Tobacco blend

A composition for use in a device for generating an inhalable medium which release compounds by heating, but not burning, the composition, the composition comprising:

• about 20-40% by weight of a first material selected from the group of a dark air-cured tobacco, a dark fire-cured tobacco, or a combination thereof;
• about 5-35% by weight of a second material selected from the group of a flue-cured tobacco that has not been subjected to any further treatment which affects the flavor properties thereof, a sun-cured tobacco that has not been subjected to any further treatment which affects the flavor properties thereof, or a combination thereof, said second material having not been subjected to any flavor treatment beyond flue-curing and/or sun-curing, and
• about 25-80% by weight of a third material selected from the group of a flue-cured tobacco that has been further treated to enhance the flavor properties thereof, a sun-cured tobacco that has been further treated to enhance the flavor properties thereof, or a combination thereof,
• wherein the further treatment of the third material includes a Maillard reaction, and wherein only the third material has been treated with the Maillard reaction following the flue-curing and/or sun-curing,
• 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.