SNUFF TOBACCO PRODUCTION METHOD Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A24B13/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: specificity of the snuff product production method (involving several various snuff tobacco kinds selection, milling into powder, mixing, flavouring additives introduction into the mixture, conditioning, maintaining and the ready products packaging) is as follows: one preliminarily performs removal of coarse leaf veins, repeated treatment of leaf blades with t° 85-90°C hot water, additional drying of them till moisture content is equal to 12-14%; then one determines nicotine content in the leaf blades, fractionates leaves milled into powders by way of screen sizing, selects the fraction passing though a sieve with 0.5 mm diameter holes; the selected various kinds tobacco fractions mixing is performed in the quantities forming a mixture with a preset content of nicotine, one conditions the mixture in a closed vessel at a temperature of 75% till the mixture moisture content is 16%, one introduces a flavouring agent solution, maintains the mixture during 1-2 days in a closed vessel, stirring the product every 6 hours.

EFFECT: manufacture of a flavoured snuff product of natural ingredients, enhanced safety and a preset nicotine content.