Nicotine Pouch Product Container, and a Method of Consuming Nicotine Pouch Products Therein

Abstract

A nicotine product, and more particularly a nicotine pouch product container, a method of consuming a nicotine pouch product, and nicotine pouches and an oral product comprised in the nicotine pouch product container are provided. The nicotine pouch product container includes a plurality of nicotine pouches for nicotine oral delivery having a pH ranging from 7.5 to 11; and at least one oral product including a buffer component.

1 . A nicotine pouch product container, comprising:
 a plurality of nicotine pouches for nicotine oral delivery having a pH ranging from 7.5 to 11; and   at least one oral product comprising a buffer component,   wherein the plurality of nicotine pouches has a pH distribution comprising a low pH side of the pH distribution and a high pH side of the pH distribution, and   wherein the buffer component in the at least one oral product is in a quantity sufficient to reduce increased pH arising in an oral cavity of a user as a consequence of using a nicotine pouch selected from the plurality of nicotine pouches having a pH in the high pH side of the pH distribution.   
     
     
         2 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the high pH side of the pH distribution of the plurality of nicotine pouches comprises nicotine pouches having a pH ranging from 9 to 11, wherein the high pH side of the pH distribution of the plurality of nicotine pouches represent at most 35% of a total pH distribution of the plurality of nicotine pouches. 
     
     
         3 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the high pH side of the pH distribution of the plurality of nicotine pouches comprises nicotine pouches having a pH ranging from 9 to 11, wherein the high pH side of the pH distribution of the plurality of nicotine pouches represent at most 5% of a total pH distribution of the plurality of nicotine pouches. 
     
     
         4 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the buffer component in the at least one oral product is in an amount sufficient to reduce increased pH of an oral cavity of a user to a pH ranging from 6 to 8 as a consequence of using a nicotine pouch selected from the plurality of nicotine pouches having a pH ranging from 9 to 11. 
     
     
         5 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the buffer component in the at least one oral product is in an amount sufficient to reduce increased pH of an oral cavity of a user to a pH ranging from 6.5 to 7.5 as a consequence of using a nicotine pouch selected from the plurality of nicotine pouches having a pH ranging from 9 to 11. 
     
     
         6 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one oral product is in a solid form. 
     
     
         7 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the oral product is a patch, a chewing-gum, a capsule, or a crash-ball. 
     
     
         8 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one oral product is arranged separately from the plurality of nicotine pouches. 
     
     
         9 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 8 , wherein the at least one oral product comprising the buffer component substantially does not comprise nicotine. 
     
     
         10 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of nicotine pouches has an outer surface with a first indication and the at least one oral product comprising the buffer component has an outer surface with a second indication, wherein the first indication is different from the second indication. 
     
     
         11 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 10 , wherein each of the first indication and the second indication comprises a color, a printed pattern, and/or an embossing pattern. 
     
     
         12 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 8 , comprising a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein the plurality of nicotine pouches are arranged in the first chamber and the at least one oral product comprising the buffer component is contained in the second chamber. 
     
     
         13 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one oral product comprising the buffer component is arranged in the plurality of nicotine pouches. 
     
     
         14 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the buffer component consists of or comprises at least one of an acidic component, a mix of different acid components, or a mix of acid and basic components. 
     
     
         15 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the buffer component consists of or comprises an acidic component, and the acidic component is an organic acid. 
     
     
         16 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the buffer component consists of or comprises an acidic component, and wherein the at least one oral product comprises 2-10 wt. % citric acid. 
     
     
         17 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the buffer component consists of or comprises an acidic component, and wherein the acidic component is in powder form and/or in liquid form. 
     
     
         18 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 17 , wherein the acidic component is in liquid form and is comprised in a capsule or in a crash-ball. 
     
     
         19 . The nicotine pouch product container according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one oral product comprising the buffer component comprises a flavoring agent. 
     
     
         20 . A method of consuming a nicotine pouch product, comprising the steps of:
 consuming a nicotine pouch having a pH ranging from 9 to 11 from a plurality of nicotine pouches for nicotine oral delivery,   consuming an oral product comprising a buffer component with a quantity sufficient to reduce increased pH arising in an oral cavity of a user as a consequence of consuming the nicotine pouch having a pH ranging from 9 to 11.