SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCT (SNUS) PRODUCTION METHOD (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A24B13/00 A24B15/00 A61P25/34 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: method deals with production of a smokeless tobacco product (snus) and relates to tobacco industry. The method includes careful selection of tobacco raw material wherein one determines nicotine content by express method immediately after selection. The vegetal raw material is carefully selected and mixed with the selected tobacco raw material. The tobacco raw material and vegetal material mixture is milled, fractionated by way of screen sizing, one selecting the tobacco raw material fraction strained through a sieve with 1×1 mm size holes. Then one determines nicotine content in the mixture by express method. Then culinary salt water solution is prepared; one pours the solution on the selected fraction and carefully mixes it till a homogeneous mass production. The prepared homogeneous mass is maintained at room temperature during no more than 30 minutes; one measures pH level and adds an acidity regulator in a quantity sufficient for the extract pH to be 7.8 - 8.2. Then one performs pasteurisation by a conventional method and adds a softener to the mixture. One performs cooling and conditioning during one day. One forms smokeless tobacco product from the produced mixture, the product having been prepared in accordance with one of the proposed versions of the invention, and the product is packed by one of the conventional methods.

EFFECT: produced smokeless tobacco product satisfies human physiological need for nicotine; it has a specified taste and aroma, contains less toxic agents which reduces the risk of damage to the consumer's health.

4 cl, 3 tbl