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US 4,987,907 AGranted
Chewing tobacco composition and process for producing same
AssigneeHelme Tobacco Company
InventorJohn Townend
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Abstract
The chewing tobacco composition contains 25 to 40% by weight cut tobacco, 0.1 to 10% by weight powdered cellulose pulp and 60 to 75% by weight casing solids. The use of powdered cellulose pulp in the composition provides for an increase in the amount of casing solids in the composition. The method entails dipping the cut tobacco into a casing solution composition containing 40% by weight water and 0.5 to 4.0% by weight powdered cellulose pulp.
Claims16
A method for making a chewing tobacco composition comprising the steps of:
- preparing a casing solution composition comprising a casing solution and powdered cellulose pulp;
- dipping cut tobacco into the casing solution composition;
- and
- recovering a mixture of the casing solution composition and the cut tobacco.
1 more element
A method for making a chewing tobacco composition comprising the steps of:
- preparing a dry mix of cut tobacco and powdered cellulose pulp;
- dipping the dry mix into a casing solution;
- and recovering a mixture of the casing solution and the dry mix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.