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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2010
Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Lewisville, NC (US);
Joshua D. Morton, Evansville, IN (US);
Steven D. Hume, Owensboro, KY (US);
Barry Bratcher, Owensboro, KY (US);
Robert Frank Boutin, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Thomas Hinkemeyer, Gages Lake, IL (US);
Thaddeus J. Jackson, High Point, NC (US);
Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Lewisville, NC (US);
Joshua D. Morton, Evansville, IN (US);
Steven D. Hume, Owensboro, KY (US);
Barry Bratcher, Owensboro, KY (US);
Robert Frank Boutin, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Thomas Hinkemeyer, Gages Lake, IL (US);
Thaddeus J. Jackson, High Point, NC (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material, a sugar alcohol, and a natural gum binder component, wherein the composition is in the form of a pastille. A process for preparing a smokeless tobacco composition pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is also provided. The process includes providing an aqueous mixture comprising a hydrated natural gum binder component, mixing a tobacco material with the aqueous mixture to form a smokeless tobacco mixture, heating the smokeless tobacco mixture, depositing the heated smokeless tobacco mixture into a mold, and curing the smokeless tobacco mixture to form a smokeless tobacco composition pastille.