Composition For Herbal Moist Snuff

Abstract

A present invention and process for preparing an herbal moist snuff product, including the essential herbal component citrus fiber. Citrus fiber, when shredded, boiled, and dried has the ability to absorb moisture components similar to genuine snuff tobacco, however, the dangerous components of genuine snuff tobacco, such as nicotine, cadmium, benzopyrene, etc., are nonexistent in the present invention. When absorbed by its liquid casing, the dried citrus fiber carries all the organoleptic qualities, without the harmful chemicals, of a genuine snuff tobacco.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A composition for use as an herbal moist snuff tobacco substitute with the composition comprising: an herbal component comprising entirely of citrus fiber; and wherein a liquid casing component serving as a binder and comprising of distilled water, caramel color, glycerin, propylene glycol, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, cayenne pepper, and caffeine anhydrous is included. 
     
     
         2 . The herbal component of  claim 1  is obtained'by undertaking the following process: Any whole citrus fruit's fiber—orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, or hybrid thereof—is shredded to 20-40 mesh screen size; wherein the shredded fiber is boiled for 15 minutes to remove all undesired organoleptic citrus fruit qualities; wherein the boiling process is repeated to remove any remaining undesired citrus fruit organoleptic qualities; and the herbal component—citrus fiber—is dehydrated to a moisture content of 0 percent. 
     
     
         3 . The liquid component of  claim 1  is obtained by combining the following components: distilled water included in an amount of 48 percent total weight of the composition, caramel color included in an amount of 18.4 percent total weight of the composition, glycerin included in an amount of 4 percent total weight of the composition, propylene glycol included in an amount of 2.4 percent total weight of the composition, sodium chloride included in an amount of 3 percent total weight of the composition, cayenne pepper included in an amount of 1.6 percent total weight of the composition, caffeine anhydrous included in an amount of 1.6 percent total weight of the composition, and sodium bicarbonate included in an amount of 1 percent total weight of the composition. 
     
     
         4 . A method of producing an herbal moist snuff composition comprising the steps of: shredding citrus fiber to NBS mesh size between 20 and 40; twice boiling the citrus fiber in water to remove all undesirable citrus fruit organoleptic qualities; dehydrating the shredded and boiled citrus fiber to a moisture content to 0 percent, such that the strands of the citrus fiber are vacated of moisture; providing an herbal component having the citrus fiber as the essential ingredient; providing a liquid casing component comprising: distilled water comprising 48 percent total weight of the composition, caramel color comprising 18.4 percent total weight of the composition, glycerin comprising 4 percent total weight of the composition, sodium chloride comprising 3 percent total weight of the composition, propylene glycol comprising 2.4 percent total weight of the composition, cayenne pepper comprising 1.6 percent total weight of the composition, caffeine anhydrous comprising 1.6 percent total weight of the composition and sodium bicarbonate comprising 1 percent total weight of the composition; combining the liquid casing component into the strands of the citrus fiber; wherein the citrus fiber is present as 100 percent total weight of the herbal component; and wherein the citrus fiber moisture content and particle size produce a moist herbal snuff composition having organoleptic qualities comparable to the organoleptic qualities of a genuine moist snuff tobacco composition. 
     
     
         5 . The herbal moist snuff composition of  claim 1  further void of caffeine anhydrous, wherein said omitted caffeine anhydrous is replaced by additional sodium bicarbonate. 
     
     
         6 . The herbal moist snuff composition of  claim 1  further comprising of liquid nicotine, wherein said liquid nicotine is included in the composition as part of a nicotine cessation program in which the nicotine content included in the composition diminishes over a predetermined set period of time so that the nicotine cessation program begins with a nicotine content similar to genuine moist snuff tobacco compositions and finishes with the herbal composition of  claim 1 .