Tobacco extract and application in e-liquid

Tobacco extract is the key substance that determines the quality of tobacco-flavored products. In this issue, the head of R&D of Zinwi Biotech (Yunnan) Research Institute discussed the most concerned "application of tobacco extract in e-liquid" and "the true research status of Yunnan Research Institute" was shared.

1.What is Tobacco Extract?

Tobacco contains useful ingredients such as nicotine, solanesol, and chlorogenic acid. Tobacco extract refers to tobacco and tobacco waste (such as tobacco stems, tobacco sheets, and tobacco dust) as raw materials products that use tobacco and tobacco waste as raw materials to extract specific required components through extraction, distillation, etc.

2.The role of tobacco extract in tobacco-flavored e-liquid

In traditional cigarettes, tobacco extracts are often used to supplement the aroma of tobacco, enrich the formula of leaf group, and make the smoke richer and fuller. In tobacco-flavored electronic atomization liquid products, tobacco extract, as the main tobacco aroma-inducing substance, restores the original aroma of tobacco to a large extent.

There are many types of tobacco extracts, and the tobacco extracts processed by using different varieties of tobacco leaves, or even the same variety of tobacco leaves or tobacco waste from different growing regions, will be different, which provides the basis for the taste change of e-liquid.

3.How extraction process affect the e-liquid

Extraction technology determines the physical properties and flavor of tobacco extracts, and greatly affects the flavor and quality of e-liquid products.

We talk about the flavor first. Tobacco has many flavor types, such as light-flavor type and strong-flavor type. According to the different drying processes of tobacco leaves, different flavors will also be formed. Similar to green tea, black tea, and oolong tea, green tea is not fermented, black tea is fermented, and oolong tea is semi-fermented. The production process is different, and the flavor of the product changes.

As for the physical properties of tobacco extracts. Different extraction processes will produce extracts in different states, such as tobacco extract, tobacco absolute, etc., which will also affect the quality of electronic atomization liquid products. For example, when extracts in paste form are used for flavoring, special attention should be paid to optimizing the overall ratio to prevent the core from being too viscous.

For the extraction technology, the current extraction technology is divided into traditional extraction technology and new extraction technology

Traditional extraction technology refers to different separation technologies, such as distillation, extraction, chromatography, adsorption, crystallization, and ion exchange, etc. that rely on equilibrium separation; molecular distillation, ultrafiltration, electrodialysis, reverse osmosis, etc. that rely on rate separation. These conventional separation techniques have existed for a long time and are widely used.

At present, the new extraction and separation technologies are enzymatic extraction technology, membrane separation technology, molecular imprinting technology and so on. These extraction techniques have obvious advantages in specific selectivity, separation yield, consumption reduction and environmental protection, and show great application prospects.

Zinwi Biotech has found that in the selection of tobacco extraction technology, traditional extraction technology, and new extraction technology should not exist independently, but complement each other and complement each other. Through different extraction methods and technology combinations, better research and development of tobacco extracts that are more suitable for the use of electronic atomization liquid.

4.What affects the quality of tobacco extract? What is the impact on the product?

The quality of tobacco is affected by the place of origin, climate, etc. The same kind of tobacco is grown in Yunnan and Guizhou, and the quality will be different due to different climates and soils. Tobacco extracts are the same as tobacco, and the quality is affected by the origin of tobacco raw materials, tobacco Various factors such as variety, raw material quantity, tobacco quality, storage conditions, and extraction process are jointly affected.

Even if it is the same tobacco leaf, due to the differences in the treatment process of fermentation, modulation, drying and the back-end extraction process, the flavor of the tobacco extract will be completely different. This difference in flavor presents a multiplier level of difference.

Like traditional cigarettes using the leaf group formula, when flavoring the e-liquid, the flavorist not only uses one tobacco extract, but more often needs to use a variety of tobacco extracts for compounding, so as to enhance the rich aroma spend. Tobacco extract is the key substance that determines the tobacco flavor of e-liquid products, so the origin, extraction process, and materials of the tobacco extract directly determine the basic quality of electronic atomization liquid products.