U.S. patent number 3,929,141 [Application Number 05/486,837] was granted by the patent office on 1975-12-30 for process for the manufacture of regenerated tobacco.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Tamag Basel AG. Invention is credited to Monique Beringer, Paul Buchmann.
United States Patent |
3,929,141 |
Beringer , et al. |
December 30, 1975 |
Process for the manufacture of regenerated tobacco
Abstract
The present invention provides a homogeneous regenerated tobacco
of reduced nicotine content which consists of: 5,000 grams of
filler consisting of: one or more of gramineous plants or shells of
nuts, cocoa beans or coffee beans, 3,000 to 5,000 grams tobacco 600
grams magnesium formate 50 grams tartaric acid 300 grams potassium
nitrate 1,000 grams paraffinurea 300 grams diammonium hydrogen
phosphate 10 grams vanillylideneurea 1,500 grams sodium
carboxymethylcellulose 1,400 grams glycerine 150 grams diethylene
glycol 1,050 grams fruit concentrate 600 grams raw molasses 105
grams malt extract.
Inventors: |
Beringer; Monique (St. Louis,
FR), Buchmann; Paul (Basel, CH) |
Assignee: |
Tamag Basel AG
(CH)
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Family
ID: |
27350679 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/486,837 |
Filed: |
July 9, 1974 |
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337475 |
Mar 2, 1973 |
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Foreign Application Priority Data
Current U.S.
Class: |
131/275; 131/355;
131/276; 131/359 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A24B
15/14 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A24B
15/00 (20060101); A24B 15/14 (20060101); A24B
003/14 (); A24B 013/00 (); A24B 015/08 () |
Field of
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;131/2,15,17,140-144 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Michell; Robert W.
Assistant Examiner: Millin; V.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack
Parent Case Text
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 337,475, filed Mar.
2, 1973, now abandoned.
Claims
We claim:
1. A homogeneous regenerated tobacco of reduced nicotine content
which consists of:
5,000 grams of filler consisting of: one or more of gramineous
plants or shells of nuts, cocoa beans or coffee beans,
3,000 to 5,000 grams tobacco
600 grams magnesium formate
50 grams tartaric acid
300 grams potassium nitrate
1,000 grams paraffinurea
300 grams diammonium hydrogen phosphate
10 grams of vanillylideneurea
1,500 grams sodium carboxymethylcellulose
1,400 grams glycerine
150 grams diethylene glycol
1,050 grams fruit concentrate
600 grams raw molasses
105 grams malt extract.
2. Regenerated tobacco according to claim 1, wherein the filler
consists of:
4,250 grams wheat chaff
500 grams coconut shells
250 grams cocoa bean shells.
3. A regenerated tobacco according to claim 1, wherein the filler
consists of:
2,500 grams rice chaff and
2,500 grams coffee bean shells.
4. A regenerated tobacco according to claim 1, wherein the filler
consists of 5,000 grams of rice chaff.
Description
The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of
regenerated tobacco by shaping from a tobacco paste and
consolidation by drying with simultaneous reduction of the nicotine
content of the regenerated tobacco as compared to that of the
tobacco employed, by mixing the tobacco paste with nicotine-free
tobacco substitute paste in the ratio of the desired reduction.
In the manufacture of regenerated tobacco, one endeavours to make
the substitute as similar as possible to natural tobacco with
regard to elasticity, ability to be cut and tensile strength, so
that it can be processed technologically like tobacco. Furthermore,
the regenerated tobacco should be capable of burning away and its
smoke should be mild, and in particular irritant, acrid and bitter
flavour components should be avoided. Nicotine and other
disadvantageous or harmful substances of tobacco can be reduced
through the amount of the nicotine-free tobacco substitute paste
employed.
THE GREATER IS THE PROPORTION OF NICOTINE-FREE TOBACCO SUBSTITUTE
PASTE, THE MORE DIFFICULT IT BECOMES TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED
PROPERTIES RESEMBLING NATURAL TOBACCO.
It is the task of the invention to design a process of the
initially mentioned nature so that a regenerated tobacco with very
great nicotine reduction and having the abovementioned properties
is obtainable, using, as far as possible, waste products which are
available in large amount and also in sufficiently constant
quality.
