ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR WHITENING TOBACCO
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240023593A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US18375095

    申请日:2023-09-29

    CPC classification number: A24B15/24 A24B13/00 A24B15/287 A24B15/32

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of preparing whitened tobacco composition including chemically pulping a tobacco material to form a tobacco pulp, extracting the tobacco pulp with an extraction solution, treating the tobacco pulp with a solution comprising an oxidizing agent for a time and at a temperature sufficient to lighten the color of the tobacco pulp to give a whitened tobacco pulp, and drying the whitened tobacco pulp to provide the whitened tobacco composition. Alternative bleaching processes and treatment methods effective for preparing whitened tobacco compositions are also provided herein.

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