Method of providing flavorful and aromatic compounds
AssigneeR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsWilliam Monroe Coleman, III, Michael Francis Dube, Luis Mayan Dominguez
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Abstract
A method for providing flavorful and aromatic substances for use in a smoking article is disclosed. In the method, a mixture is provided including a reducing sugar source and a base catalyst. The mixture has a selectively enriched content of at least one free amino acid selected from the group consisting of serine, threonine, valine, leucine, and isoleucine. The mixture is then subjected to heat treatment for a time and under conditions sufficient to provide a flavorful and aromatic composition
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A method for providing flavorful and aromatic substances for use in a smokable material, a smoking article filter, a smoking article wrapper or smoking article packaging, comprising the steps of:
- providing a mixture including a reducing sugar source and a base catalyst, said mixture having a selectively enriched content of at least one free amino acid selected from the group consisting of serine, threonine, valine, leucine, and isoluecine;
- subjecting said mixture to heat treatment for a time and under conditions sufficient to provide a flavorful and aromatic composition;
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- applying the flavorful and aromatic composition to smokable material, a smoking article filter, a smoking article wrapper or smoking article packaging.
A method for providing flavorful and aromatic substances for use in a smokable material, a smoking article filter, a smoking article wrapper or smoking article packaging, comprising the steps of:
- providing a mixture including a reducing sugar source and a base catalyst, licorice, and cocoa, said mixture having a selectively enriched content of at least one free amino acid selected from the group consisting of serine, threonine, leucine, and isoluecine;
- subjecting the mixture to heat treatment at a temperature of from about 175 degrees F. to about 380 degrees F. and at a pressure of about 10 psig to about 1000 psig to provide a flavorful and aromatic composition;
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- applying the flavorful and aromatic composition to a smokable material, a smoking article filter, a smoking article wrapper or smoking article packaging.
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