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Smoking materials

US3974838A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 6, 1975
Grant dateAug 17, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 6, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA24B15/20
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention is concerned with a process for improving the smoking properties of a tobacco smoking material in which the tobacco material is subjected to treatment with at least one amylolytic enzyme capable of converting the starch contained in the tobacco into sugar. The amylolytic enzyme or a source thereof may be added to the tobacco material, for example to an aqueous dispersion of the latter.

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