Moist snuff non-tobacco composition and a method for producing thereof

Abstract

A method for the production of a moist snuff non-tobacco composition, and a composition obtainable from the method are disclosed.

1 . A non-tobacco moist snuff composition comprising:
 a water content of from 30 to 50% per weight of said composition;   plant fibers selected from the group consisting of maize fibers, oat fibers, tomato fibers, barley fibers, molasses fibers, rye fibers, sugar beet fibers, buckwheat fibers, potato fibers, cellulose fibers, apple fibers, cocoa fibers, and combinations thereof;   one or more humectants;   NaCl; and   optionally other ingredients.   
     
     
         2 . The non-tobacco moist snuff composition according to  claim 1 , wherein the plant fibers are oat fibers. 
     
     
         3 . The non-tobacco moist snuff composition according to  claim 1 , wherein the plant fibers are cocoa fibers. 
     
     
         4 . The non-tobacco moist snuff composition according to  claim 1 , wherein the plant fibers comprise cocoa fibers and oat fibers. 
     
     
         5 . The non-tobacco moist snuff composition according to  claim 1 , further comprising at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of caffeine, red clover, Echinacea, Green tea extract, Maca, Mate, Matcha, Roiboos, ginger, rose hips, white clover, sweet clover, ginseng, guarana, arctic root, rosemary, buckthorn, bilberry, cranberry, lingon berry, anise, clove, gum tragacanth, gum arabic, gum acacia, gum karaya, locust bean gum, and xanthan gum. 
     
     
         6 . The non-tobacco moist snuff composition according to  claim 5 , wherein the at least one ingredient is caffeine, guarana and/or ginseng. 
     
     
         7 . The non-tobacco moist snuff composition according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 one or more salts other than NaCl;   dyes;   flavours; and   flavour additives.   
     
     
         8 . The non-tobacco moist snuff composition according to  claim 7 , wherein the flavour additive is selected from the group consisting of extracts from fruits, extracts from leaves, extracts from berries, extracts from vegetables, extracts from barks and extracts from herbs and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The non-tobacco moist snuff composition according to  claim 7 , wherein the other salt is carbonate or ammonium chloride. 
     
     
         10 . The non-tobacco moist snuff composition according to  claim 1 , wherein the humectant is glycerol or propylene glycol or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The non-tobacco moist snuff composition according  claim 1 , wherein said composition is packed in a form of a pouch. 
     
     
         12 . A method of manufacturing the non-tobacco moist snuff composition  claim 1 , comprising:
 a) providing the plant fibers, optionally preceded by grinding or cutting and/or sieving of raw material for providing said plant fibers;   b) processing the plant fibers provided in step a), preceded by mixing, if more than one type of plant fibers is used or if fibers with different size distribution are used, said processing comprising
 i) adding water to obtain water content from 30 to 50% per weight, the one or more humectants, and the NaCl to the plant fibers under stirring to form a mixture, and 
 ii) heating and keeping the mixture heated to pasteurise the mixture, 
 iii) cooling the moist snuff mixture, and optionally adding other ingredients selected from the group consisting of salts other than NaCl, humectants other than said one or more humectants, dyes, flavours, flavour additives and combinations thereof; and 
   c) and optionally packing, either in pouches or in cans.   
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the plant fibers are oat fibers. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the plant fibers are cocoa fibers. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the plant fibers comprise oat fibers and cocoa fibers. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the plant fibers in step a) are provided in flour form. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the flavour additive in step b) iii) at least one of liquorice and ammonium chloride. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the composition is packed in pouches.