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AssigneeR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsDwayne William Beeson, Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Huamin Gan
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A smokeless tobacco product is configured for insertion into the mouth of a user and incorporates materials from Nicotiana species (e.g., tobacco-derived materials) and plant materials from non-Nicotiana species (e.g., non-tobacco plant materials). The tobacco material can have the form of processed tobacco material (e.g., granulated, reconstituted, heat treated, or otherwise processed tobacco laminae and/or stem), tobacco extract (e.g., an extract of water soluble tobacco components obtained by extracting tobacco with water), or a combination thereof. The non-tobacco material can have the form of vegetable pulp (e.g., sugar beet pulp), pulp obtained after removal of water soluble components as a result of water extraction treatment, or a combination thereof. The tobacco product is composed of a mixture of the tobacco material and non-tobacco material components; such as a mixture of tobacco material, tobacco extract and processed non-tobacco material, or a mixture of aqueous tobacco extract and water-extracted vegetable pulp.
An oral tobacco product, comprising:
A pouched oral tobacco product, comprising a water-permeable pouch enclosing a composition, the composition comprising a non-tobacco plant material in particulate form carrying a sorbed aqueous tobacco extract, the non-tobacco plant material having an average particle size of about 0.3 to about 2 mm, wherein the pouched oral tobacco product is free of any tobacco material other than the sorbed aqueous tobacco extract, and wherein the non-tobacco plant material carrying the sorbed aqueous tobacco extract comprise at least 60 weight percent of the total dry weight of the pouched oral tobacco product.
A pouched oral tobacco product, comprising a water-permeable pouch enclosing a composition, the composition comprising at least one sweetener, at least one salt, at least one flavorant, and a non-tobacco plant material in particulate form carrying a sorbed aqueous tobacco extract, the non-tobacco plant material having an average particle size of about 0.3 to about 2 mm, wherein the non-tobacco plant material is present in an amount of 50 to 95 weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pouched oral tobacco product, and wherein the pouched oral tobacco product is free of any tobacco material other than the sorbed aqueous tobacco extract.
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