Method for treating tobacco material and treated tobacco material
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsMichel Philippe Blanc, Lucien Bovet
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for treating tobacco material, the method comprising: o fermenting the tobacco material to obtain treated tobacco material, including: #incubating the tobacco material under anaerobic conditions; #applying a pressure to the tobacco material comprised between 1000 kilograms per square meter and 4000 kilograms per square meter; #keeping the moisture content of the tobacco material comprised between 25 percent in weight and 40 percent in weight of the total weight of the tobacco material; o wherein the fermenting lasts at least one month.
Claims9
A method for treating tobacco material, the method comprising:
- fermenting the tobacco material to obtain treated tobacco material, including:
- incubating the tobacco material under anaerobic conditions;
- applying a pressure to the tobacco material comprised between 1000 kilograms per square meter and 4000 kilograms per square meter;
- keeping the moisture content of the tobacco material comprised between 25 percent in weight and 40 percent in weight of the total weight of the tobacco material;
- wherein the fermenting lasts at least two months.
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