Method of manufacturing tobacco raw material and oral tobacco product

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PATENT NO 10405570
APP PUB NO 20170172199A1
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15447921

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Provided is a method of manufacturing a tobacco raw material in which the green color of the tobacco raw material is maintained and a browning-involved enzyme included in tobacco leaves is deactivated. Specifically, a method of manufacturing a tobacco raw material is provided that includes a step for heating a tobacco leaf material, which has an a* value of 1.0 or less, the a* value being expressed by the L*a*b* method, and which has a moisture content of 8 wt % or less, at a temperature of 75° C. or higher and under a humidity-controlled environment so that the a* value is 1.0 or less and the content of the browning-involved enzyme is 0.1 U/g or less.

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JAPAN TOBACCO INCTOKYO 105-6927

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Chida, Hiroyuki Tokyo, JP 7 20
Kobayashi, Kei Tokyo, JP 117 699
Mori, Kazuo Tokyo, JP 52 829
Nagai, Atsushi Tokyo, JP 32 210
Otaki, Hiroshi Tokyo, JP 5 28

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