Abstract: Diet beverages comprising at least one protein sweetener are provided herein. The protein sweeteners act to enhance the mouthfeel of certain beverages and/or modulate one or more taste attributes of the beverage to provide a beverage with more sucrose-sweetened taste characteristics. Methods of preparing beverages and methods of enhancing the mouthfeel and/or one or more taste attributes of beverages are also detailed herein.

Abstract: Described herein is a food that is suitable for use as a filling or topping for a shelf stable snack. The food has a protein content of at least 25% by weight, and a nut butter content of at least 50% by weight. The food retains a desirable eating experience, similar to a stabilized nut butter spread despite being resistant to melting and deformation during shipping, handling, and storage.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a paste seasoning composition with an ingredient, wherein the ingredient has a minimum value of values obtained by differentiating loads at a deformation ratio of 50% or less calculated by the following measurement method of less than ?2 N/% and a maximum value of values obtained by differentiating loads within 2% from the deformation ratio of 0 N/% or more; an oil and fat, wherein an extremely hardened oil and fat contained in the oil and fat is 0% by mass or more and 19% by mass or less; and water.

Abstract: A seasoning composition suitable for application topically to a snack food, and in particular an uncooked snack food, the seasoning composition comprising a plurality of seasoning-containing granules.

Abstract: A coconut processing device has a drill unit forming an opening in a coconut; and a capping unit inserting a spout into the opening sealing the opening.

Abstract: Microwavable crispy wrapped or enrobed foods that have a crispy exterior texture and retain moisture in an interior filling after microwaving. The crispy exterior is formed from a batter that may comprise soft wheat cake flour, oxidized tapioca starch, and rice flour. The wrapped or enrobed foods may be cooked, frozen, and reheated in the microwave to produce a crispy product.

Abstract: A plunger retention assembly for a micro-puree machine includes a lid coupleable to a bowl. The lid defines a central passage through an interior of the lid. A plunger coupling is extendable through the central passage. A plunger has an attachment portion insertable through the central passage from a bottom surface of the lid. The attachment portion defines a channel for removeably receiving the plunger coupling.

Abstract: A method of treating cut stem tobacco material by expanding the cut stem to provide a first expanded tobacco material having a fill value at least about 10% greater than the fill value of the untreated cut stem tobacco material, intermittently contacting the first expanded tobacco material with a heated surface to provide a second expanded tobacco material with a moisture content of from 0 to about 10% OV and a fill value at least 5% greater than the fill value of the first expanded tobacco material; and (c) adjusting the moisture content of the second expanded tobacco material from about 5% to about 30% OV to provide an expanded product, wherein the fill value of the expanded product is at least 50% greater than the fill value of the untreated cut stem tobacco material when measured at a normalized moisture content of 14.5% OV.

Abstract: Provided is a nicotine pouch filler including nicotine, a release control excipient including at least one or more selected from a group consisting of cellulose and sugar alcohol, a binder, a pH adjuster, and a flavoring agent, in which the release control excipient includes cellulose and sugar alcohol, the cellulose and the sugar alcohol are mixed at a weight ratio of 1:9 to 5:5, the cellulose includes one or more of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) and methyl cellulose, and the sugar alcohol includes at least one or more selected from a group consisting of erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, maltitol, and isomaltol.

Abstract: Provided is a nicotine pouch including a filler, and a packaging material that wraps the filler, in which the filler includes nicotine, a release control excipient including at least one or more selected from a group consisting of cellulose and sugar alcohol, a binder, a pH adjuster, and a flavoring agent, a content of the nicotine in the filler is 2.5 to 10 wt % with respect to a weight of total solid contents of the filler, a content of the release control excipient in the filler is 5.5 to 36 times the content of nicotine, and the packaging material includes at least two or more selected from a group consisting of pulp, a cellulosic staple fiber, and a thermoplastic fiber.

Abstract: Provided is a nicotine pouch filler including nicotine, a release control excipient, a binder, a pH adjuster, a solvent, and a flavoring agent, wherein the solvent includes one or more of water and ethanol, and the water and the ethanol are mixed at a weight ratio of 4:6 to 0:10.

