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Publication Number
US-12318480-B2
Publication Date
2025-06-03
Expiration Date
Abstract
The present invention addresses the problem of providing an oral pouch product containing a novel oral composition to which a cool feeling (also referred to as sense of coolness, fresh taste, or the like) is imparted. The problem is solved by an oral pouch product formed from an oral composition containing nicotine, a sugar alcohol, and a cool feeling fragrance and a packaging material for packaging the oral composition. The weight ratio of the sugar alcohol to the cool fragrance is 10-1000.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to an oral pouch product comprising an oral composition containing nicotine, a sugar alcohol, and a cooling agent, packaged in a packaging material. The oral pouch product provides a cooler sensation resulting from a cooling effect which is synergistically intensified by addition of the sugar alcohol and the cooling agent than that calculated by assuming the cooling effects of the cooling agent and the sugar alcohol are additive.
The sugar alcohol is one or more selected from xylitol, erythritol, sorbitol, mannitol, maltitol, and lactitol, and the amount of the sugar alcohol contained in the oral composition is 20% by weight or more and 80% by weight or less. The cooling agent is one or more selected from plants of the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, extracts of plants of the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, menthol, icilin, WS-12, WS-3, WS-5, and CPS-369.
The document also describes a synergy mechanism in which the endothermic dissolution of the sugar alcohol together with TRPM8 activation produces an intensified cooling effect, and a cooling agent raises an activation threshold associated with the cooling sensation. Sensory evaluation supports that the test samples outperform an additive theoretical line, as presented in FIG. 1.
Claims Coverage
The partial content includes two independent claims: one for an oral pouch product and one for a method of intensifying the cooling effect. Each independent claim focuses on synergistically intensifying a cooler sensation beyond an additive assumption by using a defined combination of nicotine, a sugar alcohol, and a cooling agent within specified weight and compositional constraints.
Synergistically intensified cooler sensation in nicotine oral pouch
An oral pouch product comprising an oral composition containing nicotine, a sugar alcohol, and a cooling agent, packaged in packaging material, wherein the cooler sensation is synergistically intensified by addition of the sugar alcohol and the cooling agent than that resulting from a cooling effect calculated by assuming the cooling effects are additive.
Sugar alcohol and cooling agent weight ratio constraints
The oral pouch product has a ratio by weight of the sugar alcohol to the cooling agent in the oral composition of 10 or more and 1,000 or less.
Defined sugar alcohol selection and content range
The sugar alcohol is one or more selected from xylitol, erythritol, sorbitol, mannitol, maltitol, and lactitol, and the amount of the sugar alcohol is 20% by weight or more and 80% by weight or less.
Defined cooling agent selection
The cooling agent is one or more selected from plants of the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, extracts of plants of the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, menthol, icilin, WS-12, WS-3, WS-5, and CPS-369.
Method for intensifying cooler sensation of oral pouch
A method for intensifying a cooling effect of an oral pouch product comprising an oral composition and a packaging material, including adding a sugar alcohol and a cooling agent to the oral composition such that the cooler sensation is synergistically intensified by an addition of the sugar alcohol and the cooling agent than that resulting from a cooling effect calculated by assuming additive cooling effects.
Method addition constraints for weight ratio and sugar alcohol content
In the adding step, the ratio by weight of the sugar alcohol to the cooling agent in the oral composition is 10 or more and 1,000 or less, and the amount of the sugar alcohol contained in the oral composition is 20% by weight or more and 80% by weight or less.
Method addition constraints for sugar alcohol selection and cooling agent selection
The sugar alcohol added is one or more selected from xylitol, erythritol, sorbitol, mannitol, maltitol, and lactitol, and the cooling agent added is one or more selected from plants of the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, extracts of plants of the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, menthol, icilin, WS-12, WS-3, WS-5, and CPS-369.
Across the independent claims, the inventive focus is on producing a cooler sensation in a nicotine-containing oral pouch, or intensifying such cooling in a method, by using a defined sugar alcohol and cooling agent combination with specific sugar-alcohol-to-cooling-agent weight ratio and sugar alcohol content ranges, while requiring that the resulting cooling effect is synergistically intensified beyond an additive assumption.
Stated Advantages
Cooler sensation is synergistically intensified beyond that resulting from an additive cooling-effect assumption.
Documented Applications
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