The invention is characterised in that the tobacco substitute paste
contains the following constituents in addition to water:
Firstly a filler constituent which consists of one or more of the
following filler components: wheat chaff, oat chaff, chaff of other
types of gramineous plants, wheat straw, oat straw and straw of
other types of gramineous plants, wheat bran, oat bran, bran of
other types of gramineous plants, coffee bean shells, coconut
shells, coconut fibres, cocoa bean shells and fibres, as well as
shells of other types of nuts;
SECONDLY, AN ACTIVE SUBSTANCE CONSTITUENT WHICH CONSISTS OF SEVERAL
OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVE SUBSTANCE COMPONENTS: FRUIT CONCENTRATE,
RAW MOLASSES, CARAMEL AND MALT EXTRACT, IN PARTICULAR IN AN AMOUNT
WHICH SUFFICES, INCLUDING THE CONTENTS OF ALL OTHER PASTE
CONSTITUENTS OF THE TOBACCO SUBSTITUTE PASTE, TO GIVE A TOTAL
CONTENT, OF THE TOTAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE PASTE, OF AT LEAST 1
PERCENT BY DRY WEIGHT OF AMINOACIDS AND OF AT LEAST 5 PERCENT BY
DRY WEIGHT OF SUGARS;
THIRDLY, A NITROGEN DONOR CONSTITUENT WHICH CONSISTS OF SEVERAL OF
THE NITROGEN DONOR COMPONENTS POTASSIUM NITRATE, UREA AND
DIAMMONIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE AND IN PARTICULAR IN AN AMOUNT WHICH
SUFFICES, INCLUDING THE CONTENTS OF ALL OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF THE
TOBACCO SUBSTITUTE PASTE, TO GIVE A TOTAL CONTENT, OF THE TOTAL
CONSTITUENTS OF THE PASTE OF THE REGENERATED TOBACCO, OF AT LEAST 3
PERCENT BY DRY WEIGHT OF NITROGEN, WITHOUT TAKING THE AMINOACIDS
INTO ACCOUNT;
FOURTHLY, A STRUCTURE-FORMING CONSTITUENT WHICH CONSISTS OF ONE OR
MORE OF THE STRUCTURE-FORMING COMPONENTS SODIUM
CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE (NaCMC) and other cellulose derivatives and
raw pectin and
fifthly, a special active substance constituent which consists of
one or more of the following special active substances:
plasticisers, flavour-improving and odour-improving agents, agents
for improving burning characteristics, and dyestuff;
per 100 parts by dry weight of filler constituent, 10 to 45 parts
by dry weight of active substance constituent, 10 to 45 parts by
dry weight of nitrogen donor constituent, 10 to 60 parts by dry
weight of structure-forming constituent and 20 to 90 parts by dry
weight of special active substance constituent are present.
Preferably, 17 to 25 parts by dry weight of active substance
constituent, 12 to 26 parts by dry weight of nitrogen donor
constituent, 27 to 33 parts by dry weight of structure-forming
constituent and 48 to 62 parts by dry weight of special active
substance constituent are present per 100 parts by dry weight of
filler constituent.
the paste which is shaped to give the so-called "regenerated"
tabacco thus contains a constituent referred to as "tobacco paste"
which contains tobacco or tobacco scrap, and a nicotine-free
component referred to as "tobacco substitute paste" which contains
non-tobacco plants and chemicals etc. It is not necessary that
these two constituents should be brought together in a ready past
form; all that is important is that these constituents should be
present in the paste which is shaped to give the regenerated
tobacco.
By coffee bean shells there are meant the natural sheaths of the
coffe beans, also referred to as coffee bean pods.
The paste constituents of the tobacco substitute paste, which
fulfil different tasks, are preferably mixtures of several
different components in order to avoid the peculiarities of a
single component standing out in the smoke and causing the
unpleasant after-taste which is characteristic of numerous known
tobacco substitutes.
