FIELD: tobacco industry.
SUBSTANCE: method includes preparation of formula components, extraction of lemon balm with liquid carbon dioxide to separate appropriate miscella, cutting and drying of low-grade tobacco and soapwort root at the specified parameters of the process in microwave field, their mixing, impregnation with separated miscella with simultaneous pressure rise, pressure release down to atmospheric value with simultaneous freezing of the mixture, sublimation and removal of carbon dioxide with simultaneous swelling of the mixture. Then peach juice concentrate, sugar syrup, calcium and/or magnesium citrate and water are added, and the produced mixture is shaped to make the finished material.
EFFECT: production of new non-smoking nicotine-containing material from low-grade tobacco, having improved organoleptic properties and extended shelf life, with reduced losses of aromatic substances and nicotine in raw feedstock.
