Pouch-Shaped Heat-Not-Burn Consumable

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pouch-shaped heat-not-burn consumable.

1 . A heat-not-burn consumable comprising:
 a pouch made of paper with an inner volume,   a reconstituted plant sheet contained in the inner volume of the pouch, wherein the reconstituted plant sheet comprises:   one or more fibrous supports, each fibrous support comprising plant fibers,   a plant extract, and   an aerosol-generating agent.   
     
     
         2 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the mass of the reconstituted plant sheet to the inner volume of the pouch is comprised of from 0.30 g·cm −3  to 1.5 g·cm −3 . 
     
     
         3 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the pouch has two sealed ends and a third seal connecting the two sealed ends. 
     
     
         4 . The consumable according to  claim 3 , wherein at least one of the two sealed ends is a glued seal, a knurled seal or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The consumable according to  claim 4 , wherein the glue of the glued seal is selected from a starch-based glue, a dextrin-based glue, a casein-based glue, a cellulose-based glue, an animal glue, a latex glue, acrylics, a dispersion of polyurethane, an ethylene vinyl acetate-based glue, a polyvinyl acetate-based glue, a polyvinyl alcohol-based glue and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the paper of the pouch is cigarette paper, tobacco wrapper, porous plug wrapper or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the total content by weight of solids of aerosol-generating agent is of from 10% to 30%. 
     
     
         8 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the total content by weight of solids of the plant extract is of from 30% to 70%. 
     
     
         9 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the aerosol-generating agent is chosen from sorbitol, glycerol, propylene glycol, triethylene glycol, erythritol, propanediol, lactic acid, benzyl benzoate, glyceryl diacetate, glyceryl triacetate, triethyl citrate, isopropyl myristate, and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         10 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the plant of the reconstituted plant sheet is the tobacco plant. 
     
     
         11 . The consumable according to  claim 1 , wherein the density of the reconstituted plant sheet is of from 1.5 g/cm 3  to 0.60 g/cm 3  or is lower than 0.60 g/cm 3 . 
     
     
         12 . A method for manufacturing a consumable as defined in  claim 1  comprising the following steps:
 a) providing a tube made of paper wrapping a reconstituted plant sheet between two open ends thereof, and 
 b) sealing the two open ends of the tube to manufacture the consumable. 
 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the reconstituted plant sheet is manufactured according to the following steps:
 c1) passing plant fibers through a papermaking machine so as to produce a fibrous support,   c2) bringing a plant extract into contact on the fibrous support, and contacting at least two fibrous supports when the reconstituted plant sheet comprises more than one fibrous supports, to obtain a wet reconstituted plant sheet, and   c3) drying the wet reconstituted plant sheet to produce the reconstituted plant sheet,   
       wherein an aerosol-generating agent is incorporated during step c2) and/or between steps c2) and c3). 
     
     
         14 . Non-therapeutic use of a consumable as defined in  claim 1  in a device for heating tobacco without burning it. 
     
     
         15 . Consumable as defined in  claim 1  for use thereof in a heating device for therapeutic purposes, the plant being chosen from medicinal plants.