pH-stabilized oral tobacco composition
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorRory Parsons
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Abstract
Disclosed is a pH-stabilized oral tobacco composition comprising a buffer of at least two pH stabilizing substances comprising potassium carbonate and at least one additional pH stabilizing substance that can maintain a low total drop in pH-value over prolonged time at ambient as well as refrigerated temperature, so that the freshness and shelf life of the oral tobacco composition can be improved.
Claims10
An oral tobacco composition comprising a buffer of at least two pH stabilizing substances, the buffer comprising potassium carbonate and magnesium trisilicate, wherein the total pH drop at a temperature in the range of 18 to 25° C. after 17 weeks is less than 0.7.
A method of preparing a pH stabilized oral tobacco product showing a total pH drop at a temperature in the range of 18 to 25° C. after 17 weeks of less than 0.7, comprising
- i) providing an oral tobacco product;
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- ii) adding a buffer of at least two pH stabilizing substances, the buffer comprising potassium carbonate and magnesium trisilicate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.