METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING KRETEKS HAVING REDUCED TAR AND NICOTINE CONTENT Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC A24B3/00 

FIELD: tobacco products.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the process of manufacturing smokable products. Kreteks having reduced tar and nicotine content are produced by extracting pineapple waste with liquid carbon dioxide and separating miscella, blending shredded tobacco with clove and a plasticiser, soaking the obtained blend in miscella with its simultaneous pressurisation, depressurisation to atmospheric pressure at a rate providing freezing of the carbon dioxide soaked into the miscella, then heating up at a rate providing sublimation of the carbon dioxide, obtaining an expanded mixture and forming a smokable product thereof.

EFFECT: producing flavoured kreteks having reduced tar and nicotine content.