RU2478321C1 - Snuff tobacco production method - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: specificity of the snuff product production method (involving several various snuff tobacco kinds selection, milling into powder, mixing, flavouring additives introduction into the mixture, conditioning, maintaining and the ready products packaging) is as follows: one preliminarily performs removal of coarse leaf veins, repeated treatment of leaf blades with t° 85-90°C hot water, additional drying of them till moisture content is equal to 12-14%; then one determines nicotine content in the leaf blades, fractionates leaves milled into powders by way of screen sizing, selects the fraction passing though a sieve with 0.5 mm diameter holes; the selected various kinds tobacco fractions mixing is performed in the quantities forming a mixture with a preset content of nicotine, one conditions the mixture in a closed vessel at a temperature of 75% till the mixture moisture content is 16%, one introduces a flavouring agent solution, maintains the mixture during 1-2 days in a closed vessel, stirring the product every 6 hours.

EFFECT: manufacture of a flavoured snuff product of natural ingredients, enhanced safety and a preset nicotine content.

Description

The invention relates to a technology for the production of non-smoking tobacco products and can be used at tobacco enterprises for the manufacture of snuff.

In recent years, the consumption of non-traditional tobacco products, such as snuff, which has a wide palette of taste and aroma, has been growing in the Russian Federation. In accordance with the standard GOST R 52463-2005 “Tobacco and tobacco products. Terms and definitions "snuff - a type of non-smoking tobacco product intended for sniffing, made from finely ground, blended and / or flavored tobacco dust and other components. When snuff is consumed, the product does not burn, therefore, harmful pyrolysis products do not enter the human body. With nasal use, the active substance, nicotine, is absorbed much more by the nasal mucosa than by the lungs during normal cigarette smoking. Therefore, while maintaining consumer taste, reducing the harmful effects of nicotine is relevant. In the Russian Federation, snuff is not made. Only snuff shag of two varieties of "Superior quality" and "Ordinary" is produced (Technology of subtropical and food flavoring products. II Tatarchenko and others. M., 2004, p. 216). A shag is produced from a shag plant shredded to a dusty state with the addition of flavorings and alkaline substances. Mallorca has a high nicotine content and has a negative effect on health.

The main manufacturers and suppliers to the Russian market of snuff (snuff) are Germany, Great Britain, and Austria. The variety of snuff products differs by the manufacturer's company and the flavors used in the manufacture of snuff tobacco, while the aroma palette is large. A method of manufacturing snuff is as follows (http // megatabak.ru / page 414349). Several different types of tobacco are selected. Dry tobacco leaves are pulverized. In special cameras under the control of a computer, a dry mixture is prepared from crushed tobacco raw materials by mixing in certain proportions in accordance with the recipe. Aromatic and flavoring additives, natural ingredients (oils, fruit extracts) are added to the dry mixture, the powder is moistened and softened, then the mixture is poured into special containers and stored (kept) in an air-conditioned room for 4 weeks to form aroma, taste and reduce nicotine. After storage (exposure), they make up the final mixture, carry out quality control and pack them in packaging.

The method requires the use of high-tech equipment, while the nicotine content in the mixture is controlled immediately before packaging.

The technical result of the invention is the creation of a flavored snuff product of high quality consumer properties from natural ingredients, increased safety, with a given nicotine content.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the method of manufacturing snuff tobacco, including the selection of several different varieties of tobacco, their grinding into powder, mixing, making flavor additives in the mixture, conditioning, aging and packaging of the finished product, provides for the preliminary separation of coarse leaf veins, multiple processing of leaf blades hot water with a temperature of 85-90 ° С, drying them to a moisture content of 12-14%, determining the nicotine content in leaf blades, grinding leaf blades into powder, fractionation collecting powdered leaves at sieving, selecting a fraction passing through a sieve with a hole diameter of 0.5 mm, mixing selected fractions of various types of tobacco in amounts that form a mixture with a given nicotine content, conditioning the mixture in a closed container at t 20-25 ° C , relative humidity of 75% to a humidity of 16%, the introduction of a flavor solution, the exposure of the mixture for 1-2 days in a closed container with stirring of the product every 6 hours.

