taste characteristics;
- (ii) fermenting the smoke-treated tobacco material, wherein the subjecting is done during the fermenting step;
- and
- (iii) incorporating the fermented smoke-treated tobacco material into a smokeless tobacco product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.