TOBACCO PRODUCT CONTAINING PURIFIED NATURAL (L)-MENTHOL

摘要

[Problem] To provide a tobacco product characterized by containing a natural (L)-menthol purified product that eliminates unpleasant tastes and combines a cool sensation and a mint-like aroma. [Solution] A tobacco product characterized by containing a natural (L)-menthol purified product that combines a cool sensation and a mint-like aroma and that has a color saturation of 1 or below as measured by the method of (1)—(3) below. (1) A step for vacuum distilling the purified natural (L)-menthol purified product while the purified product is in a heat-melted state and obtaining a vacuum distillation residue. (2) A step for adding ethanol to the vacuum distillation residue obtained in step (1) and obtaining an ethanol solution. (3) A step for making a color difference measurement sample of the ethanol solution obtained in step (2) and assessing the color saturation using a color difference meter that conforms to ISO 7742 (JIS Z 8722).