Inventors:
Daniel Verdin Cantrell - Lewisville NC, US
Joshua D. Morton - Evansville IN, US
Steven D. Hume - Owensboro KY, US
Barry Bratcher - Owensboro KY, US
Robert Frank Boutin - Hinsdale IL, US
Thomas Hinkemeyer - Gages Lake IL, US
International Classification:
A24B 15/40, A24B 15/18
US Classification:
131275, 131277, 131290, 131352
Abstract:
A smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material, a sugar alcohol, and a natural gum binder component, wherein the composition is in the form of a pastille. A process for preparing a smokeless tobacco composition pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is also provided. The process includes providing an aqueous mixture comprising a hydrated natural gum binder component, mixing a tobacco material with the aqueous mixture to form a smokeless tobacco mixture, heating the smokeless tobacco mixture, depositing the heated smokeless tobacco mixture into a mould, and curing the smokeless tobacco mixture to form a smokeless tobacco composition pastille.