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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Lewisville, NC (US);
Gong Chen, Clemmons, NC (US);
Matthew William Benford, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Thaddeus Jude Jackson, High Point, NC (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, CN;
Abstract
A meltable smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material and a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. An associated process is also provided. The process includes melting a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. to form a molten lipid composition, mixing a tobacco material with the molten lipid composition to form a molten smokeless tobacco composition, and cooling the molten smokeless tobacco composition to form a solidified smokeless tobacco composition.