Method for treating tobacco material and treated tobacco material
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsMichel Philippe Blanc, Lucien Bovet
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Abstract
Tobacco material including less than 3 percent of total reducing sugars in total dry weight basis and less than 300 milligrams per kilogram of asparagine in total dry weight basis. A method for treating tobacco material includes fermenting the tobacco material to obtain treated tobacco material, including: (a) incubating the tobacco material under anaerobic conditions; (b) applying a pressure to the tobacco material comprised between 1000 kilograms per square meter and 4000 kilograms per square meter; and keeping the moisture content of the tobacco material comprised between 25 percent in weight and 40 percent in weight of the total weight of the tobacco material. The fermenting lasts at least one month.
Claims16
Tobacco material comprising:
- less than 3 percent of total reducing sugars in total dry weight basis;
- less than 300 milligrams per kilogram of asparagine in total dry weight basis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.