The descriptions "filler component", "active substance component",
"nitrogen donor component", "structure-forming component" and
"special active substance" relate to the main effect of these
components of the paste, which of course does not exclude
components from having, alongside their main effect, an entirely
desirable side-effect which supplements the main effect of another
component. For example, the coconut shell filler component produces
a smooth chocolate aroma suggestion in the smoke, that is to say a
flavour effect which is a side effect of the coconut shell,
alongside the filler effect. Preferably, if two otherwise
equivalent components are available, those whereof the side effects
assist the main effect desired from other constituents of the paste
are preferred. For example, a flavour component which at the same
time is a nitrogen donor will be preferred over an otherwise
equivalent flavour component which is not a nitrogen donor.
According to the invention, most of the constituents of the
substitute paste are raw substances, in contrast to chemically pure
substances. The raw substances are preferably natural products or
by-products which arise when the former are processed. This is, on
the one hand, important for economic reasons because chemically
pure substances are more expensive than raw substances, but on the
other hand is of considerable advantage for the desired aromatic
properties since it has been found that penetrating flavour nuances
of individual substances have a considerably less disadvantageous
effect in the smoke if these substances are not used in a chemical
pure form but in the raw form. The question of what mechanisms are
responsible for this favourable effect has not yet been
investigated but presumably acrid flavour nuances of the chemically
pure substances are adapted by the "impurities" or by the cell
connections which are still present in the raw substances, or they
are masked in the aroma.
It is noteworthy that according to the invention tobacco substitute
past constituents which contain relatively little cellulose are
used. It is furthermore noteworthy that using the invention a
tobacco substitute can be manufactured which is of extraordinarily
durable suppleness so that the tobacco substitute and the product
manufactured therefrom which can be smoked can be stored for a very
long time without suffering, on storage, substantial deteriorations
in their quality, which frequently has to be tolerated when storing
natural tobacco products.
The tobacco substitute paste constituents in themselves produce a
nicotine-free tobacco substitute which largely possess the
initially mentioned technological and aromatic properties of
natural tobacco. For this reason, the mixture, according to the
invention, of tobacco paste and tobacco substitute paste gives a
favourable result.
It is preferred that the filler constituent and the active
substance constituent should consist exclusively of foodstuff
wastes from the industrial manufacture of foodstuffs and should
together account for at least 50 percent by dry weight of the
tobacco substitute paste constituents. Amongst the foodstuff wastes
which are available, those fractions which meet the desired
properties particularly well, will preferably be used for the
manufacture of the tobacco substitute.
The constituents of the tobacco substitute paste can amount to 20 -
80 percent by dry weight of the total paste constituents, and
preferably amount to 50 percent by dry weight.
A filler constituent which contains the following filler
components: wheat chaff, coconut shells and cocoa bean shells, in
particular preferably in the dry weight ratio of approx. 4.2 : 0.5
: 0.3, is preferred.
Various effects are sought by means of the active substance
component and for the reasons explained above it is desirable to
provide at least three different active substance components for
each of these desired effects, namely making up the sugar content,
making up the aminoacid content, and plasticising the regenerated
tobacco, it being entirely possible for one and the same active
substance component to participate in several different effects, as
is, for example, the case for fruit concentrate which acts as a
sugar donor, as an aminoacid donor, as a structure-forming agent
and, in many case, also as a plasticiser.
The making up of the sugar content and of the amino-acid content by
means of the active substance constituent, and the making up of the
nitrogen content by the nitrogen donor constituent, serves to
ensure that the contents mentioned are not reduced in the
regenerated tobacco in the way the nicotine is reduced. These
contents are particularly high in natural tobacco as compared to
non-tobacco plants and it has been found that these contents carry
an important share of the responsibility for the particular
properties of natural tobacco which is why they are also, according
to the invention, made up in the regenerated tobacco.
The structure-forming constituent serves to impart the necessary
strength to the regenerated tobacco and preferably only consists of
NaCMC.
A preferred special active substance constituent consists of one or
more of the special active substance components: paraffinurea,
divanillylideneurea, vanillylideneurea, tartaric acid, glycerine,
diethylene glycol, magnesium formate, potassium nitrate and calcium
carbonate. The paraffinurea mentioned is an addition compound of
liquid paraffin with urea, for example an addition compound in
which 8 molecules of urea are present per one paraffin molecule
containing 10 carbon atoms. The special active substance components
paraffinurea, divanillylideneurea, vanillylideneurea and tartaric
acid, have the effect of improving the flavour and improving the
odour whilst the components glycerine and diethylene glycol act as
plasticisers, that is to say make the regenerated tobacco
hygroscopic. The components magnesium formate, potassium nitrate
and calcium carbonate improve the burning characteristics and are
thus responsible for uniform smouldering and for a white ash.
