METHOD OF REDUCING TOXICITY OF TOBACCO FOR HOOKAH Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A24B3/12 

FIELD: tobacco industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to production of smoking mixture intended for smoking using hookah. Method for preparation of smoking mixture for hookah envisages selection of tobacco leaf raw material, stem removal, moistening and milling the leaves plates to sizes not less than 1 cm², preliminary preparation of sauce and its application onto tobacco, mixture soaking and packaging, herewith in order to reduce toxicity of the mixture, in the milled tobacco raw material nicotine content is pre-determined, tobacco is mixed with milled vegetal additive in a certain ratio depending upon the nicotine content in the tobacco, but for the vegetal additive to be of not more than 20 % of the total composition of the target product the mixture is conditioned till the moisture content is 25-30 %, pasteurized at the temperature of 50±5 °C during 7 hours, and the sauce consisting of glycerine and honey is heated up to 60 °C, the mixture is held for not less than 72 hours at periodic stirring, herewith the target product has the following ratio of components,%: Vegetal additive (nettle, sorrel) up to 20, Glycerine 40, Honey 15, Tobacco raw material is the rest.

EFFECT: technical results are obtaining the target product with the specified, controlled content of nicotine, reducing toxicity of the product due to replacement of part of the tobacco material with vegetal raw materials.

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