The invention discloses the preparation of a compound
polysaccharide humectant and application of the compound
polysaccharide humectant to cigarettes. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: (1) crushing compound Chinese medicines such as
Adenophora elata, dwarf lilyturf tuber, and
platycodon grandiflorus, adding water, slightly boiling, performing
reflux extraction, mixing extracting solution, and filtering; (2) adding protamex and high-temperature
amylase into the extracting solution, and performing enzymolysis; (3) absorbing naturally cooled enzymolysis extracting solution by using a
macroporous resin column, and collecting flow-through liquid; (4) concentrating the flow-through liquid in a
rotary evaporator until the
moisture is not evaporated to obtain the
polysaccharide humectant; and (5) dissolving the polysaccharide humectant in water and adding into
cut tobacco, wherein the humidification effect of cigarettes is remarkably improved, and the dry
sensation of the cigarettes is reduced and the sweet degree of the cigarettes is strengthened when the cigarettes are smoked. The invention has the outstanding advantages that: the compound polysaccharide humectant can improve the aesthetic quality of the cigarettes, reduce the dry
sensation of
smoke, improve the sweet degree and comfort degree, and has remarkable effects of promoting the
secretion of
saliva or
body fluid and humidifying; and the application of the technology cannot change the conventional cigarette
processing technology, and the technology has actual application value.