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Method for producing a pouched smokeless tobacco product comprising heat treatment

US10736350B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB · SE

Inventors

Mårten Kindvall · Gothenburg, SE
Hans Eriksson · Rimbo, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 7, 2016
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 1, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12C1/027
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing pouched smokeless tobacco products for oral use as well as to a pouched smokeless tobacco product obtainable using this method. The method comprises heat-treating an initial tobacco preparation having water content below 20% w/w, providing a smokeless tobacco composition comprising the heat-treated tobacco preparation and enclosing portions of said smokeless tobacco composition in saliva-permeable pouch material.

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