# US 9,039,839 B2 · Smokeless tobacco composition comprising tobacco-derived material and non-tobacco plant material > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,039,839 B2 - Document ID: US9039839B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/756,656 - Filed: 2010-04-08 - Published: 2011-10-13 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2010-04-08 - Assignees: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Applicants: Dwayne William Beeson; Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr.; Huamin Gan - Inventors: Dwayne William Beeson; Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr.; Huamin Gan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9039839B2 ## CPC - A24B 13/00: Tobacco for pipes, for cigars, e.g. cigar inserts, or for cigarettes; Chewing tobacco; Snuff (reconstituted tobacco products A24B3/14) - A24B 15/16: of tobacco substitutes - A24B 15/18: Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes - A24B 15/24: by extraction; Tobacco extracts - A24B 15/30: by organic substances {(A24B15/281 takes precedence)} - A24B: MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF ## Abstract 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; wherein the non-tobacco plant material is an extracted beet material. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of non-tobacco plant material to aqueous tobacco extract is about 2:1 to about 1:2. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 1, wherein the non-tobacco plant material has an average particle size of about 0.3 to about 2 mm. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 1, wherein the aqueous-extracted pulp material comprises no more than about 20 weight percent aqueous soluble non-tobacco material on a dry weight basis. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 4, wherein the aqueous-extracted pulp material comprises no more than about 10 weight percent aqueous soluble non-tobacco material on a dry weight basis. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 4, further comprising up to about 5 dry weight percent of one or more natural or artificial sweeteners, up to about 5 dry weight percent of one or more buffering agents, and up to about 5 dry weight percent of one or more salts. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 1, further comprising an additive selected from the group consisting of flavorants, fillers, binders, buffering agents, colorants, humectants, oral care additives, preservatives, syrups, disintegration aids, antioxidants, additives derived from an herbal or botanical source, flow aids, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 1, further comprising an additive selected from the group of a natural or artificial sweetener, a salt, a second tobacco material in the form of a particulate tobacco material, a buffering agent, and a flow aid. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A water-permeable pouch containing the smokeless tobacco composition according to claim 1. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A smokeless tobacco package comprising a plurality of water-permeable pouches according to claim 9. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 1, further comprising a flow aid. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 11, wherein the flow aid is selected from the group consisting of microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, calcium stearate, magnesium stearate, zinc stearate, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 1, wherein 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 1, further comprising a buffer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 14, wherein the buffer is selected from metal carbonates, metal bicarbonates, and mixtures thereof. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 1, further comprising a humectant. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 16, wherein the humectant is selected from propylene glycol, glycerin, and mixtures thereof. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 1, wherein the aqueous tobacco extract is derived from one or more tobaccos selected from dark air cured tobaccos, sun cured tobaccos, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 19 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. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 19, wherein the weight ratio of non-tobacco plant material to aqueous tobacco extract is about 2:1 to about 1:2. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 19, wherein the aqueous-extracted beet pulp material comprises no more than about 20 weight percent aqueous soluble non-tobacco material on a dry weight basis. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 19, wherein the humectant is selected from propylene glycol, glycerin, and mixtures thereof. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 19, wherein the buffer is selected from metal carbonates, metal bicarbonates, and mixtures thereof. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 19, wherein 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. ### Claim 25 (depends on 19) The smokeless tobacco composition of claim 19, comprising 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, and about 0.5 to about 5 weight percent of one or more salts. ### Claim 26 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.