British American Tobacco (investments) Limited

Luis Gustavo Teixeira Dos Reis

Eduardo José Faria Miranda

Oscar Francisco Swenson Pontes

There is provided a method of extracting one or more volatile compounds of interest from tobacco material, the method comprising the steps of: i) providing tobacco material; ii) subjecting the tobacco material to steam distillation; and iii) extracting one or more volatile compounds of interest from the tobacco material with a solvent; wherein distillation step (ii) and extraction step (iii) are carried out simultaneously and at a pH of no greater than 2, and wherein the period during which both the distillation step (ii) and the extraction step (iii) are carried out is from about 8 to about 20 hours.

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luis Gustavo Teixeira Dos Reis