A smokeless tobacco composition for oral use comprising liberated, delignified tobacco fibers, a method for its manufacturing and use, as well as a pouch comprising the composition.

Compositions configured to interact with organic molecules, and related articles and methods, are generally described.

Bacteriophage against Geobacillus are provided, and methods of making and using the bacteriophage also are provided.

The present document generally relates to methods and materials involved in producing tobacco or smokeless tobacco product comprising chlorate. For example, chlorate can be used to reduce tobacco specific nitrosamine content in tobacco or smokeless tobacco products.

The present invention provides a method for increasing nitrogen-use efficiency and/or nitrogen-utilisation efficiency in a plant comprising modifying the plant by increasing the activity or expression of an ethylene-dependent gravitropism-deficient and yellow green protein (EGY) in said plant.

Described are processes and equipment that are useful to remove hydrogen peroxide from a gas, for example from a hospital room as a step of sterilizing the room using hydrogen peroxide, or from a flow of exhaust air that is produced by sterilization equipment that uses hydrogen peroxide as a sterilizing agent.

The present invention provides a method for increasing the sucrose ester content of a tobacco plant or tobacco cell culture, the method comprising modifying said tobacco plant or tobacco cell culture by inhibiting the activity or expression of a diterpene synthesis gene. The present invention also provides for the use of a diterpene synthesis gene for increasing the sucrose ester content of a tobacco plant or tobacco cell culture, as well as tobacco cells, tobacco plants, tobacco plant propagation materials, harvested leaves, processed tobaccos, or tobacco products obtainable in accordance with the invention.

A freeze dried oral smokeless tobacco snuff or non-tobacco snuff product and a method of manufacturing the freeze dried oral smokeless tobacco snuff or non-tobacco snuff product.

The invention provides a process for preparing a tobacco composition suitable for use as a smokeless tobacco composition, the process including: providing a slurry comprising water and a tobacco material, the slurry comprising at least about 75% by weight water, based on the total weight of the slurry; heating the slurry to a temperature of at least about 60 C. for a time sufficient to pasteurize the tobacco material; adding an amount of a base to the slurry sufficient to raise the pH of the slurry to at least about 8.5, thereby forming a pH-adjusted slurry; and continuing to heat the pH-adjusted slurry to a temperature of at least about 60 C. for a time sufficient for the pH of the slurry to drop at least about 0.5 pH unit following the adding step.

A stabilizing process for tobacco and tobacco products includes sterilizing the tobacco by applying an electron beam treatment to the tobacco. The process may also include treating the tobacco. The treating the tobacco includes pre-conditioning the tobacco, pasteurizing the tobacco, curing the tobacco, fermenting the tobacco, or combinations thereof. The method may also include forming a smokeless tobacco product containing the tobacco.