JP2011000004A - Oral cavity tobacco product - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oral cavity tobacco product that obtains aroma of added perfume from the early stage of its use.SOLUTION: The oral cavity tobacco product (1) is equipped with a pouch (2) that is obtained by wrapping tobacco granules composed of tobacco raw material in a packaging material and makes a user absorb a tobacco component through the salivary when placed in a user's oral cavity, an openable and closable storage case (4) for storing the pouch (2) and a food perfume (30) contained in both the tobacco granules in the pouch (2) and the storage case (4).

Description

  The present invention relates to an oral tobacco product that absorbs tobacco components through saliva.

Conventionally, cigarettes have been enjoyed as a favorite, but recently smokeless cigarettes that can be sucked in anywhere, such as in airplanes or trains, are attracting attention.
One of these smokeless cigarettes, SNUS, is a finely chopped cigarette raw material, and the cigarette carved with a lot of moisture, put the cigarette directly into the mouth and enjoy the aroma. It is an oral tobacco product that absorbs its tobacco components. Specifically, this type of oral tobacco product is a smokeless tobacco product that is sandwiched between the upper lip and gums and absorbs the tobacco components extracted into saliva from the gums into the body, and is not loosely packed with tobacco. Type or cigarette type is classified as a portion type packaged with a pouch made of non-woven fabric or the like.

By the way, this kind of smokeless tobacco is the first time the brain perceives that the tobacco component has been absorbed into the body, so the user can taste the taste of smokeless tobacco, so in the initial use immediately after putting it in the oral cavity, Compared to smoking type cigarettes, it feels lighter.
For this reason, smokeless tobacco is known in which a fragrance is added to the outer surface of a pouch and the added fragrance is tasted through the oral cavity and nostril in the initial stage of use (Patent Document 1).

International Publication No. 2008/104891

  However, the smokeless tobacco described above has only a fragrance added to its pouch, and since it contains a large amount of water to promote the extraction of tobacco components, the fragrance soaks in the tobacco itself. Since there are few components and volatilization of the fragrance is inevitable during storage, a sufficient flavor cannot be reliably and stably obtained at the initial stage of use of smokeless tobacco.

  The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an oral tobacco product that can reliably and stably obtain the flavor of a fragrance from the initial stage of use.

To achieve the above object, the tobacco product for oral cavity of the present invention is obtained by wrapping tobacco particles made of tobacco materials with a wrapping material, and when placed in the user's oral cavity, the tobacco components of the tobacco particles are passed through saliva. A package body to be absorbed by the user and an openable / closable container body for housing the package body are included, and the food flavor is contained in both the tobacco particles and the container body.
In the case of oral tobacco products, the tobacco fragrance itself in the package contains food fragrance, while the container also contains food fragrance, so the container is repeatedly opened and closed, and the tobacco particles in the package Even if the fragrance component of the food fragrance volatilizes, the fragrance component is replenished to the tobacco particles from the food fragrance contained in the container. Therefore, since the amount of fragrance contained in the tobacco particles in the package can be stably maintained at a level equivalent to that at the time of manufacture of the tobacco product for oral use, the user may experience a sufficient fragrance from the initial use of the package. it can.

Moreover, since the humectant is further contained separately from the food fragrance | flavor, food fragrance | flavor is hold | maintained favorably. Furthermore, since the humectant is added to the packaging material of the package, the food flavor is better retained.
Moreover, since the pH of a tobacco grain is 6.5-9.5, the flavor of a tobacco grain is hold | maintained favorably. Further, since the moisture content of the tobacco particles is 15 to 50%, the tobacco particles are suitable for extraction of tobacco components through saliva.

  According to this invention of Claims 1-5, the tobacco tobacco product which prevents volatilization of a fragrance | flavor during storage and can obtain a flavor stably at the time of use is provided.

It is the schematic which decomposed | disassembled and showed the tobacco product for oral cavity which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the manufacturing process of the tobacco product for oral cavity shown in FIG. It is a fragmentary figure of a storage case, (a) shows a part of lid and insole, and (b) shows a part of case body.

Hereinafter, an oral tobacco product according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
An oral tobacco product 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a large number of pouches (smokeless tobacco) 2 and a storage case 4 for storing these pouches 2.
The pouch 2 has a particle size of 2 mm or less obtained by cutting or pulverizing a tobacco raw material, that is, tobacco particles are packaged with a nonwoven sheet, and the tobacco particles in the pouch 2 are 6.5 to 9.5. And a water content of 15-50%. Such a pouch 2 is taken out of the storage case 4 and placed in the user's mouth, and is absorbed by the user through saliva. Specifically, the pouch 2 is sandwiched between the upper lip and the gums, and the tobacco component extracted in the saliva is absorbed from the gums into the body.

