Reconstituted tobacco composition and process for manufacturing same
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1. In an aqueous slurry composition for the preparation of a reconstituted tobacco material comprising particulate tobacco and an adhesive agent therefor the improvement which comprises employing as said adhesive agent a sufficient amount of tamarind gum to render said composition formable into continuous coherent integral shaped structures at a solids level of at least 12 by weight.
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Reconstituted tobacco compositions comprising tamarind gum as an adhesive agent, and processes for preparing reconstituted tobacco at high solids levels with controlled viscosity.
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1. In an aqueous slurry composition for the preparation of a reconstituted tobacco material comprising particulate tobacco and an adhesive agent therefor the improvement which comprises employing as said adhesive agent a sufficient amount of tamarind gum to render said composition formable into continuous coherent integral shaped structures at a solids level of at least 12 by weight.
- 2. A continuous coherent integral shaped structure comprising a multiplicity of discrete tobacco particles bonded at a plurality of points with an adhesive agent comprising tamarind gum.
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6. A process for forming a reconstituted tobacco composition into a coherent integral shaped structure comprising dispersing a tobacco-containing composition in an aqueous slurry to a solids level of at least about 12 percent by weight with from about 2 to about 15 percent by weight tamarind gum, casting said slurry as a continuous sheet upon a supporting surface, and drying.
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