Tobacco Product and a Method of Manufacture Thereof
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorsCecile Sinkinson, Oswaldo Anguiano
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a fire repellent reconstituted tobacco component includes the steps of: grinding a tobacco material to produce ground tobacco fibres; treating the ground tobacco fibres by applying a treatment having a donor of a phosphorous group, wherein the donor of the phosphorous group includes an inositol phosphate moiety; heating the treated tobacco fibres to obtain phosphorous-treated tobacco fibres; and processing the phosphorous-treated tobacco fibres to produce the fire repellent reconstituted tobacco component.
Claims16
A method of manufacturing a fire repellent reconstituted tobacco component, the method comprising the steps of:
- grinding a tobacco material to produce ground tobacco fibres;
- treating the ground tobacco fibres by applying a treatment solution comprising a donor of a phosphorous group, wherein the donor of the phosphorous group comprises an inositol phosphate moiety;
- heating the treated tobacco fibres to obtain phosphorous-treated tobacco fibres;
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- processing the phosphorous-treated tobacco fibres to produce the fire repellent reconstituted tobacco component.
A fire repellent reconstituted tobacco component, the fire repellent reconstituted tobacco component comprising 0.1% to 10% phosphorous groups by weight of the total weight of the fire repellent reconstituted tobacco component, and wherein the phosphorous groups comprise an inositol phosphate moiety.
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