In the manufacture of the paste, which is then shaped, for example
in the form of sheets, filaments, fibres, flocks, ribbons and the
like, to produce the regenerated tobacco, water is required for
making up and then has to be evaporated again in part, with
expenditure of energy, in order to consolidate the regenerated
tobacco. The use of little water saves energy during evaporation
but makes it more difficult to manufacture a homogeneous paste and
to shape the latter to give the regenerated tobacco. A process
which manages with very little water when manufacturing the paste
is characterised in that 4 to 2, preferably 2, parts by weight of
water are added to 1 part by weight of the filler constituent plus
the tobacco, a suspension is formed therefrom, which is then ground
wet, and that then the remaining constituents of the paste are
mixed in and the resulting paste is homogenised by kneading and is
then shaped and consolidated, by subsequent drying, to give the
material which can be smoked. Kneading can be carried out, for
example, with kneaders or with a roll mill, as is known and
customary in the manufacture of ointments, creams and the like in
the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry. The shaping can also be
effected by means of such a roll mill.
If a fairly large proportion of water is used for the manufacture
of the paste, milling can be dispensed with and the requisite
homogeneity can be achieved by stirrers alone. An embodiment of
this type of the process according to the invention is
characterised in that using water and paste constituents in the
weight ratio of about four to one, a suspension is first formed
from the filler constituent which has been ground dry and from the
tobacco and about half the water, the suspension is then ground wet
and the remaining constituents of the paste are then stirred in
whilst adding the second half of the water.
It is also advantageous if the nicotine-free tobacco substitute
paste is first formed and the pre-pulverised tobacco is then mixed
into it.
In addition to the manufacturing process, the invention also
relates to a regenerated tobacco consisting of the paste
constituents of the shaped paste which are not volatile during
drying for the purpose of consolidation, and of residual water.
The tobacco employed can be natural tobacco, waste tobacco and
their mixtures.
Examples of the individual components of the mixture of the tobacco
substitute constituents are given below. These components are
classified under the individual constituents according to their
main effect, and where there is an important side-effect the latter
is mentioned in brackets after the component in question.
Components which are preferred either for economic reasons or
because of their particular effect are described as preferred
components, whilst other components which are not as advantageous
but are also entirely usable, are described as usable
components.
Preferred components for the filler constituent are chaff (latin:
Palea), bran (latin: Furfur) and straw of wheat, oats and rice,
cocoa bean shells and coconut shells (all of them also acting as
structure-forming agents).
Examples of usable components for the filler constituent are chaff,
straw and bran of barley, rye, maize, flax and other types of
gramineous plants and coffee bean shells (all of them also acting
as structure-forming agents).
Preferred components for the active substance constituent are fruit
concentrate as a sugar donor and plasticiser (structure-forming
agent and flavour-improving agent), raw molasses as a sugar donor
and nitrogen donor (plasticiser, aminoacid donor and colouring
agent), caramel as a sugar donor (colouring agent) and malt extract
as a nitrogen donor and sugar donor (plasticiser and colouring
agent). The fruit concentrate consists of the fruit residues which
arise in the manufacture of fruit juice.
Preferred components for the nitrogen donor constituent are
potassium nitrate (which improves the burning characteristics),
divanillylideneurea and diammonium hydrogen phosphate.
Examples of usable components for the nitrogen donor constituent
are glycine, vanillylideneurea, betaine, ammonia and other ammonium
compounds.
Preferred components for the structure-forming constituent are raw
pectin and NaCMC.
Examples of usable components for the structure-forming constituent
are pectin, methylcellulose and other cellulose derivatives, as
well as cellulose fibres.
Preferred plasticiser components for the special active substance
constituent are glycerine and diethylene glycol.
Examples of usable plasticiser components for the special active
substance constituent are 70 per cent strength sorbitol and
mixtures of sorbitol and glycerine.
