Tobacco – Tobacco treatment – With fluid or fluent material
Patent
1997-05-12
1999-02-23
Polutta, Mark O.
Tobacco
Tobacco treatment
With fluid or fluent material
131310, A24B 1528
Patent
active
058733728
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a process of exploding tobacco stems to improve smoke quality, and more particularly to a process of exploding the cells of tobacco stems with high pressure saturated steam, followed by rapid depressurization and quenching, in order to reduce negative contributors to smoke quality and to form favorable flavor compounds.
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Boyle Dennis M.
Honeycutt Rufus H.
Litzinger Elmer F.
Sadle Elliott S.
Anderson Charles W.
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Polutta Mark O.
Salazar John F.
Sherman Charles I.
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