Table 5 Water and moisture contents for US STPs (SP, MS and plug)
From: The composition of contemporary American and Swedish smokeless tobacco products
|  | Style | Water (%) | Moisture (%) | BAT oven-KF (%) | Labstat oven—KF (%) | NIR—KF (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Fischer water | NIR water | Labstat Oven moisture | BAT Oven moisture | |||||
Oliver twist original | SP | 19.7 | 13.4 | 17.3 | 18.9 | − 0.8 | − 2.4 | − 6.3 |
Copenhagen LC | MS | 47.1 | 52.1 | 53.6 | 54.7 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 5 |
Copenhagen straight LC | 50.1 | 53.1 | 54.3 | 54.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3 | |
Grizzly natural LC | 49.6 | 53 | 54.8 | 55.3 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | |
Husky natural FC | 51.4 | 53.9 | 55.7 | 56.1 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | |
Husky straight LC | 51 | 54.5 | 56.2 | 56.9 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 3.5 | |
Husky wintergreen | 50.3 | 52.2 | 54.9 | 55.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 1.9 | |
Kayak straight LC | 50.4 | 50.8 | 54.4 | 53.3 | 2.9 | 4 | 0.4 | |
Kodiak straight LC | 48.8 | 51.7 | 53.9 | 54.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 2.9 | |
Kodiak wintergreen | 48 | 49.2 | 52.3 | 52.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 1.2 | |
Silver creek | 49.5 | 48.8 | 51.5 | 53.2 | 3.7 | 2 | − 0.7 | |
Skoal straight | 50.3 | 52.7 | 54.9 | 55.4 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 2.4 | |
Timber wolf natural FC | 47.8 | 48.7 | 50 | 51.2 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 0.9 | |
Timber Wolf Straight LC | 50 | 51.2 | 55.7 | 55.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 1.2 | |
Marlboro original LC | 50.8 | 52.1 | 55.3 | 55.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 1.3 | |
Red Seal natural FC | 49.2 | 52.4 | 54.1 | 55.2 | 6 | 4.9 | 3.2 | |
Red Seal natural LC | 50.1 | 54.1 | 55.5 | 56.5 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4 | |
Average MS | Â | 49.6 | 51.9 | 54.2 | 54.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 2.3 |
SD MS | 1.20 | 1.79 | 1.67 | 1.50 | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.48 | |
Cannonball | Plug | 15.4 | 16.9 | 19.3 | 21.2 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 1.5 |