R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Rhys Thomas Dale

Michael Francis Dube

Morrison Clark Dale

Jessica Hanna Johnston

Methods of forming cellulosic sugars from the stalk or roots of a plant of thespecies are provided herein, the methods including i) receiving a tobacco material including at least one of a stalk material and a root material of a harvested plant of thespecies; ii) delignifying the tobacco material to form a tobacco-derived pulp; and iii) hydrolyzing the tobacco-derived pulp to form a hydrolyzed tobacco product including residual solids and a liquid including at least one tobacco-derived cellulosic sugar. A cellulosic sugar derived from hydrolyzed tobacco material including at least one of a tobacco stalk material and a tobacco root material of a harvested plant of thespecies is also provided herein. Tobacco products incorporating the cellulosic sugars derived from hydrolyzed tobacco material or products derived from the cellulosic sugar are also provided.

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West Lafayette, IN, United States of America

Rhys Thomas Dale