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US 11,076,631 B2Granted
Methods and systems for incorporating nicotine into oral products
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsFeng Gao, Shuzhong Zhuang, Diane L. Gee
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Abstract
This document provides methods and systems for stabilizing nicotine and incorporating nicotine into one or more oral products. This document also provides oral products. Nicotine can be stabilized by mixing liquid nicotine with cellulosic fiber such that the liquid nicotine absorbs into pores of the cellulosic fiber to form a cellulosic fiber-nicotine mixture. In some cases, a cellulosic fiber-nicotine mixture can be combined with one or more binders and molded into an oral product.
Claims19
An oral product comprising:
- a gum base;
- and
- a mixture including,
- cellulosic material including a wood pulp, cotton, a sugar beet, bran, a citrus pulp fiber, a switch grass, a grass, Salix, a tea, Populus, a bamboo fiber, or any combination thereof, and
- diluted nicotine absorbed into the cellulosic material, the diluted nicotine including liquid nicotine diluted in a medium-chain triglyceride.
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