NICOTINE SALT HAVING IMPROVED PALATABILITY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME SALT AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME SALT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a nicotine salt having improved palatability by reacting nicotine with an anionic substance. SOLUTION: This nicotine salt is produced by reacting nicotine with an anionic sweetener in the molar ratio of (1:1) or (1:2). The sweetener is acesulfame or acesulfame-K, and the sweetener molecules may be the same or different from each other or one another. The salt is excellent in an aspect that the salt have comfortable sweetness covering the taste of nicotine even after staying in the mouth for a long time and therefore is suitable for producing a composition capable of being used for the oral administration of nicotine e.g. in quitting smoking, especially for producing chewing gum, chewing tablets or a compressed composition.