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Table 3 Water and moisture contents for Swedish STPs

From: The composition of contemporary American and Swedish smokeless tobacco products

 

Style

Water (%)

Moisture (%)

BAT oven-KF

(%)

Labstat oven—KF (%)

NIR—KF (%)

Karl Fischer

NIR

Labstat oven

BAT oven moisture

General White

P snus

45.3

48.7

53.5

55

9.7

8.2

3.4

General mini

44.1

46.5

47.4

52.2

8.1

3.3

2.4

General

41.3

48.6

50.6

54.8

13.5

9.3

7.3

Ettan

42.3

46.4

49.2

52.3

10

6.9

4.1

Grovsnus

43.9

45.5

49.9

51.9

8

6

1.6

Grovsnus White

45.3

49.9

53.2

55.7

10.4

7.9

4.6

Goteborgs Rape White

45.1

49

52.6

55.3

10.2

7.5

3.9

Kronan

43.2

45.3

49.5

51.1

7.9

6.3

2.1

Catch Licorice, mini

42.4

46.7

47.6

52.2

9.8

5.2

4.3

Catch White Licorice

46.5

49.6

53.2

55.9

9.4

6.7

3.1

Catch Dry White Eucalyptus, mini

22.4

29.2

24

27.5

5.1

1.6

6.8

Catch Dry White Licorice, mini

22.2

25.1

20.5

25.9

3.7

− 1.7

2.9

Granit White

39.1

40.8

42.3

44.7

5.6

3.2

1.7

Granit

43.2

49.9

50

53.7

10.5

6.8

6.7

Tre-Ankare White

46.4

51.7

52.9

56

9.6

6.5

5.3

Level

47.8

46.8

47.2

50

2.2

− 0.6

− 1

Skruf strong

36.3

48.7

48.7

52.3

16

12.4

12.4

LD original

44

48.2

47.5

51.6

7.6

3.5

4.2

Knox

40.6

45.4

47.1

49

8.4

6.5

4.8

Romeo y Julieta Habanos

45.9

47.7

51.3

52.5

6.6

5.4

1.8

Wise Citrus and Menthol (6 mg)

5.5

7.43

7.9

9.6

4.1

2.4

1.93

1847 original

36.8

43.8

45.9

47.5

10.7

9.1

7

Average P Snus

39.5

43.7

45.1

48.0

8.5

5.6

4.2

SD P Snus

10.2

10.3

11.9

11.7

3.17

3.30

2.77

General

L snus

46.4

49.9

57.2

57

10.6

10.8

3.5

Ettan

46.7

50.7

57.3

57.7

11

10.6

4

Grovsnus

46.4

50.5

56.9

57.7

11.3

10.5

4.1

Goteborgs rape

48.5

51.9

56.4

57.6

9.1

7.9

3.4

Kronan

48.5

50

58.1

57.3

8.8

9.6

1.5

Granit

44.8

49

54.5

54.3

9.5

9.7

4.2

LD original

48

50.9

48.5

55.8

7.8

0.5

2.9

Skruf strong

49

52.7

56.6

57.2

8.2

7.6

3.7

Knox

43.4

51.9

57.3

56.6

13.2

13.9

8.5

T. Montecristo

49.7

50

56

54.1

4.4

6.3

0.3

Average L Snus

47.1

50.8

55.9

56.5

9.4

8.74

3.61

SD L Snus

1.98

1.13

2.77

1.36

2.39

3.57

2.12