US3545448A - Process for making a modified carbohydrate material for smoking mixtures and the material made thereby - Google Patents

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US3545448A
US3545448A US876219A US3545448DA US3545448A US 3545448 A US3545448 A US 3545448A US 876219 A US876219 A US 876219A US 3545448D A US3545448D A US 3545448DA US 3545448 A US3545448 A US 3545448A
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  • a tobacco replacement material suitable as a smoking material is produced by the catalytic degradation of carbohydrate material. The degradation is carried out at temperatures of between 100 and 250? and. involves a water loss to the extent that the degraded material is less than 90 percent of the weight of the original carbohydrate. Strong mineral acids, basic salts of these acids, alkali hydroxides and alkali salts of weak acids serve in the capacity of the catalyst.
  • This invention relates to a modified carbohydrate material suitable as an ingredient of a smoking mixture for cigarettes, cigars, pipe and the like and to the preparation of such material.
  • the invention also includes smoking mixtures comprising said carbohydrate material.
  • Smoking mixtures normally consist mainly of, or contain, a high proportion of natural tobacco and the opinion is now widely held that the smoking of tobacco, especially in cigarette form, increases the incidence of lung cancer. This has been attributed to the presence in tobacco smoke of carcinogenic compounds such as 3,4-benzpyrene, but experiments in which tobacco smoke tar hasbeen painted on mice suggest that the tar contains other hannful constituents. It is considered that reducing the tar content correspondingly reduces the health hazard from smoking.
  • a further object is to provide a smoking mixture which produces a smoke containing a lower content of harmful constituents than the smoke from tobacco.
  • the modified carbohydrate material of the invention is provided by subjecting carbohydrate to a catalysed degradation process at a temperature of l-250 C. until the weight of the degraded material is less than 90 percent of the weight of the original carbohydrate. Preferably the degradation treatment is continued until the weight of the modified carbohydrate is between 50 and 75 percent of the weight of the original carbohydrate.
  • the process may be catalysed by any of several reagents which accelerate the thermal degradation or lower the thermal degradation temperature of carbohydrates.
  • Preferred catalysts include strong mineral acids and salts of such strong acids with weak bases. These catalysts include, for example,
  • Especially useful carbohydrate materials include, for example, a-cellulose, cellulose derivatives such as methyl cellulose, mono and polysaccharides such as glucose and sucrose, starches such as rice, potato and maize starch, alginates, pectin, natural gums such as gum tragacanth, gum arabic and locust bean gum.
  • Smoking mixtures comprising the heat-treated carbohydrate material of theinvention are superior in smoke quality and taste tragacanth the corresponding smoking materials made from untreated carbohydrates and they give a smoother, less irritating smoke.
  • the smoke contains less tar than tobacco smoke.
  • the smoking mixtures may also be varied more widely in composition, and consequently in smoke properties, than mixtures containing untreated car bohydrates, and even than mixtures containing only tobacco. For example, by the incorporation of tasting and flavouring additives, the taste and flavour of the smoke can be varied to suit a wider range of consumer preferences.
  • the proportion of nicotine, which is a desirable constituent of smoking mixtures may also be adjusted widely as desired.
  • carbohydrate may be treated in any convenient form such as powder or sheet form.
  • the carbohydrate When the carbohydrate is in sheet form, it may be conveniently impregnated with a solution of the catalyst applied by immersion orspraying, and dried. Powdered carbohydrate may be mixed with a solution of the catalyst, and dried.
  • the mixture of carbohydrate and catalyst is preferably heat-treated at to 250 (C. for periods ranging from 1 minute to 4 hours, depending on the treatment temperature, the concentration of the catalyst and the weight loss desired.
  • the catalysed degradation process changes the colour of the carbohydrate to black which may be undesirable in cigarette filling formulations.
  • the colour may be altered to a brown colour resembling tobacco cigarette filling by treatment of the modified carbohydrate with nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide or ammonia, preferably at elevated temperature.
  • the smoking mixtures of the invention may, in addition to this carbohydrate material, comprise other materials which are normal constituents of smoking mixtures, such as, for example, tobacco, untreated carbohydrate or other smoke-producing organic material and, as desired, any of the other modifying agents commonly used in such mixtures.
  • the mixtures may compriseglow-promoting catalysts, materials to improve ash coherence and colour, nicotine, fiavourants or medicaments.