Abstract: Provided is a nicotine pouch filler including nicotine, a release control excipient including at least one or more selected from a group consisting of cellulose and sugar alcohol, a binder, a pH adjuster, and a flavoring agent, wherein a content of the nicotine is 2.5 to 10 wt % with respect to a weight of total solid contents of the nicotine pouch filler, and a content of the release control excipient is 5.5 to 36 times the content of the nicotine.

Abstract: According to an example, an electronic device may include a cartridge accommodation portion configured to accommodate a cartridge including emulsion therein, a crushing circuit including a crushing element that may crush at least a portion of the cartridge disposed in the cartridge accommodation portion, a microneedle configured to release the emulsion to an outside of the electronic device, wherein the emulsion is exposed as at least the portion of the cartridge is crushed, a processor configured to generate a crushing signal, and a transmission circuit configured to transmit the crushing signal to the crushing circuit, wherein the crushing circuit may further include an elastic element disposed between one side of a substrate of the crushing circuit and the cartridge.

Abstract: A method operable to produce an infused liquid configured to be utilized in electronic cigarettes wherein the infused liquid includes an active ingredient compound selected from cannabis, hemp extract, plant extract or fungi extract. The present invention produces a formulation that maximizes the potency of the active ingredient of the formulation. The present invention includes a decarboxylation process facilitated via heat exposure wherein a mixture of a carrier base and the active ingredient is placed in a container and heat and agitation are applied thereto. The method of the present invention further includes exposure of the mixture of a carrier base and the active ingredient to an ultrasonic frequency of at least 20 KHZ. The mixture of the mixture of a carrier base and the active ingredient is exposed to ultrasonic frequencies for alternate time periods dependent upon the active ingredient compound mixed selected to be mixed with the carrier base.

Abstract: A method for preparing an additive liquid of an atomizer includes: removing cations. In an embodiment, the method further comprises: removing anions to obtain a liquid with an electrical conductivity less than 1000 ?S/cm. In an embodiment, the cations are selected from a group including: manganese ions, iron ions, zinc ions, copper ions, potassium ions, magnesium ions, calcium ions, and sodium ions.

Abstract: Provided is a nicotine pouch filler including nicotine, a release control excipient, a binder, a pH adjuster, and a flavoring agent, in which a content of the binder is 6 to 10 wt % with respect to a weight of total solid contents of the nicotine pouch filler.

Abstract: Provided are a filler for an oral pouch with excellent elution characteristics of an active material, and an oral pouch including the filler.

Abstract: Provided is cannabidiol (CBD) composition for a heat-not-burn atomization product. The composition includes cannabidiol and a solid carrier, where a cannabidiol content is 0.5%-30%, and the solid carrier is a heat-not-burn solid carrier. According to the present invention, the CBD is applied to the solid carrier, and the CBD and the solid carrier are mixed or adsorbed to obtain solid composition, such that an electronic cigarette prepare by using the solid composition has the same experience feeling as a cigarette and can replace the cigarette. In the present invention, a solid cartridge obtained by using the solid composition can be wrapped in paper, such that the cost is reduced, the solid cartridge is easy to degrade and is more natural and environment-friendly, and the entire cartridge can be infinitely close to a traditional cigarette, to achieve an experience feeling of a cigarette.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cooling block for an aerosol generating article including a cooling agent A, a cooling agent B, and a cooling agent C in a specific combination, and an aerosol generating article including the same.

Abstract: Provided are a filler for an oral pouch including specific types and specific content of sugar alcohol, and an oral pouch including the filler.

Abstract: A system configured to process prerolled cigarettes can include one or more prerolled cigarette holders, an adhesive spraying station, and a fluidized bed coating station. The adhesive spraying station can apply adhesive to prerolled cigarette(s) held by the prerolled cigarette holder(s) and inserted therein. The fluidized bed coating station can apply a coating to prerolled cigarette(s) held by the prerolled cigarette holder(s) after the prerolled cigarette(s) have had adhesive applied thereto. The system can form cannabis based infused prerolled cigarettes. The prerolled cigarette holders can be magnetic collet devices. Additional system components can include a prerolled cigarette holder loading station, a robotic arm, and an end effector.

