US 11,918,027 B2
Smokeless tobacco product comprising effervescent composition
John-Paul Mua, Advance, NC (US); and Eric Taylor Hunt, Pfafftown, NC (US)
Assigned to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/114,032.
Application 17/114,032 is a continuation of application No. 13/325,765, filed on Dec. 14, 2011, granted, now 10,881,132.
Prior Publication US 2021/0112848 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A24B 15/18 (2006.01); A24B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A24B 15/18 (2013.01) [A24B 13/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A composition adapted for introduction into the oral cavity of a user, comprising:
(a) a material derived from an herbal or botanical source;
(b) an effervescent material capable of causing effervescence in the oral cavity upon dissolution of the composition in the oral cavity, the effervescent material comprising a gasified sugar alcohol material comprising entrapped water vapor and at least one sugar alcohol, the gasified sugar alcohol material being present in an amount from about 10 to about 50 dry weight percent of the composition;
(c) at least one filler present in an amount of about 5 to about 60 dry weight percent of the composition; and
(d) a lipid in an amount of at least about 7 dry weight percent of the composition,
wherein the gasified sugar alcohol material is formed in situ by mixing a water source with a molten composition comprising the material derived from the herbal or botanical source and the at least one sugar alcohol.