  • salts of ammonia, alkali metals or alkaline earth metals can be used and of these, salts of magnesium, calcium or ammonium are preferred.
  • flavouring materials may be included in the mixture. These include tobacco extracts, organic esters, essential oils, menthol, tonka bean or vanillan.
  • Glycerol and glycols such as, for example, ethylene glycol and di-, triand tetra-ethylene glycol are convenient humectants.
  • Other materials such as carbonates or porous inert fillers, may be included in the smoking mixture to facilitate combustion, imparting a more open texture to the mixture, thereby facilitating access of oxygen.
  • the carbohydrate material is therefore preferably prepared in sheet form and, when required as a cigarette or pipe filling, shredded into strips.
  • the carbohydrate if already in sheet form, may be merely treated with the desired additives and shredded.
  • Carbohydrate in other forms or heat-treated carbohydrate sheet which is too weak to shred properly may be comminuted to powder, mixed with a solution of film-forming agent such as, for example, a solution of a water-soluble cellulose derivative, polyvinyl alcohol, starch, pectin, gum or mucilage, formed as a film and dried.
  • Water-soluble methyl cellulose or sodium carboxymethyl cellulose may advantageously be used as the filmforming agent.
  • an acid catalyst such as sulfuric acid
  • the remaining constituents of the smoking mixture may be incorporated with the carbohydrate material into the film-forming agent. soluble additives may, if desired, be sprayed on to the sheeted smoking mixture.
  • the shred mixture is preferably conditioned in a humid atmosphere to a moisture content of 5 to 15 percent by weight.
  • EXAMPLE 1 1.0 part of a-cellulose paper was immersed in a 6.0 percent aqueous solution of ammonium sulfamate and the paper compressed between blotting pads to leave 1.0 part of solution in the paper.
  • the paper was air dried at 55 C. and then heated at 200 C. for 4 hours until the weight of the degraded material was 57.6 percent of the original weight of tie-cellulose and ammonium sulfamate. During the treatment the colour of the paper was changed to black.
  • the paper was allowed to cool and then sprayed with an aqueous solution containing 2 percent potassium carbonate and 4 percent glycerol and again compressed between blotting pads to leave 1.0 part of the solution in the paper.
  • the paper was air-dried at room temperature.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes produced from the cigarettes were milder and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE 1.0 part of the shredded cigarette filling, as prepared in Example 1, was admixed with 1.0 part of cigarette tobacco shred and the mixture made into cigarettes. The average weight of the cigarettes was approximately 1.0 gram.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes produced from the cigarettes were very mild and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those of an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE 3 Shredded cigarette filling was prepared as described in Example 1 except that a 2.5 percent aqueous solution of ammonium sulfamate was used instead of the 6.0 percent solution described in Example 1 and the impregnated paper was heated at 246 C. for 2 minutes instead of 200 C. for 4 hours. The weight of the degraded material was 58.6 percent of the original weight of a-cellulose and ammonium sulfamate. The shredded filling was made into cigarettes of average weight approximately l.0 gram.
  • EXAMPLE 4 Shredded cigarette filling was prepared as described in Example 1 except that a 5.0 percent aqueous solution of sulfamic acid was used instead of the aqueous solution of ammonium sulfamate.
  • the weight of the degraded material was 62 percent of the original weight of the a-cellulose and sulfamic acid.
  • the filling was made into cigarettes of average weight approximately 1.0 gram.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes produced from the cigarettes were very mild and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those of an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE 5 Shredded cigarette filling was prepared as described in Example except that an 8.6 percent aqueous solution of ammonium sulfate was used instead of the aqueous solution of ammonium sulfamate and the heat treatment carried out at 175 C. instead of 200 C.
  • the weight of the degraded material was 68 percent of the original weight of a-cellulose and ammonium sulfate.
  • the filling was made into cigarettes of average weight approximately 1.0 gram.
  • EXAMPLE 6 1.5 parts of cellulose sulfite process woodpulp containing approximately 92 percent a-cellulose) slurried in parts of water were beaten in a conventional manner. 0.38 parts of calcium carbonate and 400 parts of water were then added and the slurried material formed into a sheet of paper in a conventional manner and dried between blotting pads at room temperature. The sheet, which contained approximately 10 percent by weight calcium carbonate, was immersed in a 5.6 percent aqueous solution of ammonium sulfamate and compressed between blotting pads to leave 1.5 parts of solution in the sheet. The sheet was then dried at room temperature, heated at 200 C.
