Stabilizer for moist snuff
AssigneeAmerican Snuff Company, LLC
InventorsRobert Reinbold, John E. Bunch
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a method for improving the storage stability of a moist smokeless tobacco product configured for oral use, for example, a moist snuff tobacco product. The moist smokeless tobacco product includes a tobacco formulation containing a tobacco material. The method includes mixing the tobacco material with one or more antioxidants and one or more preservatives to form the tobacco formulation. The disclosure also provides a moist smokeless tobacco product incorporating a tobacco material and one or more antioxidants and one or more preservatives. Such moist smokeless tobacco products exhibit improved storage stability with respect to one or more characteristics such as nitrite, tobacco specific nitrosamine, organic acid, pH, and moisture content.
Claims26
A method for improving the storage stability of a moist smokeless tobacco product configured for oral use, the moist smokeless tobacco product comprising a tobacco formulation comprising a tobacco material having a moisture content of from about 40% to about 70%, the method comprising:
- mixing the tobacco material with one or more antioxidants added in an amount to provide an initial total antioxidant concentration in the tobacco formulation of from about 1 part per million (ppm) to about 1000 ppm by weight on a dry weight basis;
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- mixing the tobacco material with one or more preservatives added in an amount to provide an initial total preservative concentration in the tobacco formulation from about 1 ppm to about 10,000 ppm by weight on a dry weight basis, to form the tobacco formulation.
A moist smokeless tobacco product configured for oral use, the moist smokeless tobacco product comprising a tobacco material, one or more antioxidants, and one or more preservatives, wherein the one or more antioxidants are present in the moist smokeless tobacco product in a total antioxidant concentration from about 1 part per million (ppm) to about 1000 ppm, and the one or more preservatives are present in the tobacco formulation in a total preservative concentration from about 1 part per million (ppm) to about 10,000 ppm, and wherein the moist smokeless tobacco product has a moisture content from about 40% to about 70%.
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