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Granted Patent B2
US 10,159,273 · App. 14/805,212 · Granted Dec 25, 2018

Tobacco-derived casing composition

Inventors: Michael Francis Dube (Winston-Salem, NC); William Monroe Coleman, III (Winston-Salem, NC)
Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
A24B13/00A24B15/10A24B15/24A24B15/302
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Patent No.
US 10,159,273
App. No.
14/805,212
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a tobacco composition for use in a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco composition that comprises an extract derived from a component of a plant of the Nicotiana species. The invention also provides smoking articles and smokeless tobacco compositions that include the extracts described herein, and methods for preparing extracts derived from a component of a plant of the Nicotiana species for addition to a tobacco composition.

Claims (22)

1. A flavorful tobacco composition for use in a tobacco product in the form of an extract derived from tobacco material comprising at least 90 percent by dry weight of stalk, root, or stalk and root of a plant of the Nicotiana species, wherein the extract comprises at least one compound selected from vanillin and syringaldehyde.

2. The tobacco composition of claim 1 , wherein the extract is in powder form.

3. The tobacco composition of claim 1 , wherein the extract is contained within a casing formulation or a top dressing formulation adapted for application to a tobacco material.

4. The tobacco composition of claim 1 , wherein the extract is derived from the stalk of a plant of the Nicotiana species.

5. The tobacco composition of claim 1 , wherein the extract is derived from the root of a plant of the Nicotiana species.

6. The tobacco composition of claim 1 , wherein the extract comprises both material derived from the stalk and material derived from the root of a plant of the Nicotiana species.

7. The tobacco composition of claim 1 , wherein the extract further comprises one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of C2 pyrazines, C3 pyrazines, acetic acid, dihydro-2-methyl-3-furanone, furanethanolacetate, furanmethanol, maltol, 3-hydroxypyridine, 5-methylfurfural, hexanal, pentylfuran, nonanal, decanal, menthol, 3-methylpentanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one, 3-hydroxypyridine, and 2,6-dimethoxyphenol.

8. The tobacco composition of claim 1 , wherein the extract is in liquid form.

9. The tobacco composition of claim 1 , wherein the extract is derived from a flue-cured stalk of a plant of the Nicotiana species.

10. The tobacco composition of claim 1 , wherein the extract comprises syringaldehyde.

11. A tobacco product comprising a flavorful tobacco composition in the form of an extract derived from tobacco material comprising at least 90% by dry weight of stalk, root, or stalk and root of a plant of the Nicotiana species, wherein the extract comprises at least one compound selected from vanillin and syringaldehyde.

12. The tobacco product of claim 11 , further comprising a tobacco material or a non-tobacco plant material as a carrier for the extract.

13. The tobacco product of claim 11 , wherein the tobacco product is in the form of a smokeless tobacco composition.

14. The tobacco product of claim 13 , wherein the form of the smokeless tobacco composition is selected from the group consisting of moist snuff, dry snuff, chewing tobacco, tobacco-containing gums, and dissolvable or meltable tobacco products.

15. The tobacco product of claim 11 , wherein the tobacco product is in the form of a smoking article.

16. The tobacco product of claim 15 , wherein the smoking article comprises a casing formulation or a top dressing comprising the extract.

17. The tobacco product of claim 11 , wherein the tobacco product is in the form of an aerosol-generating device configured for non-combustion of plant material.

18. The tobacco product of claim 11 , wherein the extract comprises material derived from the stalk of a plant of the Nicotiana species.

19. The tobacco product of claim 11 , wherein the extract comprises material derived from the root of a plant of the Nicotiana species.

20. The tobacco product of claim 11 , wherein the extract comprises both material derived from the stalk and material derived from the root of a plant of the Nicotiana species.

21. The tobacco product of claim 11 , wherein the extract further comprises one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of C2 pyrazines, C3 pyrazines, acetic acid, dihydro-2-methyl-3-furanone, furanethanolacetate, furanmethanol, maltol, 3-hydroxypyridine, 5-methylfurfural, hexanal, pentylfuran, nonanal, decanal, menthol, 3-methylpentanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one, 3-hydroxypyridine, and 2,6-dimethoxyphenol.

22. The tobacco product of claim 11 , wherein the extract comprises syringaldehyde.

Continuity (2)
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