  • Example 2 The heat-treated material was further processed as described in Example 1 except that a 10 percent aqueous solution of glycerol was used instead of 4 percent. The resulting shredded filling was made into cigarettes of average weight approximately 1.0 gram.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes produced from the cigarettes were milder and less irritating to the eyes and throat then those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE 7 Shredded cigarette filling was prepared as described in Example 6 except that the sheet contained 12.8 percent magnesium carbonate instead of calcium carbonate and also 0.008 parts of cationic starch added to the slurry in order to improve retention of the magnesium carbonate.
  • the weight of degraded material after heat treatment was 63 percent of the original weight of cellulose, magnesium carbonate and ammonium sulfamate.
  • EXAMPLE 8 Shredded cigarette filling was prepared as described in Example 1 except that a 5 percent aqueous solution of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate was used instead of aqueous ammonium sulfamate solution and 10 percent glycerol was used instead of 4 percent. In this example the weight of the degraded material was 75 percent of the original weight of acellulose and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes from cigarettes prepared from the shredded filling were milder and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those of an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE 9 Shredded cigarette filling was prepared as described in Example 8 except that a 5 percent aqueous solution of diammonium hydrogen phosphate was used instead of aqueous ammonium dihydrogen phosphate solution. The weight of the degraded material was 74 percent of the original weight of acellulose and diammonium hydrogen phosphate.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes from cigarettes prepared using the cigarette filling were milder and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE l0 Shredded cigarette filling was prepared as described in Example 3 except that a 5.6 percent aqueous solution of sulfuric acid was used instead of an aqueous ammonium sulfamate solution.
  • the weight of the degraded material was 53 percent of the original weight of a-cellulose and sulfuric acid.
  • the shredded filling was made into cigarettes of average weight approximately l.0 gram.
  • EXAMPLE 11 Shredded cigarette filling was prepared as described in Example 3 except that a 6.5 percent aqueous solution of phosphoric acid was used instead of an aqueous ammonium sulfamate solution. In this example heat treatment was carried out at 225 C. for 4 minutes instead of 246 C. for 2 minutes. The weight of the degraded material was 73 percent of the original weight of a-cellulose and phosphoric acid. The shredded filling was made up into cigarettes of average weight approximately 1.0 gram.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes were much less acrid and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those of an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE 12 4 minutes which made the pulp black.
  • the weight of the degraded material was 75 percent of the original weight of acellulose and sulfuric acid.
  • the black pulp sheet was allowed to cool and then ground to a powder passing a 120 B.S.S. sieve. 11.4 parts of the black powder were intimately mixed with 2.0 parts of calcium carbonate and added to 100 parts of a stirred aqueous solution containing 2.0 parts of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, 2.8 parts of glycerol, 0.8 parts of citric acid and 1.0 part of potassium citrate.
  • the resulting slurry was spread to give a film 0.015 inches. thick on a moving endless steel band conveyor and dried at 130 C.
  • the dried film was sprayed with water to give approximately percent moisture content in the film, removed from the steel band and conditioned at 70 percent relative humidity at 20 C. to give a moisture content of approximately 13 percentQ
  • the film was shredded to simulate the form of cigarette filling and the shred made into cigarettes using standard cigarette paper wrappings. The average weight of the cigarettes was approximately 1.0
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes produced from the cigarettes were milder and less irritating to the eyes and'throat than those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE 13 1.0 part of sheeted a-cellulose pulp was immersed in a 10.0 percent aqueous solution of sulfuric acid and the pulp compressed between rolls to leave 1.0 part of solution in the pulp. The pulp was air-dried at C. and then heat-treated at 225 C. for 4 minutes which made the pulp black. The weight of the degraded material was 75 percent of the original weight of acellulose and sulfuric acid. The black pulp sheet was allowed to cool and then ground to a powder passing a 120 B.S.S. sieve. 1 1.4 parts of the black powder were added to 30 parts of water and the resulting slurry was neutralised with 1.6 ml. of 0.88N aqueous ammonium hydroxide solution.