On the other hand, the housing case 4 includes a case main body 6, an insole 8, and a lid 10, and the case main body 6 has a flat cylindrical shape having an opening 7 on the upper surface. The opening 7 has a circular shape that is convex upward, and can be opened and closed by a lid 10.
The insole 8 has substantially the same diameter as the inner peripheral wall 14 of the case body 6, is disposed on the bottom 12 of the case body 6, and a large number of pouches 2 are stacked on the upper surface of the insole 8, so that these pouches 2 is housed in the case body 6, that is, the housing case 4.

  A substantially circular recess 16 is formed on the upper surface of the lid 10, and a cover 20 is attached to the outer periphery of the recess 16 via a hinge 18. The cover 20 has a smaller diameter than the outer periphery of the lid 10, but has a substantially circular shape with a larger diameter than the outer periphery of the recess 16, and can open and close the recess 16 by being pivoted about the hinge 18. When the recess 16 is closed by the cover 20, the upper surface periphery of the lid 10 and the upper surface of the cover 20 are flush with each other.

  In addition, a protrusion 22 is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the cover 20 at a position spaced from the hinge 18 in the diameter direction, and the cover 20 rotates around the hinge 18 by picking and lifting the protrusion 22. Is done. Further, the outer peripheral edge of the cover 20 is provided with projections 24 in the vicinity of the projections 22 and on both sides of the projections 22, respectively, while the outer periphery of the recess 16 corresponds to each projection 24. A recess 26 is provided. When the cover 20 is closed, the corresponding convex portion 24 and the concave portion 26 are fitted to each other, whereby the cover 20 is maintained in the closed state.

In addition, the used pouch 2 can be put into the recess 16, and the lid | cover 10 can be used as a portable trash can. That is, the storage case 4 can store the pouch 2 before use and the pouch 2 after use separately.
A circular recess corresponding to the convex shape of the opening 7 of the case body 6 described above is formed on the lower surface of the lid 10, and the ceiling surface 28 of the recess is a pouch accommodated in the case body 6. It is a holding surface that can hold 2 down.

  The consumer can remove the lid 10 from the housing case 4 to expose the opening 7, take out the pouch 2 from the inside of the case body 6 through the opening 7, and remove the pouch 2 between the upper lip and the gums. The tobacco components of the tobacco particles in the pouch 2 are extracted into saliva and are absorbed into the body through the saliva. Therefore, consumers can enjoy the taste of cigarettes regardless of location, because they absorb tobacco components and do not smoke when enjoying the aroma of tobacco grains. In addition, the used pouch 2 can be accommodated in the recess 16 of the lid 10 by opening the cover 20 by picking the protrusion 22 with a finger and opening it.

As described above, at the initial stage of use of the pouch 2, the user felt less patience, i.e., the original taste of the cigarette grains, and less satisfied than the initial cigarette smoking stage.
Therefore, in the present invention, the food flavor 30 is added to the tobacco particles themselves in the pouch 2, while the packaging material of the pouch 2, that is, the nonwoven fabric, the inner surface of the storage case 4, the insole 8, and the coupon in the storage case 4. Is contained in at least one of the coupons, and when a plurality of types of food flavors 30 are used, the food flavor 30 is added to the constituents of the tobacco product 1. A humectant is added separately.

  Specifically, as the food flavor 30, menthol, mint, vanilla, apricot, tea, cocoa, licorice, honey and the like can be used alone or in combination, and these food flavors are in a powder or a liquid form dissolved in a solvent. used. Here, water, alcohol, glycerin, propylene glycol or the like can be used as the solvent. Further, propylene glycol is used in addition to glycerin as a humectant. In addition, since the tobacco particles are in the range of an alkaline pH value, an acidic fragrance is not suitable.

Next, the manufacturing process of the tobacco product 1 for oral cavity of one Example is demonstrated, adding FIG.2 and FIG.3.
As shown in FIG. 2, the oral tobacco product 1 of one embodiment is manufactured through a pulverization process 40, a blending process 50, and a packaging process 60.
First, in the pulverizing step 40, the domestic Burley lamina and the central bone are each pulverized into 2 mm or smaller tobacco particles by a pulverizer, and these tobacco particles are put into a classifier and classified into a predetermined size. Thereafter, the classified tobacco particles are weighed so as to be 50% by weight, and transferred to the blending step 50.

In the blending step 50, the weighed tobacco particles are first transferred to the buffer silo 1 and stored in the buffer silo 1 for a predetermined period. Thereafter, the tobacco particles in the buffer silo 1 are subjected to blender treatment through heat sterilization and cooling treatment. In this blender treatment, the first fragrance 30a is added to the tobacco particles while the tobacco particles are mixed.
Specifically, water is first added to the tobacco particles and the water content is adjusted to 25%, and then the tobacco particles are heated at 100 ° C. for 4 hours to undergo sterilization treatment. Thereafter, the tobacco particles are cooled by circulating cooling water, and after mixing these at a ratio of 10% by weight of potassium carbonate, 1% by weight of vitamin C, and 1% by weight of sodium chloride with respect to the tobacco particles, as the first fragrance 30a 5% by weight of powdered mint is added (see FIG. 1) and transferred to the next packaging step 60.