Preferred flavour-improving or aroma-favouring components for the
special active substance constituent are paraffinurea,
vanillylideneurea, divanillylideneurea (nitrogen donors), tartaric
acid, liquid paraffin and Flavor (sic).
An example of a usable flavour-improving and aroma-favouring
component for the special active substance constituent is the
residue containing caffeine as obtained in the manufacture of
caffeine-free soluble coffee powder (nitrogen donor and aminoacid
donor).
Preferred components which improve the burning characteristics, for
the special active substance constituent, are magnesium formate,
potassium nitrate (nitrogen donor) and calcium carbonate
(filler).
Preferred dyestuff components for the special active substance
constituent are natural tobacco extract, active charcoal, caramel
and coffee grounds.
The tobacco employed is natural tobacco in the fermented or
otherwise pretreated or raw state. Preferably, the natural tobacco
wastes are especially tobacco wastes such as arise in the
manufacture of tobacco products.
EXAMPLE 1
2,000 grams of wheat chaff, 2,000 grams of oat chaff, 500 grams of
coconut shells and 500 grams of cocoa bean shells and 3,000 grams
of tobacco are ground dry and suspended in 33 liters of water, and
the suspension is ground wet at a temperature between 45 and
55.degree. centigrade.
600 grams of magnesium formate, 150 grams of tartaric acid, 300
grams of potassium nitrate, 690 grams of urea, 300 grams of
diammonium hydrogen phosphate and 7.5 grams of vanillin, in powder
form, are stirred into 30 litres of water until all has dissolved.
450 grams of asbestos, 600 grams of calcium carbonate, 300 grams of
liquid paraffin, 1,125 grams of NaCMC and 50 grams of pectin are
stirred into this solution, whilst stirring vigorously (sic). The
solution is stirred vigorously for about 5 minutes and is then left
to stand for 30 minutes, being stirred briefly every 5 minutes.
Thereafter 75 grams of glyoxal are poured in whilst stirring.
The abovementioned suspension is then stirred into the solution
thus produced and a paste forms, into which 1,350 grams of
glycerine, 150 grams of diethylene glycol, 1,000 grams of fruit
concentrate, 600 grams of raw molasses, 100 grams of caramel and
150 grams of malt extract are then stirred.
The paste is spread on a continuous belt and consolidated by drying
to give a sheet.
According to this example, approx. 20 parts by dry weight of active
substance constituent, approx. 26 parts by dry weight of nitrogen
donor constituent, approx. 30 parts by dry weight of
structure-forming constituent and approx. 60 parts by dry weight of
special active substance constituent are present per 100 parts by
dry weight of filler constituent amongst the tobacco substitute
constituents that is to say leaving out of account the tobacco
employed.
EXAMPLE 2
1,000 grams of wheat bran, 1,000 grams of wheat straw, 1,000 grams
of rice chaff, 1,000 grams of oat straw, 500 grams of coconut
shells with fibres and 500 grams of cocoa bean shells and 40,000
grams of tobacco are ground dry and suspended in 110 litres of
water, and the suspension is ground wet at a maximum temperature of
60.degree. centigrade.
The following components are introduced into the suspension thus
produced: 500 grams of magnesium formate, 300 grams of tartaric
acid, 100 grams of potassium nitrate, 500 grams of urea, 400 grams
of diammonium hydrogen phosphate, 7.5 grams of vanillin, 450 grams
of asbestos, 400 grams of calcium carbonate, 450 grams of liquid
paraffin, 900 grams of NaCMC, 200 grams of raw pectin, 150 grams of
glyoxal, 800 grams of glycerine, 650 grams of diethylene glycol,
850 grams of fruit concentrate, 1,000 grams of raw molasses, 100
grams of active charcoal, 200 grams of malt extract and 50 grams of
coffee bean residue, and the mixture is then kneaded in a roll mill
to give a homogeneous paste which is then shaped by milling to give
a sheet which is consolidated by drying.
According to this example approx. 24 parts by dry weight of active
substance constituent, approx. 20 parts by dry weight of nitrogen
donor constituent, approx. 30 parts by dry weight of
structure-forming constituent and approx. 62 parts by dry weight of
special active substance constituent are present per 100 parts by
dry weight of filler constituent amongst the tobacco substitute
constituents that is to say leaving out of account the tobacco
employed.
