Tobacco – Tobacco treatment – With electrical or radiant energy
Patent
1997-06-20
2000-10-24
Silverman, Stanley S.
Tobacco
Tobacco treatment
With electrical or radiant energy
131294, 131295, 131347, 131290, 2041582, 20415821, 2041576, A24B 1522
Patent
active
061351210
ABSTRACT:
Methods of reducing the content of and preventing formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines in harvested leafy plants such as tobacco and marijuana, are disclosed. The methods are directed to subjecting the plant to microwave radiation, at appropriate times in the cure cycle. With tobacco, products suitable for human consumption, such as cigarettes, cigars, etc., can be made in accordance with the present invention, having contents of tobacco-specific nitrosamines on a par with fresh-cut, green tobacco. In preferred embodiments, the resultant tobacco products are dried, golden-yellow leaves having almost negligible amounts of the known carcinogens NNN and NNK, in comparison to conventionally cured tobacco.
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Colaianni Michael P.
Regent Court Technologies
Silverman Stanley S.
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