Process for the treatment of tobacco

Process for the treatment of tobacco

In a process for the treatment of tobacco, in particular Burley tobacco, the tobacco, which is preferably in the form of leaf tobacco, is treated with a casing, which preferably contains sugar. A thermal treatment of the casing-treated tobacco with saturated steam follows, wherein, before the steam...

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Hauptverfasser: INTORP, MICHAEL, NIKULLA, HANS-JURGEN
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
CIGARETTES
CIGARS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING ORCHEWING
SMOKERS' REQUISITES
SNUFF
TOBACCO
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Zusammenfassung:In a process for the treatment of tobacco, in particular Burley tobacco, the tobacco, which is preferably in the form of leaf tobacco, is treated with a casing, which preferably contains sugar. A thermal treatment of the casing-treated tobacco with saturated steam follows, wherein, before the steam treatment, the tobacco moisture content is in the range from 15% to 25% and wherein, after the steam treatment, the tobacco moisture content is in the range from 15% to 25% and the tobacco temperature is in the range from 80 DEG C to 115 DEG C.