PROCESS FOR OBTAINING DEPROTEINIZED TOBACCO FREED OF NICOTINE AND GREEN PIGMENT, FOR USE AS A SMOKING PRODUCT

摘要

ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTIONDescribed herein is a process for obtaining a smoking product fromtobacco leaves. The leaves, or leaves and stalk together when immature plantsare used in the process, are ground or otherwise pulverized to liberate theliquid portion of the leaves from the plant material. The liquid portion ofthe leaves is treated to remove water-soluble proteins and nicotine and thesolid portion of the leaves is treated to remove water and insoluble proteinmaterial, nicotine and green pigment material. The residues obtained afterseparation of the water-soluble and insoluble protein, nicotine and greenpigment material are recombined to yield a processed tobacco which is suitablefor use in cigarettes as a tobacco filler or other products of tobacco manu-facture.