Material for the manufacture of snuff is selected from natural varieties of aromatic and skeletal tobacco. Tobacco leaves have a large, coarse central vein, especially skeletal varieties. To create a homogeneous mixture without large inclusions, a preliminary vein is removed from the leaves.

Degreased leaf tobacco is repeatedly treated (washed) with hot water at t 85-90 ° C, while the nicotine content in the leaf blades decreases. The number of washes affects the degree of decrease in the nicotine content in the leaves. The more washes, the less nicotine remains in the leaves, which increases the safety of the final product.

The leaves are crushed at a moisture content below 12-14%, therefore, after washing, they must be dried to this humidity.

Before grinding the leaves into powder, the nicotine content in the feedstock is determined. This makes it possible to formulate and prepare a mixture with a given amount of nicotine.

The powder from the crushed raw material is fractionated at sieving and the desired fraction is selected for use in the mixture. The fraction passing through a sieve with a hole diameter of 0.5 mm is selected. This fraction is the maximum in size to exclude injury to the nasal mucosa with nasal use of snuff.

Before adding flavoring to the mixture, it is necessary to condition the mixture at t 20-25 ° C and a relative humidity of 75% to a humidity of 16% for better absorption of the flavoring solution and its uniform distribution.

The mixture is aged for 1-2 days in a closed container while stirring the product every 6 hours to produce a homogeneous homogeneous mixture.

The claimed technical solution has a number of essential features that distinguish the proposed method from the known method of the prior art. The preparation of the material, including degreasing and repeated washing, helps to obtain a technical result without the use of high-tech equipment. Monitoring the nicotine content in the tobacco raw material after washing allows us to predict its content in the original product.

A method of obtaining snuff is as follows. Tobacco raw materials are selected, not damaged by diseases, pests, without extraneous odors. As raw materials use tobacco leaves of aromatic and skeletal varieties. Rough medium veins are removed from the leaves (by cutting, pulling). Leaf blades are treated repeatedly (washed) with hot water at t 85-90 ° C. Rinsing the leaves with hot water reduces their nicotine content. The number of washes is determined by the degree of reduction of nicotine. After washing, the leaves are dried to a moisture content of 12-14%. The amount of nicotine in the leaves is controlled by methods existing in the industry. The leaves are crushed into powder on a special device. After grinding, they are fractionated by sieving. A fraction is passed through a sieve with a hole diameter of 0.5 mm. They make up a mixture of various powders of ground leaf varieties, the quantitative ratio of which depends on a given nicotine content in the initial product. The resulting mixture is conditioned in a closed container at t of 20-25 ° C and a relative humidity of 75% to a humidity of 16%. Then, a pre-made solution of a flavoring - food flavoring "Scorpio-Aromat" is applied to the prepared mixture. The flavored mixture at room temperature 18-20 ° C is kept for 1-2 days in a closed container with stirring every 6 hours to form a homogeneous mixture. The resulting product is packaged in sealed bags, containers or other types of packaging.

Thus, the proposed method allows to obtain a flavored snuff product of high quality consumer properties from natural ingredients, increased safety, with a given nicotine content.

Claims (1)

A method of manufacturing snuff tobacco, containing the selection of several different varieties of tobacco, crushing it into powder, mixing, adding aromatic additives to the mixture, conditioning, aging and packaging of finished products, characterized in that the coarse leaf veins are preliminarily separated, leaf blades are repeatedly processed with hot water with t ° 85-90 ° C, they are dried to a moisture content of 12-14%, then the nicotine content in the leaf plates is determined, the leaves crushed into powder are fractionated at the sieve, and the frac a mixture passing through a sieve with a hole diameter of 0.5 mm, the selected fractions of various types of tobacco are mixed in quantities that form a mixture with a given nicotine content, the mixture is conditioned in a closed container at t ° 20-25 ° C and a relative humidity of 75%, to a mixture humidity of 16%, a flavor solution is added, the mixture is kept for 1-2 days in a closed container with stirring of the product every 6 hours