A product comprising a permeable container and a dried extract from a plant material and uses thereof

Abstract

The invention relates to a product comprising a permeable container holding a flavour- and/or active-delivering composition comprising a dried extract from a flavour- and/or active-containing plant material. The products may be used to generate an aerosol or may be for oral use. The invention also relates to delivery systems comprising the products, and to methods of providing the products.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A product comprising a permeable container holding a flavour- and/or active-delivering composition comprising a dried extract from a flavour- and/or active-containing plant material. 
     
     
         2 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition consists of a dried extract from a flavour- and/or active-containing plant material. 
     
     
         3 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the container is a wrapper, bag, pouch, pod, capsule or cartridge. 
     
     
         4 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition is formed by drying a precursor composition comprising the extract from a flavour- and/or active-containing plant material. 
     
     
         5 . A product as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition and/or the precursor composition comprises an aerosol-former material. 
     
     
         6 . A product as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the aerosol-former material is glycerol. 
     
     
         7 . A product as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the precursor material is dried to a moisture content of from 0 to about 5% (calculated on a wet weight basis). 
     
     
         8 . A product as claimed in  claim 4 , the precursor material comprising from about 10 to about 95% by weight extract from a flavour- or active-containing plant material. 
     
     
         9 . A product as claimed in  claim 4 , the precursor material comprising from about 1 to about 36 wt % aerosol-former material. 
     
     
         10 . A product as claimed in  claim 4 , the precursor material comprising from 0 to about 40% by weight of an excipient. 
     
     
         11 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition comprising from about 45 to about 99% by weight dried extract from the flavour- or active-containing plant material. 
     
     
         12 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition comprising from about 1 to about 34% by weight of an aerosol-former material. 
     
     
         13 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition comprising from 0 to about 25% by weight of an excipient. 
     
     
         14 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the plant material is selected from the group consisting of tobacco,  eucalyptus , star anise, cocoa and hemp. 
     
     
         15 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the extract from a flavour- or active-containing plant material is an aqueous extract. 
     
     
         16 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the extract from a flavour- or active-containing plant material is an aqueous tobacco extract. 
     
     
         17 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition comprising from about 40 to about 99% by weight tobacco solids. 
     
     
         18 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition is in the form of one or more selected from the group consisting of discrete particles, agglomerates or tablets. 
     
     
         19 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , for use in an aerosol provision system. 
     
     
         20 . A product as claimed in  claim 1 , for use in an aerosol-free delivery system or for use as an aerosol-free delivery system. 
     
     
         21 . A product as claimed in  claim 20 , for oral use. 
     
     
         22 . A non-combustible aerosol-provision system comprising a product as claimed in  claim 1 , and a non-combustible aerosol provision device. 
     
     
         23 . A non-combustible aerosol-provision system as claimed in  claim 22 , wherein the system is configured to heat the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition to form a vapour and/or aerosol. 
     
     
         24 . A non-combustible aerosol-provision system as claimed in  claim 22 , further comprising a further aerosol-generating material which is to be heated to form an aerosol and/or vapour, optionally wherein the further aerosol-generating material is a liquid. 
     
     
         25 . A non-combustible aerosol-provision system as claimed in  claim 24 , wherein the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition is heated by the aerosol and/or vapour generated from the further aerosol-generating material. 
     
     
         26 . A non-combustible aerosol-provision system as claimed in  claim 24 , including a means for heating the further aerosol-generating material to form a vapour, but not including a separate means for heating the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition. 
     
     
         27 . An aerosol-generating device comprising an area for receiving one or more products as claimed in  claim 1 , and configured to heat the one or more products in the area. 
     
     
         28 . An aerosol-generating device as claimed in  claim 27 , wherein the area is configured to be opened to allow the user to insert the product and then close the area to retain the product. 
     
     
         29 . An aerosol-generating device as claimed in  claim 27 , comprising a means for holding or gripping the product located within the area of the device. 
     
     
         30 . An aerosol-generating device as claimed in  claim 27 , wherein the area is surrounded by a heat source. 
     
     
         31 . An aerosol-generating device as claimed in  claim 27 , wherein heat from a remote source within the device may be transferred to the product within the area. 
     
     
         32 . A method for providing a product as claimed in  claim 1 , comprising:
 drying a precursor material comprising an extract from a flavour- and/or active-containing plant material; and   placing the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition in a container.   
     
     
         33 . A method as claimed in  claim 32 , wherein the precursor material is dried by spray-drying or freeze-drying. 
     
     
         34 . A method for providing a product as claimed in  claim 1 , comprising:
 placing a precursor material comprising an extract from a flavour- and/or active-containing plant material in a container; and   drying the precursor material in the container to form the flavour- and/or active-delivering composition in a container.   
     
     
         35 . A method as claimed in  claim 32 , wherein the precursor material is frozen prior to being dried.