Abstract: A system configured to apply adhesive to prerolled cigarettes can include an adhesive tank, spraying chamber, adhesive nozzles, and spraying chamber heating component. The adhesive tank can hold a fluid adhesive material therein. The spraying chamber can include a bottom, one or more outer walls, and an upper opening to define an internal volume. The spraying chamber can receive prerolled cigarettes inserted into the internal volume during a spraying operation. The adhesive nozzles can be located within the internal volume to receive the fluid adhesive material from the adhesive tank and spray the fluid adhesive material onto the prerolled cigarettes inserted into the internal volume during the spraying operation. The spraying chamber heating component can heat the spraying chamber during the spraying operation. The system can be part of an overall system configured to process prerolled cigarettes that can also include prerolled cigarette holders and a fluidized bed coating station.

Abstract: A tobacco rod, an aerosol-generating article including the same, and an aerosol generation device used with the aerosol-generating article are provided. The tobacco rod according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a first filter segment, a second filter segment disposed upstream of the first filter segment, and a cavity segment which is formed by the first filter segment and the second filter segment and filled with tobacco granules.

Abstract: An article for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device includes an aerosol generating material; a mouth end section; a tubular element located between the aerosol generating material and the mouth end section, and a ventilation area in the mouth end section.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an article (1) for use in an aerosol provision system (200). The article (1) comprises a storage area (2) and a first blocking member (4). The storage area (2) contains an aerosol-generating material (3) configured to be heated within the storage area (2) to generate an aerosol. The first blocking member (4) comprises a body of material (6) arranged to resist the aerosol-generating material (3) from moving out of the storage area (2) through a first end (6A) of the storage area (2). The present disclosure also relates to a method of manufacturing an article (1) for use in an aerosol provision system (200). The present disclosure also relates to kit of parts comprising an article (1) and an aerosol provision device (200), and to a package of articles (1).

Abstract: An aerosol generating article (10) for a non-combustion heating aerosol generating device comprising an aerosol generating substrate and a mouthpiece downstream of the aerosol generating substrate, wherein the aerosol generating substrate is contained in a wrapper and in the form of a foam comprising an aerosol forming agent, a source of nicotine and a non-tobacco flavouring agent, wherein the mouthpiece comprises a filter (16) and a spacing and/or cooling element (14) is provided between the aerosol generating substrate and the filter (16), and wherein the aerosol generating substrate comprises between 0.1 and 10 wt. % nicotine in dry basis of the aerosol generating substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a paper tube for smoking articles with a flavored sheet, and a smoking article, and more particularly, relates to a paper tube for smoking articles which includes a flavored sheet including a cellulose-based polymer, a plasticizer, and a flavoring material, and to a smoking article including the same.

Abstract: The technology disclosed herein concerns novel fibers of regenerated cellulose and uses thereof.

Abstract: A cigar-cooling ashtray system is configured for cooling a lit cigar between puffs, preferably to keep at least a body length of the cigar in an ambient temperature range around 65-70 degrees Fahrenheit. The system includes an upper unit with a central ash receptacle and a raised rim around the central ash receptacle, where at least one thermally-conductive region of the raised rim is lower than a tallest portion of the rim and is positioned and contoured to hold and maintain sufficient surface contact with the cigar to keep its lit end suspended above the central ash receptacle. A base comprising at least one cooling chamber is removably attachable to the upper unit, where the cooling chamber is in thermal communication with the thermally-conductive region of the raised rim when the base is attached thereto. An attachable/removable secondary base may be included to provide storage and/or aesthetic enhancement.

Abstract: Provided is a nicotine pouch including a nicotine pouch filler, and a packaging material, in which a volume filling rate of the nicotine pouch filler is 60% to 75% of an internal volume of the nicotine pouch.

