Granted Patent B2

US 12,433,321 · App. 17/836,692 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Inventors: Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr. (Clemmons, NC); Dwayne William Beeson (Kernersville, NC); Anthony Richard Gerardi (Winston-Salem, NC); Chris J. Grimes (High Point, NC); Ronald K. Hutchens (East Bend, NC); Christopher Keller (Advance, NC); Thomas H. Poole (Winston-Salem, NC); Frank Kelley St. Charles (Bowling Green, KY)

Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited

A24B15/16A24B13/00A61K9/0053A61K31/465A61K36/81A61K47/38A61K47/46

Abstract

Claims (24)

1. An oral product comprising an active ingredient and a beet material, the active ingredient being absorbed in or adsorbed on to the beet material.

2. The product of claim 1 , wherein the beet material is in a form of one or both of fibers, particles, and combinations thereof.

3. The product of claim 2 , wherein at least a portion of the beet material is in the form of particles having an average particle size of about 0.3 mm to about 2 mm.

4. The product of claim 1 , wherein the beet material is a whitened beet material.

5. The product of claim 1 , wherein the active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of a nicotine component, botanicals, nutraceuticals, stimulants, amino acids, vitamins, cannabinoids, cannabimimetics, terpenes, flavoring agents, and combinations thereof.

6. The product of claim 5 , wherein the nicotine component is selected from the group consisting of a nicotine base, a nicotine salt, a resin complex of nicotine, a tobacco-derived nicotine extract, and combinations thereof.

7. The product of claim 1 , further comprising a tobacco material.

8. The product of claim 7 , wherein the tobacco material is in the form of a particulate tobacco material, a tobacco extract, and combinations thereof.

9. The product of claim 7 , wherein the tobacco material is a whitened tobacco material.

10. The product of claim 1 , wherein the oral product is substantially free of a tobacco material.

11. The product of claim 1 , further comprising one or more additives selected from the group consisting of a salt, a sweetener, a binding agent, water, a humectant, a gum, an organic acid, a buffering agent, and a tobacco-derived material.

12. The product of claim 1 , further comprising a filler.

13. The product of claim 12 , wherein a different active ingredient is absorbed in or adsorbed on the filler.

14. The product of claim 13 , wherein the beet material is configured to release the active ingredient at a first release rate and the filler material is configured to release the same active ingredient or a different active ingredient at a second, different release rate.

15. The product of claim 14 , wherein the first release rate is substantially faster than the second release rate.

16. The product of claim 14 , wherein the first release rate is substantially slower than the second release rate.

17. The product of claim 12 , further comprising one or more additional fiber materials that is different from the beet material and the filler.

18. The product of claim 17 , wherein the same active ingredient or a different active ingredient is absorbed in or adsorbed on to the one or more additional fiber materials.

19. The product of claim 12 , wherein the filler is a cellulose material or a cellulose derivative.

20. A method of preparing a whitened beet material, comprising:

extracting a beet material with an extraction solution to provide a beet solids material and a beet extract;

separating the beet solids material and beet extract;

bleaching the beet solids material with a bleaching solution comprising a strong base, an oxidizing agent, or a combination thereof to provide a bleached beet material; and

drying the bleached beet material to provide the whitened beet material.

Continuity (3)

References Cited (400)