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Granted Patent B2
US 11,666,083 · App. 16/992,822 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

Meltable smokeless tobacco composition

Inventors: Daniel Verdin Cantrell (Lewisville, NC); Gong Chen (Clemmons, NC); Matthew William Benford (Winston-Salem, NC); Thaddeus Jude Jackson (High Point, NC)
Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
A24B15/303A23G1/36A23G1/48A23G3/40A23G3/48A23G4/068A24B13/00A24B15/24A24B15/30A24B15/302A61K9/0056
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,666,083
App. No.
16/992,822
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A meltable smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material and a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. An associated process is also provided. The process includes melting a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. to form a molten lipid composition, mixing a tobacco material with the molten lipid composition to form a molten smokeless tobacco composition, and cooling the molten smokeless tobacco composition to form a solidified smokeless tobacco composition.

Claims (10)

1. A meltable composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user and capable of liquefying in the mouth, the meltable composition comprising a tobacco extract, a botanical component, at least 35 dry weight percent of a lipid having a melting point of 29° C. to 49° C., and at least about 50 dry weight percent of at least one filler comprising a sugar alcohol.

2. The meltable composition of claim 1 , wherein the botanical component is selected from the group consisting of tea particulates, coffee particulates, herbal particulates, spice particulates and combinations thereof.

3. The meltable composition of claim 1 , wherein the tobacco extract is an aqueous tobacco extract in spray-dried or freeze-dried particulate form.

4. The meltable composition of claim 1 , wherein the tobacco extract is in the form of a particulate mixture of spray-dried or freeze-dried tobacco extract particles and a second spray-dried or freeze-dried particulate material.

5. The meltable composition of claim 4 , wherein the second particulate material is a filler or binder material selected from the group consisting of maltodextrin, cyclodextrin, and natural gums.

6. The meltable composition of claim 1 , wherein the lipid has a melting point of 36° C. to 45° C.

7. The meltable composition of claim 1 , wherein the lipid has a melting point of 38° C. to 41° C.

8. The meltable composition of claim 1 , wherein the lipid comprises a blend of palm kernel oil and palm oil.

9. The meltable composition of claim 1 , wherein the sugar alcohol is isomalt.

10. The meltable composition of claim 1 , further comprising lecithin.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 15988004 · May 24, 2018
Continuation 14868867 · Sep 29, 2015
Continuation 13330929 · Dec 20, 2011
Continuation In Part 12854342 · Aug 11, 2010
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