The packaging step 60 includes the buffer silo 2, and the mixture containing the tobacco particles from the blending step 50 is stored in the buffer silo 2 for a predetermined period.
The mixture after storage is pillow-packed by 0.3 g each using a non-woven sheet, and the pouch 2 described above is manufactured at this point. Specifically, the pouch 2 has a rectangular shape of approximately 12 mm × 25 mm.

Thereafter, water is added to the pouch 2 to adjust the moisture content of the tobacco particles to 50%. In the case of this example, the pH of the tobacco particles is 8.5.
And the 2nd fragrance | flavor 30b is added to the whole outer surface of the pouch 2 after adding water (refer FIG. 1). Specifically, in the second fragrance 30b here, glycerin that also functions as a humectant is spray-coated on the pouch 2 by 1% by weight of the mixture.

  Then, before the predetermined number of pouches 2 are put together with the insole 8 in the accommodation case 4, the third fragrance 30 c is added to the inner peripheral surface of the accommodation case 4 and the surface of the insole 8 as shown in FIG. 3. The Specifically, in the third fragrance 30 c here, a menthol solution in which 1% by weight of menthol is dissolved in alcohol is spray-coated on the inner peripheral surface of the housing case 4 and the surface of the insole 8.

Thereafter, the pouch 2 is housed in the housing case 4 together with the insole 8, and the housing case 4 is closed by the lid 10, whereby the oral tobacco product 1 shown in FIG. 1 is manufactured.
In this case, the third fragrance 30c may be added to the ceiling surface 28 of the lid 10 as shown in FIG.
In order to verify the effects of the first to third fragrances on the oral tobacco product 1 of one embodiment, a comparative product in which only the first fragrance 30a is added only to the outer surface of the pouch 2 is prepared, and the oral tobacco of one embodiment is prepared. Product 1 and the comparative product were each left at room temperature for 1 week. Thereafter, when the tobacco product 1 of the example and the pouch of the comparative product were respectively used, the flavor of the fragrance was felt lightly in the initial stage of use in the comparative product pouch, but the pouch 2 of the tobacco product 1 of the example was used. Then, even in the initial stage of use, a strong flavor of the fragrance was felt, and sufficient satisfaction was obtained.

  Thus, in the tobacco product 1 of one embodiment, the first fragrance 30a (powder mint) is added to the tobacco particles themselves in the pouch 2, while the inner peripheral surface of the storage case 4 and the insole 8 are also added. Since the 3rd fragrance | flavor 30c (menthol) is added, even if opening and closing of the storage case 4 (lid 10) is repeated and the fragrance | flavor component of powdered mint volatilizes from the tobacco particle | grains in the pouch 2, it is 3rd. An aroma component is replenished from the fragrance | flavor 30c to a tobacco grain. Therefore, since the amount of fragrance contained in the tobacco particles in the pouch 2 can be stably maintained at a level equivalent to that at the time of manufacturing the oral tobacco product 1, the user can enjoy a sufficient fragrance from the beginning of use of the pouch 2. be able to.

The description of one embodiment of the present invention is finished above, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the embodiment of the present invention.
For example, the 1st fragrance | flavor 30a and the 3rd fragrance | flavor 30c may differ in the kind. Specifically, tea, cocoa, licorice powder or liquid containing these fragrance components can be used as the first fragrance 30a, propylene glycol can be used as the second fragrance 30b, and apricot or honey can be used as the third fragrance. Combinations of combined fragrances are possible.

That is, the fragrance | flavor 30 is not restricted to the above-mentioned example, What is necessary is just an alkaline fragrance | flavor, without impairing the quality of a tobacco component.
Furthermore, the 2nd and 3rd fragrance | flavor 30b, 30c may be added by roll coating, and the 2nd fragrance | flavor 30b may be added to the nonwoven fabric at the stage of the nonwoven fabric.

1 Oral tobacco products 2 Pouches (packaging)
4 accommodation case (container)
6 Case body 8 Insole 10 Lid 12 Bottom 14 Inner wall 16 Recess 18 Hinge 20 Cover 22 Protrusion 24 Protrusion 26 Recess 28 Ceiling 30 Fragrance 40 Crushing process 50 Blending process 60 Packaging process

Claims (5)

A packaging body that is obtained by wrapping tobacco particles made of tobacco raw materials with a wrapping material, and when placed in the oral cavity of a user, allows the user to absorb the tobacco components of the tobacco particles through saliva,
An openable / closable container for accommodating the package,
A cigarette product for oral cavity, which contains a food flavor in both the tobacco particles in the package and the container.   The tobacco product for oral cavity according to claim 1, further comprising a moisturizer separately from the food flavor.   The tobacco product for oral cavity according to claim 2, wherein the humectant is added to the packaging material of the package.   The tobacco product according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the tobacco particles have a pH of 6.5 to 9.5.   The amount of water in the tobacco particles is 15 to 50%, and the tobacco product for oral cavity according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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