EXAMPLE 3
As in Example 2, with the sole difference that instead of the 1,000
grams of wheat bran and 1,000 grams of wheat straw, 2,000 grams of
maize straw are employed.
Example 4
As in Example 1, with the sole difference that instead of the 500
grams of cocoa bean shells and 500 grams of coconut shells, 500
grams of groundnut shells and 500 grams of walnut shells are
employed.
EXAMPLE 5
As in Example 1, with the sole difference that instead of the 3,000
grams of tobacco, 10,000 grams of tobacco are employed and instead
of the 33 liters of water, 40 liters of water are employed for the
suspension.
EXAMPLE 6
As in Example 1, with the sole difference that the 3,000 grams of
tobacco are not suspended at the same time but are kneaded as a dry
powder into the homogenised paste which already contains all the
remaining constituents.
EXAMPLE 7
As in Example 1, with the sole difference that the 3,000 grams of
tobacco are not suspended at the same time but are mixed with 8
liters of water and are separately mixed into the homogenised paste
which already contains all the remaining constituents.
EXAMPLE 8
4,250 grams of wheat chaff, 500 grams of coconut shells, 250 grams
of cocoa bean shells and 3,000 grams of tobacco are ground dry and
suspended in 28 liters of water, and the suspension is ground wet
at a temperature between 45 and 55.degree. centigrade.
600 grams of magnesium formate, 50 grams of tartaric acid, 300
grams of potassium nitrate, 1,000 grams of paraffinurea, 300 grams
of diammonium hydrogen phosphate and 10 grams of vanillylideneurea
are stirred into 30 litres of water until all has dissolved. 1,500
grams of NaCMC are stirred into this solution with vigorous
stirring. The solution is stirred vigorously for approx. 5 minutes
and is then left to stand for 30 minutes, being briefly stirred
every 5 minutes.
The abovementioned suspension is then stirred into the solution
thus produced, and a paste is formed in which 1,400 grams of
glycerine, 150 grams of diethylene glycol, 1,050 grams of fruit
concentrate, 600 grams of raw molasses and 105 grams of malt
extract are then stirred.
The paste is consolidated by drying to give a tobacco substitute
sheet.
According to this example, approx. 18 parts by dry weight of active
substance constituent, approx. 12 parts by dry weight of nitrogen
donor constituent, approx. 30 parts by dry weight of
structure-forming constituent and approx. 51 parts by dry weight of
special active substance constituent are present per 100 parts by
dry weight of filler constituent amongst the tobacco substitute
constituents, that is to say leaving out of account the tobacco
employed.
EXAMPLE 9
2,500 grams of rice chaff and 2,500 grams of coffee bean shells and
5,000 grams of tobacco are ground dry and suspended in 25 liters of
water, and the suspension is ground wet at a temperature between 45
and 55.degree. centigrade.
600 grams of magnesium formate, 50 grams of tartaric acid, 300
grams of potassium nitrate, 1,000 grams of paraffinurea, 300 grams
of diammonium hydrogen phosphate, 10 grams of vanillylideneurea,
1,500 grams of NaCMC, 1,400 grams of glycerine, 150 grams of
diethylene glycol, 1,050 grams of fruit concentrate, 600 grams of
raw molasses and 105 grams of malt extract are stirred into this
suspension.
The mixture thus produced is then kneaded in a roll mill to give a
homogeneous paste which is then shaped by milling to give a sheet
which is consolidated by drying.
According to this example, approx. 18 parts by dry weight of active
substance constituent, approx. 12 parts by dry weight of nitrogen
donor constituent, approx. 30 parts by dry weight of
structure-forming constituent and approx. 51 parts by dry weight of
special active substance constituent are present per 100 parts by
dry weight of filler constituent amongst the tobacco substitute
constituents, that is to say leaving out of account the tobacco
employed.
EXAMPLE 10
As in Example 9, with the sole difference that 5,000 grams of rice
chaff are employed instead of the 2,500 grams of rice chaff and
2,500 grams of coffee bean shells.
All weights quoted in the examples relate to the paste constituents
with their natural water content or content of water of
crystallisation.
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