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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chi-Kuen Shu, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Brian Michael Lawrence, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Cynthia Stewart Stokes, Lexington, NC (US);
Milly Mee Wong, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Robert Henry Powell, Colfax, NC (US);
Assignee:
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ; A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131274 ; 131275 ; 544336 ; 544408 ;
Abstract
A smoking article is provided having improved flavor and aroma when smoked and contains one or more smokable materials having free amino acids contained therein. The smoking article comprises a selectively enriched content of at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of serine, threonine and analogs thereof, and is substantially free of exogenous non-sugar Maillard-functional carbonyl compounds.