Protein-enriched tobacco composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11612183-B2
Application number	US-201514965080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2015
Priority date	Dec 10, 2015
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure provides protein-enriched, tobacco-containing products, suitable for use as oral formulations. Products of the present disclosure typically include at least one tobacco material (e.g., a particulate tobacco material or a tobacco-derived extract), at least one protein-enriched material (e.g., a tobacco-derived protein-enriched material), and at least one sugar alcohol.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product comprising:
a tobacco material, wherein the tobacco material comprises a particulate tobacco material, a tobacco extract comprising a mixture of compounds, or a combination thereof;
a protein-enriched, tobacco-derived material in an amount of at least about 2 percent by dry weight;
a natural gum binder in an amount of between about 2 percent and about 10 percent by dry weight; and
one or more sugar alcohols in an amount of at least about 10 percent by dry weight,
wherein the protein-enriched, tobacco-derived material comprises at least about 60 percent tobacco-derived protein by dry weight, and
wherein the product is in the form of a pastille, lozenge, or chewy gel product, and
wherein the product is a single-layer product comprising a mixture of the tobacco material, the protein-enriched, tobacco derived material, the natural gum binder, and the one or more sugar alcohols.

2. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , wherein the protein-enriched, tobacco-derived material comprises at least about 80 percent tobacco-derived protein by dry weight.

3. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 2 , wherein at least about 50 percent of the tobacco-derived protein by dry weight is RuBisCO.

4. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 2 , wherein at least about 80 percent of the tobacco-derived protein by dry weight is RuBisCO.

5. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 2 , wherein at least about 50 percent of the tobacco-derived protein by dry weight is F2 proteins.

6. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , wherein the tobacco material comprises particulate tobacco.

7. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 6 , wherein the particulate tobacco comprises a mixture of flue-cured and sun-cured tobacco.

8. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 6 , wherein the particulate tobacco is present in an amount of at least about 10 percent by dry weight.

9. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 6 , wherein the particulate tobacco is present in an amount of at between about 10 percent and about 50 percent by dry weight.

10. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , wherein the tobacco material comprises a tobacco extract.

11. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 10 , wherein the tobacco extract is present in an amount of at least about 2 percent by dry weight.

12. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 10 , wherein the tobacco extract is present in an amount of from about 2 percent to about 5 percent by dry weight.

13. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , wherein the tobacco material comprises a heat-treated tobacco material that has been treated prior to incorporation within the smokeless tobacco product in an aqueous solution comprising L-lysine.

14. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sugar alcohols are selected from the group consisting of erythritol, arabitol, ribitol, isomalt, maltitol, dulcitol, iditol, mannitol, xylitol, lactitol, sorbitol, and combinations thereof.

15. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sugar alcohols are present in an amount of from about 10 percent to about 50 percent by dry weight.

16. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sugar alcohols are present in an amount of from about 10 percent by weight to about 30 percent by weight.

17. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco composition of claim 1 , wherein the natural gum binder component is selected from the group consisting of gum arabic, xanthan gum, guar gum, ghatti gum, gum tragacanth, karaya gum, locust bean gum, gellan gum, and combinations thereof.

18. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , further comprising a binder in an amount of between about 5 percent and about 20 percent by dry weight.

19. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 18 , wherein the binder comprises pregelatinized rice starch.

20. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , further comprising one or more fillers in an amount of between about 5 percent and about 20 percent by dry weight.

21. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 20 , wherein the one or more fillers comprise a polysaccharide filler, a starch filler, or a combination thereof.

22. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 20 , wherein the one or more fillers are selected from the group consisting of rice flour, maltodextrin, calcium carbonate, and combinations thereof.

23. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , further comprising an additive selected from the group consisting of flavorants, sweeteners, binders, emulsifiers, disintegration aids, humectants, buffering agents, salts, and mixtures thereof.

24. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises glycerin.

25. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises one or more sweeteners.

26. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , comprising:
at least about 20 dry weight percent of the tobacco material, wherein the tobacco material comprises particulate tobacco; and
at least about 2 dry weight percent of the protein-enriched, tobacco-derived material, wherein the protein comprises at least about 80 percent by weight RuBisCO.

27. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , comprising:
at least about 20 dry weight percent of the tobacco material, wherein the tobacco material comprises particulate tobacco;
at least about 2 dry weight percent of the protein-enriched, tobacco-derived material, wherein the protein comprises at least about 80% by weight RuBisCO; and
between about 5 percent and about 20 dry weight percent of a filler, wherein the filler comprises a combination of a polysaccharide filler and a starch filler.

28. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , comprising:
at least about 20 dry weight percent of the tobacco material, wherein the tobacco material comprises particulate tobacco;
at least about 2 dry weight percent of the protein-enriched, tobacco-derived material, wherein the protein comprises at least about 80 dry weight percent RuBisCO;
at least about 2 dry weight percent of a natural gum binder; and
at least about 10 dry weight percent of a binder other than a natural gum binder.

29. The protein-enriched smokeless tobacco product of claim 1 , comprising:
at least about 20 dry weight percent of the tobacco material, wherein the tobacco material comprises particulate tobacco; and
at least about 2 dry weight percent of the protein-enriched, tobacco-derived material, wherein the protein comprises at least about 80% by weight RuBisCO;
between about 5 percent and about 20 percent by dry weight of a filler, wherein the filler comprises a combination of a polysaccharide filler and a starch filler;
at least about 2 dry weight percent of a natural gum binder; and
at least about 10 dry weight percent of a binder other than a natural gum binder.

30. The protein-enriched

Assignees

• Reynolds Tobacco Co R

Inventors

• Mua John-Paul
• Chen Gong
• Jackson Thaddeus Jude
• Gerardi Anthony Richard
• Ford Kyle
• Fagg Barry Smith
• Clark Melissa Ann

Classifications

• A24B13/00

  Tobacco for pipes, for cigars, e.g. cigar inserts, or for cigarettes; Chewing tobacco; Snuff (reconstituted tobacco products A24B3/14) · CPC title

• A24B3/14

  Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakes; Forms of such products (delustering A24C1/40) · CPC title

• A24B15/24 Primary

  by extraction; Tobacco extracts · CPC title

• A24B15/10

  Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes · CPC title

• A24B15/32

  by acyclic compounds · CPC title