  • This black slurry was added to a solution containing 70 parts of water, 2.0 parts of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, 2.8 parts of glycerol, 0.8 parts of citric acid, 1.0 part of potassium citrate, and 2.0 parts of calcium carbonate.
  • the resulting slurry was processed as in Example 12. Cigarettes of average weight 1.0 gram was prepared.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes produced from the cigarettes were milder and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary tobaccocigarette and the taste quality was superior to that of a cigarette made from the material produced without the addition of ammonia at the slurry stage.
  • EXAMPLE 14 A black heat-treated 51 pulp was prepared by treating acellulose with sulfuric acid as described in Example 12. 20 parts of this black pulp were immersed in 20 parts of a 35 percent aqueous nitric acid solution at 90 C. for approximately 30 seconds. The product obtained was washed free from nitric acid with water and dried at 50C. to give 15 parts of sheet having an orange-brown colour resembling that of cigarette tobacco.
  • Example 12 The sheet was further processed as described in Example 12 to give cigarettes which on smoking produced sidestream and mainstream smokes which were milder and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE 15 A black heat-treated sheeted pulp was prepared by treating a-cellulose with sulfuric acid as described in Example 12. 20 parts of this black pulp were immersed in 40 parts of a 15 percent aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution for 6 hours. The product obtained was washed free from hydrogen peroxide with water and dried at 40C. to give 16 parts of sheet having an orange colour resembling that of cigarette tobacco.
  • Example 12 The sheet was further processed as described in Example 12 to give cigarettes which on smoking produced sidestream and mainstream smokes which were milder and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE 16 20 parts of a black heat-treated sheeted pulp, prepared by treating a-cellulose with. sulfuric acid as described in Example 12, were exposed to gaseous ammonia at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature for 60 minutes. Excess ammonia was removed under reduced pressure to give 21.4 parts of a dark brown sheeted pulp material. a
  • the pulp material was further processed as described in Example 12 to give cigarettes which on smoking produced sidestream and mainstream smokes which were milder and less irritating tothe eyes and throat than those of an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE 17 19.0 parts of gum tragacanth were mixed with 20.0 parts of a 10 percent aqueous solution of ammonium sulfamate. The resulting wet paste was air-dried at 60 C. and heated at 225 C. for 18 minutes to give a black powder which weighed 60 percent of the original weight of gum tragacanth and ammonium sulfamate. The black powder was stirred with 35 percent aqueous nitric acid for 3 minutes at C. filtered, washed free from acid with water and dried at 50 C. to give a powder having an orange-brown colour.
  • the powder was ground to pass a 120 B.S.S. sieve. 11.4 parts of the powder were intimately mixed with 2.0 parts of calcium carbonate and added into parts of a stirred aqueous solution containing 2.0 parts of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, 2.8 parts of glycerol, 0.8 parts of citric acid and 1.0 part of potassium citrate.
  • the resulting slurry was processed as described in Example 12 to give cigarettes which on smoking produced sidestream and mainstream smokes which were milder and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those of an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • Cigarettes were prepared as described in Example 17 except that locust bean gum was used instead of gum tragacanth and the duration of heat-treatment at 225 C. was 60 minutes. In this example the weight of black powder produced was 70 percent of the original weight of locust bean gum and ammonium sulfamate.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes produced from the cigarettes were very mild and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • Cigarettes were prepared as. described in Example 17 ex cept that gum arabic was used instead of gum tragacanth and the duration of heat treatment at 225 C. was 30 minutes. The weight of black powder produced was 7.4 percent of the original weight of gum arabic and ammonium sulfamate.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes from the cigarettes were very mild and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • Cigarettes were prepared as described in Example 17 except that D-glucose was used instead of gum tragacanth and the duration of heat treatment at 225 C. was 12 minutes. The weight of black powder produced was 63 percent of the original weight of D-glucose and ammonium sulfamate.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes from the cigarettes were very mild and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • Cigarettes were prepared as described in Example 17 except that methyl cellulose was used instead'of gum tragacanth and the duration of heat treatment was minutes at 225 C.
  • the weight of black powder produced was 63 percent of the original weight of methyl cellulose and ammonium sulfamate.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes from the cigarettes were very mild and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • Cigarettes were prepared as described in Example 17 except that rice starch was used instead of gum tragacanth and the duration of heat treatment was 35 minutes at 225 C.
