US 11,717,017 B2
Flavoured moist oral pouched nicotine product comprising triglyceride
Thord Hassler, Helsingborg (SE); Mårten Kindvall, Gothenburg (SE); Lars Jonsson, Floda (SE); and Jenny Kannisto, Hisings Backa (SE)
Assigned to SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 16/605,640
Filed by Swedish Match North Europe AB, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 24, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/060419
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 16, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/197454, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 20170683 (NO), filed on Apr. 24, 2017; and application No. 1750488-7 (SE), filed on Apr. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0128870 A1, Apr. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. A24B 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/16 (2020.01); A24B 15/42 (2006.01)
CPC A24B 13/00 (2013.01) [A24B 15/16 (2013.01); A24B 15/42 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral pouched nicotine product comprising a moist filling material and a saliva-permeable pouch comprised of a packaging material enclosing the moist filling material, the moist filling material comprising:
a particulate non-tobacco material having an average particle size of from about 50 to 500 μm;
a non-encapsulated flavouring agent;
a nicotine source;
a pH adjusting agent;
microcrystalline cellulose (MCC);
and
a triglyceride within the range of from 0.5 wt % to 20 wt %, based on the total weight of the moist filling material, wherein:
the triglyceride and the non-encapsulated flavouring agent are separate components in the moist filling material,
the non-encapsulated flavouring agent, the triglyceride, the MCC, the pH adjusting agent, and the nicotine source are in direct contact with one another in the moist filling material, and
the non-encapsulated flavouring agent, the triglyceride, the MCC, the pH adjusting agent, and the nicotine source are provided in a uniform mixture in the oral pouched nicotine product; and
wherein the moist filling material:
is free from tobacco material, and
has a moisture content within the range of from 10 wt % to 60 wt % based on the total weight of the moist filling material.