Smokeless tobacco pastille
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1. A pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user, the pastille comprising:
- (i) a nicotinic compound present in an amount of about 0.1 to about 3 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille;
(ii) at least one natural gum binder present in an amount of at least about 30 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille; and
(iii) a plurality of sugar alcohols present in a total amount of about 40 to about 54 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille, wherein the plurality of sugar alcohols comprises isomalt and one or more sugar alcohols selected from the group consisting of erythritol, arabitol, ribitol, polyglycitol, maltitol, dulcitol, iditol, mannitol, xylitol, lactitol, sorbitol, wherein isomalt is the predominant component of the plurality of sugar alcohols and is present in an amount of at least about 80% of the total dry weight of the plurality of sugar alcohols,wherein the shape of the smokeless tobacco pastille is moldable in the oral cavity.
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A smokeless tobacco pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco pastille can include (i) a tobacco material present in an amount of less than about 40 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille; (ii) at least one natural gum binder present in an amount of at least about 25 dry weight percent; and (iii) a plurality of sugar alcohols present in a total amount of at least about 40 dry weight percent, the predominant component of the plurality of sugar alcohols being isomalt or erythritol, wherein the shape of the smokeless tobacco pastille is moldable in the oral cavity.
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1. A pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user, the pastille comprising:
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(i) a nicotinic compound present in an amount of about 0.1 to about 3 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille; (ii) at least one natural gum binder present in an amount of at least about 30 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille; and (iii) a plurality of sugar alcohols present in a total amount of about 40 to about 54 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille, wherein the plurality of sugar alcohols comprises isomalt and one or more sugar alcohols selected from the group consisting of erythritol, arabitol, ribitol, polyglycitol, maltitol, dulcitol, iditol, mannitol, xylitol, lactitol, sorbitol, wherein isomalt is the predominant component of the plurality of sugar alcohols and is present in an amount of at least about 80% of the total dry weight of the plurality of sugar alcohols, wherein the shape of the smokeless tobacco pastille is moldable in the oral cavity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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