TOBACCO STEM MATERIAL

摘要

Novel shredded tobacco stem material having a much lower burn rate than other stem material and other beneficial properties and useful in the formation of cigarettes is disclosed. This product may be formed by a procedure which involves an initial thorough soaking of the stem material to a relatively high moisture level and mechanical fiberizing of the soaked material in a disc refiner at atmospheric pressure and preferably at ambient temperatures. The resulting shredded stem material in fibrous form is dried to the desired moisture level.