Tobacco humectant and method of application thereof

Abstract

The invention discloses a tobacco humectant, which is an aqueous solution of pyrrolidone carboxylate. PCA is the abbreviation of the English full name Pyrrolidine Carboxylic Acid of pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, or claims pyroglutamic acid, is the cyclic amino acid that glutamic acid dehydration obtains, and the tobacco humectant of the present invention adopts natural raw material rolidone carboxylic acid salt A "bionic moisturizer" with a composition close to the natural moisturizing factor of the human body has been prepared, which is non-toxic, non-irritating, and non-sensitizing. Compared with propylene glycol, it not only has superior moisturizing performance, but also is more conducive to the smoking safety of tobacco.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to additives used in the tobacco industry, in particular to a humectant used for moisturizing tobacco leaves. Background technique [0002] In the cigarette manufacturing process, in order to reduce the crushing during processing, it is usually necessary to add a humectant with a moisturizing effect to improve the physical properties of the tobacco and enhance the processing resistance of the tobacco. Adding humectants to tobacco leaves (blades) and cut tobacco can increase the softness of tobacco leaves (leaves) and shredded tobacco, reduce roughness and loss during processing, improve the physical properties of cut tobacco, increase toughness, and maintain moisture, which is not only beneficial The fragrance of the product is transparent, which plays a very important role in the smoking and quality of tobacco, and the experiment shows that due to the reduction of rough shredded tobacco and the increase of whole shred rate, the f...

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