Tobacco-derived syrup composition
AssigneeR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsMichael Francis Dube, William Monroe Colemann, III, Anthony Richard Gerardi
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Abstract
The invention provides a tobacco composition for use in a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco composition that comprises a syrup derived from the stalk of a plant of the Nicotiana species. The invention also provides smoking articles and smokeless tobacco compositions that include the syrups described herein, and methods for preparing syrups derived from the stalk of a plant of the Nicotiana species for addition to a tobacco composition.
Claims22
1-22. (canceled)
A method for preparing a tobacco product comprising a sugar-containing syrup from the stalk of a plant of the Nicotiana species, comprising:
- i) removing an aqueous liquid component comprising sugar compounds from the stalk of a plant of the Nicotiana species or a portion thereof;
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- ii) concentrating the aqueous liquid component to increase the specific gravity of the aqueous liquid component, which results in formation of a sugar-containing syrup suitable for use as a flavorful tobacco composition in a tobacco product;
- iii) adding the sugar-containing syrup to a tobacco material or a non-tobacco material as a carrier for the sugar-containing syrup;
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- iv) incorporating the tobacco material or non-tobacco plant material into a tobacco product.
32-33. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.