A POUCHED SMOKELESS ORAL PRODUCT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FLAVOUR CAPSULE

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a pouched smokeless oral product comprising a pouch containing the filling, said filling comprising or consisting of at least one of tobacco, non-tobacco plant material and a combination thereof; and one or more flavour capsules, wherein said flavour capsule is composed of a core material comprising NaCl as a carrier and at least one flavour component being in contact with the carrier; and a shell material coating the core, wherein said shell material comprises or consists of a hydrophobic polysaccharide.

Claims

1. A pouched smokeless oral product comprising a pouch containing a filling material, said filling material comprising or consisting of: a) at least one of tobacco, non-tobacco plant material and a combination thereof; and b) one or more flavour capsules, wherein said flavour capsule is composed of a core material comprising NaCl as a carrier and at least one flavour component being in contact with the carrier; and a shell material coating the core, wherein said shell material comprises or consists of a hydrophobic polysaccharide.

2. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic polysaccharide is a starch or a chemically modified starch.

3. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic polysaccharide is selected from starch, acid-treated starch (INS 1401), dextrin (INS 1400), alkaline-modified starch (INS 1402), bleached starch (INS 1403), oxidized starch (INS 1404), enzyme treated starch (INS 1405, e.g. maltodextrin, cyclodextrin), monostarch phosphate (INS1410), acetylated starch (INS 1420), hydroxyethyl starch, starch sodium octenyl succinate (OSA) starch (INS 1450), and starch aluminium octenyl succinate (INS 1452) or a combination thereof; preferably from starch, starch sodium octenyl succinate (OSA) starch (INS 1450), and starch aluminium octenyl succinate (INS 1452) or a combination thereof.

4. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein said flavour capsule comprises in its core material a combination of more than one flavour component.

5. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein said filling comprises one or more additional flavour components which do not form part of the flavour capsule.

6. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein the at least one flavour component is selected from mint, licorice, berry, apple, cherry, rhubarb, peach, bergamot, peppery, herbal, rose, chocolate, coffee, whiskey, ginger, anise, lavender, jasmine, citrus, tobacco, smoky, woody, amaretto, and caramel

7. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein the flavour capsule has a mean diameter of from 0.1 to 5 mm.

8. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of core material to shell material is in the range of from 9:1 to 4:6 by total dry weight of the flavour capsule.

9. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein the total content of flavour component in the flavour capsule is in the range of from 5% to 80% by weight of the core material.

10. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein the core material is present in agglomerated form.

11. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein the filling comprises more than one flavour capsules containing different flavour components.

12. A method of manufacturing a pouched smokeless oral product according to claim 1, comprising the steps: preforming core material by agglomerating together NaCl as a carrier and the at least one flavour component in a fluidized bed process; forming flavour capsules by coating the agglomerated core material with shell material, wherein said shell material comprises or consists of a hydrophobic polysaccharide; mixing the flavour capsules with at least one of tobacco, non-tobacco plant material and a combination thereof and optionally further ingredients; and pouching the resulting filling material in pouch material.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein during agglomeration of the core material the at least one flavour component is administered by spraying.

14. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein the at least one flavour capsule is manufactured according to a method of claim 12.

15. The pouched smokeless oral product of claim 1, wherein the at least one flavour capsule is manufactured according to a method of claim 13.

Description

[0042] In a first embodiment, the filling material of the pouched smokeless oral product of the present invention preferably comprises or consists of:

TABLE-US-00001 70 to 99 weight-% at least one of tobacco, non-tobacco plant material or combination thereof;  0 to 30 weight-% further ingredients;  1 to 30 weight-% flavour capsule;

[0043] wherein above mentioned indications in weight-% are based on dry weight of the total filling material;

[0044] and wherein the filling material has a water content of 30 to 50 weight-% based on the total weight of the filling material.

[0045] Preferably the content of flavour capsule in the filling material of the pouched smokeless oral product of the present invention is 5 to 20 weight-% based on dry weight of the total filling material, more preferably of 8 to 12 weight-%, or 10 weight-%.

[0046] According to a second embodiment, the filling material of the pouched smokeless oral product of the present invention preferably comprises or consists of:

TABLE-US-00002 70 to 99 weight-% non-tobacco plant material;  0 to 15 weight-% tobacco material, preferably bleached tobacco material; and  0 to 30 weight-% further ingredients;  1 to 30 weight-% flavour capsule

[0047] wherein above mentioned indications in weight-% are based on dry weight of the total filling material;

[0048] and wherein the filling material has a water content of 30 to 50 weight-% based on the total weight of the filling material.

[0049] Preferably, the content of flavour capsule in the filling material of the pouched smokeless oral product of the invention is 5 to 20 weight-% based on dry weight of the total filling material, more preferably of 8 to 12 weight-%, or 10 weight-%.

[0050] In particular, the present invention is directed to a pouched smokeless oral product comprising a pouch containing a filling material, the filling material comprising or consisting of:

TABLE-US-00003 30 to 50 weight-% tobacco, non-tobacco plant material (e.g. nicotine-coated) or a combination thereof; 30 to 40 weight-% water; 10 to 20 weight-% flavour capsules;  3 to 5 weight-% sodium chloride;  3 to 4 weight-% propylene glycol;  0.1 to 0.5 weight-% ammonium chloride; 0.05 to 0.3 weight-% sodium carbonate;

[0051] wherein above mentioned indications in weight-% are based on total weight of the filling material.

[0052] In a particular embodiment of the present invention, the pouched smokeless oral product of the present invention comprises a pouch containing a filling material, the filling material comprising or consisting of:

TABLE-US-00004 40 weight-% tobacco, non-tobacco plant material (e.g. nicotine-coated) or a combination thereof; 36 weight-% water; 16.2 weight-% flavour capsules; 4 weight-% sodium chloride; 3.3 weight-% propylene glycol; 0.1 to 05 weight-% ammonium chloride; 0.15 weight-% sodium carbonate;

[0053] wherein above mentioned indications in weight-% are based on total weight of the filling material.

[0054] The present invention is also directed to a method of manufacturing pouched smokeless oral product of the present invention. The method of the invention preferably comprises the steps: [0055] preforming core material by agglomerating together NaCl as a carrier and the at least one flavour component in a fluidized bed process; [0056] forming flavour capsules by coating the agglomerated core material with shell material, wherein said shell material comprises or consists of a hydrophobic polysaccharide; [0057] mixing the flavour capsules with at least one of tobacco, non-tobacco plant material and a combination thereof and optionally further ingredients; and [0058] pouching the resulting filling material in pouch material.

[0059] Optionally, during agglomeration of the core material the at least one flavour component is administered by spraying.

[0060] The present invention is also directed to a pouched smokeless oral product manufactured according to a method of the present invention.