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US 11,457,659 B2Granted
Stabilization methods for tobacco and tobacco products
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsYahya Karga, James Powell, Dongmei Xu, James A. Strickland, Ujwala Warek
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Abstract
A stabilizing process for tobacco and tobacco products includes sterilizing the tobacco by applying an electron beam treatment to the tobacco. The process may also include treating the tobacco. The treating the tobacco includes pre-conditioning the tobacco, pasteurizing the tobacco, curing the tobacco, fermenting the tobacco, or combinations thereof. The method may also include forming a smokeless tobacco product containing the tobacco.
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A method for producing a smokeless tobacco product, the method comprising:
- stabilizing tobacco, the stabilizing including,
- sterilizing tobacco by applying an electron beam (E-Beam) to the tobacco, the sterilizing being performed at an E-Beam treatment dosage of greater than or equal to 10 kGy, the sterilizing being performed for a duration ranging from 0.1 second to 1 second;
- treating the tobacco, the treating including,
- one or more of pre-conditioning the tobacco, pasteurizing the tobacco, curing the tobacco, fermenting the tobacco, or any combination thereof;
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- after the stabilizing the tobacco and the treating the tobacco, forming a smokeless tobacco product containing the tobacco.
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