Tobacco beads
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsAndrew Nathan Carroll, Yan Helen Sun
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Abstract
A smokeless tobacco product described herein includes at least one tobacco bead. Tobacco beads described herein include a core and at least one tobacco-containing layer surrounding the core. Each tobacco-containing layer can include less than 10 weight percent tobacco. Tobacco bead described herein can have a diameter of at least 1 millimeters. Tobacco bead described herein can have at least 5 mg tobacco. Tobacco bead described herein can have an oven volatiles content of between 2 weight percent and 10 weight percent. Tobacco bead described herein can have an outer shell.
Claims20
A smokeless tobacco product comprising:
- a tobacco bead including,
- a core in an amount of 6 weight percent to 8 weight percent of the tobacco bead, and
- at least one tobacco-containing layer surrounding the core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.