Abstract: An oral pouch packaging material, an oral pouch manufactured using the oral pouch packaging material, and a method of preparing an oral pouch packaging material are provided. The oral pouch packaging material includes 0% by weight (wt %) to 40 wt % of a cellulose-based staple fiber, 20 wt % to 80 wt % of a pulp fiber, 20 wt % to 60 wt % of a thermoplastic resin fiber, and 0 wt % to 5 wt % of a binder, and is prepared by a wet method.

Abstract: Provided is a packaging material for a nicotine pouch, the packaging material including a cellulose fiber, and a thermoplastic material fiber, wherein a content of the cellulose fiber is 40 to 80 wt % with respect to a total weight of the packaging material for the nicotine pouch, and a content of the thermoplastic material fiber is 20 to 60 wt % with respect to the total weight of the packaging material for the nicotine pouch.

Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.

Abstract: A driving circuit of an electronic device includes a first power supply configured to generate a first signal for generating longitudinal vibration of a vibrator included in a cartridge connected to the electronic device, a second power supply configured to generate a second signal for generating transverse vibration of the vibrator, a signal synthesizer configured to generate a synthesized signal by synthesizing the first signal of the first power supply and the second signal of the second power supply, and a switch configured to open and close according to the synthesized signal.

Abstract: A driving circuit according to an example has a form of a full bridge including four switches, and the driving circuit includes a first alternating current power supply that provides a voltage to a gate terminal of a first switch and a gate terminal of a fourth switch, a second alternating current power supply that provides a voltage to a gate terminal of a second switch and a gate terminal of a third switch, and a direct current power supply that provides a direct current voltage to a drain terminal of the first switch and a drain terminal of the third switch.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nicotine inhaler including: a body including a housing and a venturi tube disposed in the housing; a liquid nicotine storage; and a liquid supplying tube that supplies the liquid nicotine into the venturi tube, wherein the venturi tube includes an inlet pipe section communicating with an air intake port at one end of the housing, a central pipe section having a liquid injection hole on a wall thereof, and an outlet pipe section communicating with an inhalation port at the other end of the housing, and the liquid supplying tube is disposed to communicate with the liquid nicotine storage and the liquid injection hole of the central pipe section.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided. The device includes a liquid storage portion, a first atomization cavity, a second atomization cavity, a first heating element, a second heating element, and a switching assembly. A first liquid storage cavity, a second liquid storage cavity, and a main airway are defined in the liquid storage portion. A first movable member of the switching assembly is movably arranged, to cause the main airway to be selectively in communication with any one of the first atomization cavity or the second atomization cavity, or to cause the main airway to be in communication with both the first atomization cavity and the second atomization cavity.

Abstract: A pouch for an aerosol generating device includes a liquid composition that generates an aerosol when heated, and a water-soluble film surrounding the liquid composition.

Abstract: An article (2) for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device is disclosed. The article (2) comprises aerosol generating material and a support (8). The support (8) has first and second opposing surfaces (10, 12), at least one discrete portion (6) of aerosol generating material is supported on the first surface (10), and at least one discrete portion (6) of aerosol generating material is supported on the second surface (12).

Abstract: An environment-friendly cartridge is provided. The environment-friendly cartridge includes a body portion. The body portion has two end surfaces and an annular side surface connected to the two end surfaces. The body portion is composed of a smoke generating material. A plurality of gas communication structures are formed on the body portion. A plurality of openings in communication with the plurality of gas communication structures are formed on the two end surfaces. A pressure drop between 30 millimeters of water and 300 millimeters of water exists between the two end surfaces of the environment-friendly cartridge. The cartridge includes no filter and no cigarette paper, can be harmlessly degraded, and is environmentally friendly.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a casing; an aperture in the casing through which aerosol generating material is insertable into the aerosol generation device; a closure moveable relative to the aperture between a closed position in which the closure covers the aperture, an open position in which the aperture is unobstructed by the closure, and an activation position that is different from the open position; and a detector arranged to detect movement of the closure from the closed position to the open position and between the open position and the activation position.

