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US 5,803,081 AGranted
Tobacco and related products
AssigneeRegent Court Technologies
InventorsFrancis E. O'Donnell, Jr., Jonnie R. Williams
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Abstract
Tobacco products improved by the use of uncured, yellow tobacco low in tar and carcinogenic nitrosamines, treated by microwaving, or convection heating, or freeze drying to kill microbes responsible for curing, for use in smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, tobacco chewing gum, beverages and foods. In one preferred embodiment tobacco, uncured or cured, is microwaved to reduce further tar and carcinogenic nitrosamines.
Claims13
A method of reducing the nitrosamine levels or preventing formation of nitrosamines in a harvested tobacco plant, comprising
- exposing at least a portion of the plant to microwave energy, while said portion is uncured and in a state susceptible to having the amount of nitrosamines reduced or formation of nitrosamines arrested, for a sufficient time to reduce the amount of or substantially prevent formation of at least one nitrosamine.
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