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AssigneeR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsDwayne William Beeson, Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr., Huamin Gan
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A smokeless tobacco product is configured for insertion into the mouth of a user and incorporates materials from Nicotiana species (e.g., tobacco-derived materials) and plant materials from non-Nicotiana species (e.g., non-tobacco plant materials). The tobacco material can have the form of processed tobacco material (e.g., granulated, reconstituted, heat treated, or otherwise processed tobacco laminae and/or stem), tobacco extract (e.g., an extract of water soluble tobacco components obtained by extracting tobacco with water), or a combination thereof. The non-tobacco material can have the form of vegetable pulp (e.g., sugar beet pulp), pulp obtained after removal of water soluble components as a result of water extraction treatment, or a combination thereof. The tobacco product is composed of a mixture of the tobacco material and non-tobacco material components; such as a mixture of tobacco material, tobacco extract and processed non-tobacco material, or a mixture of aqueous tobacco extract and water-extracted vegetable pulp.
A smokeless tobacco composition adapted for oral use, comprising a non-tobacco plant material in particulate form carrying a sorbed aqueous tobacco extract, wherein the non-tobacco plant material is in the form of an aqueous-extracted pulp material, and wherein the combined non-tobacco plant material and tobacco extract comprises at least about 70 percent of the total dry weight of the smokeless tobacco composition;
A smokeless tobacco composition adapted for oral use, comprising a non-tobacco plant material in particulate form carrying a sorbed aqueous tobacco extract, wherein the non-tobacco plant material is in the form of an aqueous-extracted beet pulp material, and wherein the combined non-tobacco plant material and tobacco extract comprises at least about 70 percent of the total dry weight of the smokeless tobacco composition, and wherein the smokeless tobacco composition further comprises a buffer, a humectant, a salt, and a flavorant.
A smokeless tobacco composition adapted for oral use, comprising a non-tobacco plant material in particulate form carrying a sorbed aqueous tobacco extract, wherein the non-tobacco plant material is in the form of an aqueous-extracted beet pulp material, wherein the weight ratio of non-tobacco plant material to aqueous tobacco extract is about 2:1 to about 1:2 and the combined non-tobacco plant material and tobacco extract comprises at least about 80 percent of the total dry weight of the smokeless tobacco composition, and wherein the smokeless tobacco composition further comprises about 0.5 to about 10 dry weight percent of one or more buffers, about 0.5 to about 5 dry weight percent of one or more humectants, a salt and a flavorant.
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