Process for forming flavor compounds in tobacco

Details Process for forming flavor compounds in tobacco Process for forming flavor compounds in tobacco

1987-10-05

1989-05-02

Millin, V.

Tobacco

Tobacco treatment

With fluid or fluent material

131310, 131276, A24B 1528, A24B 312

Patent

active

048258849

ABSTRACT:
A tobacco treating process for forming favorable flavor compounds in a moisturized tobacco including the steps of contacting the tobacco with citrus pectin, invert sugar, or diammonium phosphate, or a combination resulting in a tobacco having a pectin level and diammonium phosphate level of predetermined percentages, thereof, introducing the moistened tobacco into a containing zone; introducing an ammonia source into the containing zone; heating the contained zone when substantially closed to bring the tobacco to a preselected temperature to improve flavor compounds through reaction of the ammonia source, citrus pectin, and reducing sugars, and/or other tobacco components; and cooling and removing the tobacco from the closed zone.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4607646 (1986-08-01), Lilly et al.
patent: 4638816 (1987-01-01), Cox et al.

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