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US 2023/0404131 A1Published application
Dissolvable-chewable exhausted-tobacco tablet
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsFeng GAO, Diane L. GEE, Shuzhong ZHUANG, Phillip M. HULAN, William J. BURKE
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Abstract
A exhausted-tobacco tablet that includes a solid solution of soluble fiber and one or more sugar alcohols, the solid solution having a glass transition temperature of less than 40° C., and exhausted-tobacco is dispersed in the solid solution, and one or more additives dispersed in the solid solution such that at least one additive is released from the tablet when the tablet is chewed or dissolved within an adult tobacco consumer's oral cavity.
Claims20
A dissolvable-chewable exhausted-tobacco tablet comprising:
- a matrix including
- soluble fibers;
- sugar alcohols, the tablet being free of cross-linkages between the sugar alcohols or between the sugar alcohols and the soluble fibers;
- and
- exhausted-tobacco fibers;
- and
- a plurality of oil domains dispersed in the matrix,
- the tablet taking up to 4 hours to dissolve when placed in an adult consumer's mouth.
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