Abstract: A vaporizer for an aerosol generating device includes a storage unit storing an aerosol generating material, and a heating chamber configured to heat the aerosol generating material, wherein the heating chamber includes a wick extending in a longitudinal direction and configured to absorb the aerosol generating material, a coil wound around the wick and configured to heat the aerosol generating material absorbed into the wick, and an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the wick, a diameter of wire of the coil is 0.15 mm to 0.2 mm, the number of turns of the coil is 6 times to 9 times, and an ohmic loss in the coil is less than 8 watts (W).

Abstract: An aerosol generating component including at least two substantially planar portions, wherein at least two of the substantially planar portions lie in a different plane from each other.

Abstract: This application provides an electronic vaporization device, a power supply mechanism, and a method for identifying a vaporizer. The electronic vaporization device includes a vaporizer configured to vaporize a liquid substrate to generate an aerosol, and a power supply mechanism configured to supply power to the vaporizer. The vaporizer includes a heating element configured to heat and vaporize the liquid substrate. The power supply mechanism includes: a core, configured to supply power to the heating element; and a controller, configured to identify the vaporizer based on electric power provided by the core to the heating element and a resistance change generated by the heating element. Through the electronic vaporization device, the vaporizer can be automatically identified by detecting the resistance change of the heating element under electric power.

Abstract: An electronic smoking device for generating an inhalable aerosol, wherein the electronic smoking device includes a mouth piece and a body section, the body section including a substance cartridge with an aerosolizable substance, a heating section, and a hull, wherein the heating section is arranged in between the mouth piece and the substance cartridge, and wherein the heating section is heatable to aerosolise the aerosolizable substance. The heating section includes a porous material and a heating element to heat the porous material, wherein the porous material also includes a cavity which creates a fluid flow path from the substance cartridge to the mouth piece.

Abstract: A vapour generating device includes: a tubular body having a bore and having a longitudinal axis; a heater arranged to vaporize a liquid; a mouthpiece located at an end of the bore and configured for a user to apply a suction force to draw the vaporised liquid along the bore from the heater to the mouthpiece; and first and second baffles located in the bore between the heater and the mouthpiece. The baffles are staggered apart from each other around the longitudinal axis and along the longitudinal axis. Each one of the baffles is movable by the suction force to partially obstruct the width of the bore, thereby to cause the vaporised liquid to follow a tortuous path around the first and second baffles to the mouthpiece and to block the passage of drops of non-vaporised liquid to the mouthpiece.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided. The device includes a liquid storage portion, a first heating member, and a second heating member. A liquid storage cavity, a main airway, and at least a part of an atomization cavity are defined in the interior of the liquid storage portion. One end of the main airway is in communication with the atomization cavity, so that an aerosol generated in the atomization cavity can enter the main airway, and the other end of the main airway is in communication with the outside, so that a user can inhale the aerosol in the main airway through the other end of the main airway.

Abstract: A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device includes a heater configured to heat an aerosol-generating article, a body arranged to surround the aerosol-generating article; a first cover coupled to a side of the body and comprising a first hole for receiving the aerosol-generating article; and a second cover coupled to another side of the body and comprising a second hole for receiving a power line for supplying power to the heater.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating assembly including an accommodating unit configured to accommodate an aerosol generating article heatable by an induced magnetic field, a spiral coil arranged outside the accommodating unit and configured to generate an induced magnetic field toward the accommodating unit, and a first supporter arranged at a side in the accommodating unit, supporting an outer surface of the aerosol generating article, and separating the outer surface of the aerosol generating article accommodated in the accommodating unit from an inner wall of the accommodating unit, wherein the spiral coil is wound to form a plate shape covering a portion of an outer wall of the accommodating unit, and a center around which the spiral coil is wound is arranged at a point of the outer wall of the accommodating unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aerosol generating device including a heater module that is detachable, wherein the aerosol generating device includes a main body including a controller and a battery, a heater module detachably coupled to the main body and including a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material, and a cartridge detachably coupled to the heater module and configured to store the aerosol generating material to be delivered to the heater, wherein the heater module includes a first terminal configured to electrically connect the cartridge to the heater module when the cartridge is coupled to the heater module, and a second terminal and a third terminal configured to electrically connect the heater module to the controller when the heater module is coupled to the main body.