R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Christopher Junker

Michael Francis Dube

Anthony Richard Gerardi

A method of isolating compounds from a tobacco-derived black liquor, including receiving a black liquor from a pulping process of an input material comprising a plant of thespecies, treating the black liquor with an acid to lower the pH of the black liquor to about 7 or lower in order to produce a precipitate and an acidified black liquor, separating the precipitate and the acidified black liquor, extracting the acidified black liquor with an organic solvent in order to produce an organic layer extract and an aqueous layer extract, and separating the organic layer extract and the aqueous layer extract.

Method for preparing flavorful compounds isolated from black liquor and products incorporating the flavorful compounds

The present disclosure provides tobacco-derived pyrolysis oils and derivatives thereof, such as isolated components and mixtures obtained from such pyrolysis oils. Advantageously, the tobacco-derived pyrolysis oils disclosed herein can exhibit desirable sensory characteristics. Further, tobacco-derived pyrolysis oils disclosed herein can exhibit desirably low concentrations of benzo[a]pyrene. The disclosure also provides methods for obtaining such tobacco-derived pyrolysis oils and derivatives thereof.

Tobacco-derived pyrolysis oil

A method for producing lutein from one or more plants of genusis provided. The lutein can be derived inter alia fromspecies biomass. A method such as is described in various embodiments herein also provides articles and compositions that include lutein produced from one or more plants of genus

Method for producing lutein from tobacco

A process for producing flavorants made or derived from tobacco or, more generally, made or derived from any biomass derived from any one or more species of genus, or that otherwise incorporate tobacco, is provided. Provided are flavorants obtained or derived from plants or portions of plants from thespecies, such as from one or more flowers from one or morespecies, and products comprising one or more such flavorants.

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Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

Christopher Junker