Method of treating burley tobacco stems
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorHarald Hoffman
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Abstract
A method of treating Burley tobacco stems for use in tobacco cut filler comprises the steps of: providing rolled Burley tobacco stems having a rolled thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm; conditioning the rolled stems to increase the moisture content; applying a casing solution to the rolled, conditioned stems; heating the rolled stems with the casing solution applied; re-conditioning the stems after heating to increase the moisture content; cutting the tobacco stems from step; and drying the cut rolled stems. The rolled Burley tobacco stems may be combined with tobacco lamina prior to the treatment steps.
Claims20
A method of treating Burley tobacco stems for use in tobacco cut filler, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing rolled Burley tobacco stems having a rolled thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm;
- conditioning the rolled stems;
- applying a casing solution to the rolled, conditioned stems;
- heating the rolled stems with the casing solution applied;
- re-conditioning the stems after heating;
- cutting the re-conditioned tobacco stems;
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- drying the cut rolled stems.
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