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Table 1 Product, manufacturer, moisture content, pH, reducing sugars, ammonia nitrogen and acrylamide concentrations in STPs

From: The acrylamide content of smokeless tobacco products

 Product

Product type

Manufacturer

Moisture (%)

pH

Reducing sugars (%, WWB)

Ammonia nitrogen (%, WWB)

Acrylamide (ng/g)

WWB

DWB

US STPs

Copenhagen Long Cut

MS

UST

52.3

8.1

<2.0

0.54

233

489

Copenhagen straight LC

UST

54.6

8.2

<2.0

0.38

212

466

Grizzly natural LC

CN

53.4

8.1

<2.0

0.29

192

411

Husky natural FC

UST

55.5

8.0

<2.0

0.56

135

303

Husky straight LC

UST

55.9

8.1

<2.0

0.37

131

297

Husky wintergreen

UST

55.1

7.5

<2.0

0.25

125

277

Kayak straight LC

SW

55.1

7.1

<2.0

0.11

85.7

191

Kodiak straight LC

CN

53

8.2

<2.0

0.21

155

329

Kodiak wintergreen

CN

52.5

8.4

<2.0

0.35

282

594

Silver creek

SW

54.9

7.0

<2.0

0.16

90.5

201

Skoal straight

UST

54.9

7.8

<2.0

0.24

141

312

Timberwolf natural FC

SM

51.3

8.0

<2.0

0.24

164

337

Timberwolf straight LC

SM

55.4

8.0

<2.0

0.26

218

488

Red seal natural FC

UST

54.4

7.8

<2.0

0.25

132

289

Red seal natural LC

UST

55

6.4

<2.0

0.57

187

415

MS average

     

161

349

Marlboro rich

US snus

PM

18.3

N/A

N/A

N/A

249

305

Marlboro peppermint

PM

12.6

N/A

N/A

N/A

562

643

Marlboro mild

PM

11.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

666

756

Marlboro spearmint

PM

13.8

N/A

N/A

N/A

595

690

Camel mellow

RJR

31.4

N/A

N/A

N/A

68.3

99.5

Camel frost

RJR

31.5

N/A

N/A

N/A

66.3

96.7

US snus average

     

368

432

Ariva Java (Pellet)

HP

SS

3.8

8.1

3.6

0

104

108

Stonewall wintergreen

SS

3.9

7.9

5.1

0

81.0

84.3

HP average

     

92

96

Oliver twist original

SP

HOT

20.4

5.3

2.1

0.25

83.8

105

Beech Nut

CT

SM

28.9

5.8

13.4

0.17

78.8

111

Chattanooga

SW

23.1

5.9

25.4

0.16

193

252

Durango

NA

25.5

6.0

13.4

0.17

106

142

Lancaster

SW

24.5

6.0

24.3

0.16

153

202

Levi garrett

CN

21.2

6.5

11.3

0.13

278

353

Morgans

CN

22.7

6.5

10.5

0.16

309

399

Redman gold

SM

24.3

6.1

8.5

0.15

77.2

102

Redman regular

SM

24.6

6.2

7.2

0.16

147

196

Southern pride

SM

25.1

6.1

9.8

0.17

160

213

Starr

SW

24.5

5.6

24.3

0.14

143

190

Stoker 707 Wintergreen

SM

24

5.8

13.3

0.13

62.2

81.9

Taylors pride

CN

22.1

6.3

8.0

0.16

157

201

Trophy

SM

25.9

6.1

8.4

0.16

164

221

CT average

      

156

205

Cannon ball

Plug

CN

20.4

5.3

12.0

0.12

122

153

Bruton

DS

UST

8.3

7.2

<2.0

0.38

131

143

Dental Sweet

CN

8.41

5.9

<2.0

0.21

90.4

98.7

Garrett

CN

7.98

6.0

<2.0

0.26

464

504

Honest

CN

9.07

6.2

<2.0

0.26

223

245

Square

SW

9.09

6.5

<2.0

0.41

124

136

DS average

      

192

213

SWEDISH STPs

Catch Dry Euc. white mini

P snus

SM

21.4

8.6

1.1

0.12

185

241

General white

SM

53.4

8.7

0.6

0.1

161

346

General mini

SM

48.7

8.3

0.7

0.06

200

389

General

SM

48.3

8.5

0.9

0.07

199

385

Ettan

SM

49.6

8.5

0.3

0.04

276

547

Grov portion

SM

49.8

8.6

0.8

0.06

253

504

Grov white

SM

52.4

8.6

0.5

0.08

188

396

Goteborgs rape white

SM

52.9

8.5

0.8

0.08

172

365

Kronan

SM

46

8.2

0.8

0.05

193

357

Catch licorice mini

SM

49.3

8.5

1.1

0.17

155

305

Catch white licorice

SM

52.5

8.5

0.6

0.21

156

328

Granit white

F&L

43

7.5

0.6

0.20

74.0

130

Granit

F&L

48.8

8.5

0

0.11

104

203

Tre Ankare White

SM

53.3

8.7

0.1

0.09

131

280

LD portion original

JTI

48.8

8.7

0.1

0.06

201

392

Skruf strong

ITG

46.6

8.8

1

0.10

225

421

Knox portion

SM

46.3

8.0

1.4

0.10

109

202

Oomph citrus menthol

Northerner

64.7

N/A

N/A

N/A

NQ

NQ 

T Romeo and Julieta Habanos

Habanos

52.9

8.3

0.1

0.11

165

351

1847 original

PMI

45

8.6

0.8

0.03

219

398

Gustavus Original

JTI

47.6

N/A

N/A

N/A

186

356

P snus average

      

190

368

General

L snus

SM

56.3

8.7

1.1

0.07

170

390

Ettan

SM

57.8

8.8

1.2

0.07

246

582

Grov

SM

55.9

8.7

0.9

0.06

183

414

Goteborgs rape

SM

56.6

8.4

1.2

0.06

172

396

Kronan

SM

57.3

8.8

1

0.05

167

391

Granit loose

F&L

54.6

8.3

0.5

0.19

202

446

LD

JTI

55.6

8.7

1.2

0.08

153

344

Skruf strong

ITG

54.3

8.1

0.7

0.10

203

445

Knox

SM

53.2

8.7

1.2

0.10

154

329

T Montecristo Habanos

Habanos

55.7

7.5

0.2

0.09

105

237

L snus average

      

175

397

  1. Marlboro Rich, Peppermint, Mild, and Spearmint, Camel Mellow and Frost were not analysed for pH, reducing sugars and ammonia due to lack of sample availability
  2. NQ Not quantified (Between LOQ and LOD)
  3. Product Style: MS moist snuff, HP hard pellet, SP soft pellet, CT chewing tobacco, DS dry snuff, LS Loose Snus, PS Portion Snus
  4. Manufacturers: SM Swedish match, SS Star Scientific Inc, SW Swisher, PM Philip Morris, CN Conwood, UST US Smokeless Tobacco Co, HOT House of Oliver Twist, RJR RJ Reynolds Co., PMI Philip Morris International, Habanos–Habanos Nordics, F&L Fiedler & Lundgren, ITG Imperial Tobacco Group, JTI Japan Tobacco International
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