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US 12,108,779 B2Granted
Tobacco blend
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorJoseph Sutton
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Abstract
Described herein is a composition for use in a device for generating an inhalable medium, the composition comprising (i) 50-85% by weight of air-cured and/or fire-cured tobacco (ii) 0-50% by weight of flue-cured and/or sun-cured tobacco that has not been subjected to any further treatment which affects the flavor properties of tobacco, and (iii) 0-50% by weight of flue-cured and/or sun-cured tobacco that has been further treated to enhance the flavor properties of tobacco.
Claims7
A composition for use in a device for generating an inhalable medium, the composition comprising:
- 50-85% by weight of a first tobacco component that has been dark air-cured, dark fire-cured, or both dark air-cured and dark fire-cured;
- 5-50% by weight of a second tobacco component that has been flue-cured, sun-cured, or both flue-cured and sun-cured, said second tobacco component having not been subjected to any flavor treatment beyond flue-curing and/or sun-curing, and
- 5-50% by weight of a third tobacco component that has been flue-cured, sun-cured, or both flue-cured and sun-cured, wherein only the third tobacco component has been subjected to a flavor enhancing Maillard reaction, the Maillard reaction enhancing the flavor properties of the third tobacco component, and
- wherein the first, second and third tobacco components are mixed together to form a porous tobacco composition with the Maillard reaction occurring prior to mixing the third tobacco component with the first and second tobacco components.
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