  • the weight of black powder produced was 66 percent of the original weight of rice starch and ammonium sulfamate.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes from the cigarettes were very mild and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • Cigarettes were prepared as described in Example 17 except that pectin was used instead of gum tragacanth and the duration of heat treatment was 20 minutes at 225 C.
  • the weight of the black powder produced was 60 percent of the original weight of pectin and ammonium sulfate.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes from the cigarettes were very mild and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • Cigarettes were prepared as described in Example 17 except that alginic acid was used instead of gum tragacanth and the duration of heat treatment was 23 minutes at 225 C.
  • the weight of black powder produced was 60 percent of the original weight of alginic acid and ammonium sulfamate.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes from the cigarettes were very mild and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from an ordinary tobacco cigarette.
  • EXAMPLE 25 Cellulose sheet was held above the surface of a refluxing concentrated hydrochloric acid solution (approximately 110 C. for 2 hours, then dried at 60 C. The weight of the blackbrown material produced was 75 percent of the original weight of cellulose. The degraded material was ground to a powder passing a 120 8.5.5. sieve and made into cigarettes of average weight 1.0 gram as in Example 12.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes produced from the cigarettes were milder and less irritating to the eyes and throat than those from ordinary tobacco cigarettes.
  • EXAMPLE '26 Cigarettes were prepared as in Example 12 except that a 10.0 percent solution of ferric chloride was used instead of sulfuric acid and the duration of heat treatment at 230 C. was 20 minutes. The weight of the black material produced was 75 percent of the original weight of a-cellulose and ferric chloride.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes produced by the cigarettes were milder and less irritating than those from ordinary tobacco cigarettes.
  • Cigarettes wereprepared as in Example 12 except that a 10.0 percent solution of sodium carbonate was used instead of sulfuric acid, the duration of heat treatment at 230 C. was 20 minutes and the heat-treated pulp sheet was washed substantially free of sodium carbonate. The weight of the dark brown material produced was 73 percent of the original weight of acellulose and sodium carbonate.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes produced by the cigarettes contained less tar than the smokes from ordinary tobacco cigarettes but were less pleasant than the smokes from the product of Example 12.
  • Cigarettes were prepared as in Example 12 except that a 7.5 percent solution of sodium hydroxide was used instead of sulfuric acid, the duration of heat treatment at 230 C. was 15 minutes and the heat-treated pulp sheet was washed substantially free of sodium hydroxide. The weight of the dark brown material produced was 72 percent of the original weight of acellulose and sodium hydroxide.
  • the sidestream and mainstream smokes produced by the cigarettes were similar to those of Example 27.
  • a process for the preparation of a modified carbohydrate suitable as tobacco replacement smoking material which comprises subjecting a nontoxic carbohydrate selected from the group consisting of cellulose, alkyl cellulose, sugars, starch, alginate, pectin and natural gums to a thermal degradation in the presence of a strong mineral acid catalyst in which the acid is selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid or sulfamic acid or said catalyst is constituted of a weak basic salt of said acids or said catalyst constitutes an alkali hydroxide or an alkali salt of a weak acid, the said degradation involving water evolution and being conducted at a temperature of 100 to 250 C. until the weight of the degraded carbohydrate is less than about percent of the weight of the original carbohydrate.
  • a process for the preparation of a modified carbohydrate suitable as tobacco replacement smoking material which comprises subjecting a nontoxic carbohydrate to a thermal degradation in the presence of a catalyst comprising a strong mineral acid, a weak basic salt of said acid, an alkali hydroxide or an alkali salt of a weak acid, the said degradation involving water evolution and being conducted at a temperature of 100 to 250 C. until the weight of the degraded carbohydrate is less than about 90 percent of the weight of the original carbohydrate.
  • polysaccharide is cellulose, cellulose ether, starch, alginate, pectin or natural gum.
  • the degradation catalyst comprises sulfamic acid, ammonium sulfamate, phosphoric acid, diammonium hydrogen phosphate, ammonium dinydrogen phosphate, sulfuric acid, ammonium and sulfate hydrochloric acid or ferric chloride 13.
  • the degradation catalyst comprises alkali hydroxide or an alkali salt of a weak acid and the degraded carbohydrate is washed substantially free of catalyst.

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