Tobacco Substitute Composition

Abstract

A recreational smoking composition comprises 15 to 25 weight percent apple pomace as a fibrous substrate; 40 to 55 weight percent glycerin as a humectant and smoking agent; 20 to 30 weight percent fructose as a sweetener; and 3 to 12 weight percent flavor, preservative, and coloring combined. As such the present disclosure is directed to a composition comprising a nicotine-free substitute for tobacco and, more particularly, the composition may be a smoking substitute for tobacco that would otherwise be used in a hookah pipe.

Claims

1. A tobacco substitute, comprising: apple pomace; glycerin; fructose; and flavor.

2. The tobacco substitute of claim 1, further comprising preservative.

3. The tobacco substitute of claim 1, further comprising coloring.

4. The tobacco substitute of claim 2, wherein the preservative is provided in an effective amount comprising about 0.5 wt. % to about 1 wt. %.

5. The tobacco substitute of claim 1, wherein the apple pomace is heated in water, fermented, and dehydrated prior to incorporation in the tobacco substitute.

6. A tobacco substitute, comprising: 15 to 25 wt. % apple pomace; 40 to 55 wt. % glycerin; 20 to 30 wt. % fructose; and 2.5 to 7.5 wt % flavor.

7. The tobacco substitute of claim 6, further comprising 0.5 to 1 wt. % preservative.

8. The tobacco substitute of claim 6, further comprising 1 to 2.5 wt. % coloring.

9. The tobacco substitute of claim 7, wherein the the preservative comprises about 0.5 to about 1.0 wt. %.

10. The tobacco substitute of claim 8 wherein the coloring comprises about 1 to about 2.5 wt. %.

11. The tobacco substitute of claim 6, wherein the apple pomace is heated in water, fermented, and dehydrated prior to incorporation in the tobacco substitute.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] Having summarized various aspects of the present disclosure, reference will now be made in detail to exemplary preferred embodiments of the invention. While the disclosure will be described in connection with these embodiments, there is no intent to limit it to the embodiment or embodiments disclosed herein. Rather, the intent is to cover all alternatives, modifications and equivalents included within the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims.

[0029] In an embodiment, a fibrous substrate is provided as apple pomace comprising about 15 to about 25 weight percent of the tobacco substitute composition. It may be moisturized and even flavored by soaking the fibrous substrate in a combination of glycerin, comprising about 40 to about 55 weight percent of the composition, and fructose, comprising about 20 to about 30 weight percent of the composition. Additional ingredients, such as for example, artificial or natural flavoring or flavor additives commonly available in the marketplace, coloring such as artificial or natural food coloring, and even preservative ingredients may, combined, comprise and about 3 to about 12 weight percent of the composition.

[0030] More particularly, the composition may comprise about 2.5 to about 7.5 weight percent flavoring, about 0.5 to about 2 weight percent preservative, and about 0.5 to about 2.5 weight percent coloring. While the amount of flavor, preservative, and coloring comprises a relatively small percentage of the overall composition, it should be noted that the amount of each may vary as long as preservative is provided in at least an effective amount to prevent decomposition or microbial growth, or other undesirable changes in the tobacco substitute composition for at least about several weeks or months, which may be about 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, or even more. In some embodiments, this amount may be as little as about 0.1 weight percent to as much as about 5 weight percent of the composition, however, the duration of preservation should not limit the invention. Moreover, it may be desirable to avoid the use of preservative, as well as artificial or natural coloring additives, all together and thus the absence of such ingredients should not be seen to limit the invention.

[0031] It should be emphasized that the above-described embodiments are merely examples of possible implementations. Many variations and modifications may be made to the above-described embodiments without departing from the principles of the present disclosure. All such modifications and variations are intended to be included herein within the scope of this disclosure and protected by the following claims.

[0032] Moreover, embodiments and limitations disclosed herein are not dedicated to the public under the doctrine of dedication if the embodiments and/or limitations: (1) are not expressly claimed in the claims; and (2) are or are potentially equivalents of express elements and/or limitations in the claims under the doctrine of equivalents.

Examples of the Preferred Embodiment of the Composition

[0033] In order to more fully teach what the Applicant regards as its invention, the following example is given. It should be understood that the formulations set forth in the Example is not to be construed as limiting of the scope of the invention, except so far as they yield a tobacco substitute having the desired properties and characteristics.

[0034] Certain compositions of tobacco substitutes have been proposed in the past. More particularly, and by way of example, the following chart illustrates a formulation of the same with the percentages given by weight of the composition.

Example 1

[0035]

TABLE-US-00001 Ingredient Percentage Cellulosic paper 10.0 Humectant 82.0 Flavoring agent 8.0 TOTAL: 100.00%

[0036] The following ingredients comprise one example of Applicant's invention with the percentages being given by weight of the composition:

TABLE-US-00002 Ingredient Percentage Apple Pomace 20.0 Glycerin 45.0 Fructose 30.0 Flavor 3.0 Preservative 1.0 Coloring 1.0 TOTAL: 100.00%

CONCLUSIONS, RAMIFICATIONS, AND SCOPE

[0037] While certain embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described, various modifications are contemplated and can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is intended that the invention not be limited, except as by the appended claim(s).

[0038] The teachings disclosed herein may be applied to other systems, and may not necessarily be limited to any described herein. The elements and acts of the various embodiments described above can be combined to provide further embodiments. All of the above patents and applications and other references, including any that may be listed in accompanying filing papers, are incorporated herein by reference. Aspects of the invention can be modified, if necessary, to employ the systems, functions and concepts of the various references described above to provide yet further embodiments of the invention.

[0039] Particular terminology used when describing certain features or aspects of the invention should not be taken to imply that the terminology is being refined herein to be restricted to any specific characteristics, features, or aspects of the tobacco substitute composition with which that terminology is associated. In general, the terms used in the following claims should not be constructed to limit the tobacco substitute composition to the specific embodiments disclosed in the specification unless the above description section explicitly define such terms. Accordingly, the actual scope encompasses not only the disclosed embodiments, but also all equivalent ways of practicing or implementing the disclosed system, method and apparatus. The above description of embodiments of the tobacco substitute composition is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the precise form disclosed above or to a particular field of usage.

[0040] While specific embodiments of, and examples for, the method, system, and apparatus are described above for illustrative purposes, various equivalent modifications are possible for which those skilled in the relevant art will recognize.

[0041] While certain aspects of the method and system disclosed are presented below in particular claim forms, various aspects of the method, system, and apparatus are contemplated in any number of claim forms. Thus, the inventor reserves the right to add additional claims after filing the application to pursue such additional claim forms for other aspects of the tobacco substitute composition.