US 10,881,132 B2Granted

Smokeless tobacco product comprising effervescent composition

AssigneeR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

InventorsJohn-Paul Mua, Eric Taylor Hunt

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Abstract

The invention provides a smokeless tobacco composition adapted for oral use, the composition including a tobacco material and an effervescent material. The effervescent material includes a sugar material containing an entrapped gaseous component, such that release of the entrapped gaseous component occurs upon dissolution of the sugar material in the oral cavity. The invention also provides a method for making a smokeless tobacco composition that involves mixing a tobacco material with an effervescent material, the mixing step including either admixing a granulated composition comprising a tobacco material with a gasified sugar material in particulate form, or forming a gasified sugar material in situ by mixing a water source with a molten composition comprising a tobacco material and a sugar alcohol.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A method of preparing a smokeless tobacco composition adapted for introduction into the oral cavity, the method comprising:

(i) mixing a tobacco material with an effervescent material capable of causing effervescence in the oral cavity, the effervescent material comprising a gasified sugar alcohol material containing an entrapped gaseous component, such that release of the entrapped gaseous component occurs upon dissolution of the gasified sugar alcohol material in the oral cavity, wherein the gasified sugar alcohol material comprises a sugar alcohol selected from the group consisting of erythritol, isomalt, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the mixing a tobacco material with an effervescent material step comprises forming the gasified sugar alcohol material in situ by mixing a water source with a molten composition comprising the tobacco material and the sugar alcohol;
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(ii) incorporating the mixture formed in step (i) into a smokeless tobacco product.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.