PLANT FIBER PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE

    公开(公告)号:EP4108261A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-28

    申请号:EP22189511.3

    申请日:2009-04-03

    申请人: Winnington AB

    摘要: A non-tobacco plant fiber product for oral use, said product containing a mixture of at least:
    - plant fibers; and
    - at least one added substance intended to be released from the product when said product is used, characterized in that the product contains an alginate composition, distributed in the product and comprising at least water, alginate and the added substance, said composition containing an alginate matrix that retains at least a major proportion of the added substance so long as the matrix is intact, and the alginate matrix being formed so as to disintegrate and/or dissolve in the chemical and physical environment that exists in a user's mouth.
    A method for preparing a non-tobacco plant fiber product for oral use, comprising the following steps:
    - mixing plant fibers with other components incorporated in the product, characterized in that the method includes the following steps:
    - admixing an alginate composition containing at least water, alginate and at least one added substance intended to be released from the product when said product is used, the composition at least in part forming an alginate matrix that retains at least a major proportion of the added substance so long as the matrix is intact, and the alginate matrix being formed so as to disintegrate and/or dissolve in the chemical and physical environment that exists in a user's mouth, and
    - mixing plant fibers with said alginate composition.