Peroxides to limit biofilms and tobacco-specific nitrosamines
US10306915B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 28, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 4, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA24B15/287
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Methods of making reconstituted tobacco include contacting a mixture including tobacco pulp with one or more fluid streams including one or more peroxides (e.g., hydrogen peroxide), recovering one or more fluids from the tobacco pulp mixture, and reusing the recovered fluids in at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step. In some cases, methods provided herein can recover one or more fluids including one or more peroxides, such that the at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step includes contacting tobacco pulp with a fluid including one or more peroxides.
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