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RESEARCHI AIvD DEVELOPMENT, NEUCHATEL - QUARTERLY REPORT' ilIVISION'. NEW PRODUCT D ,VELOPNEhT. SUBJECT TITLE . FLAVOUR'DEVELOPh1ENT PERIOD COVERED : I4ARCHi- SEPTEA.BER 1988 WRITTEN BY . FATTON-JP (JPF) KEYWORDS' . flavour,casing,,menthol,taste, venoge,nile,thames,danube,hog,gar PROJECT VENOGE - NO 0275 Objective To d'evelop a9, mg, tar cig,arettedelivering ac1ean and'fresh taste without pronounced menthol cooling sensation. Summary 3P and 3C1 cigarettes were smoked by Panei A and found to deliver the right taste characteristics. Suggestions were made in order to proei'uceprototu,pes in the sameliine but d'el'ivezing cven lessmei;LYrol cooling, sensationi. Description Tb reach the right level of freslIness, we developed EAC-2~8 and'0 i:'t,C-Z30 which have the sar:.c composition as EAC-llti but containing 4010 g and 600 g of inenthui per 25 liters. At the same time, trials were n-:ade using EAC-231 and EAC-232' which are variants ot PMS-AC containing menthol. These flavours. 1•:ere appliecl on, blends Bingo low, `1•l,ames and Nile. The taste expected from these prototypes is fresh and clean but still tobacco-like without non tobacco distinct notes. r'ol low-up Prototypes t,,ill be su1.ppliec:i to Panel A for smoUir.g, evaluation after the proper ageing and stabiiisatior: period.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, NEUCHATEL - QUARTERLY REPORT PROJECT NILE - NO'4024 Objective To develop a flavour system for a fully expanded blend cigarette with an American blend taste direction. Description In order to avoid contamination of the ETNA installation traces of a new casing material, development was only an solution. with aftercut The main taste target is to deliver a smooth, rich Arnerican.blend taste. The aftercut solution EAC-229 was developed so as to include concentrated extracts of the products usually incorporated'at different steps of a normal primary run. Evaluation Prototypes were made with a tobacco blend sprayed with the standard ETNA casing and 2'3.1 liters of EAC-229 sprayed after expansioni. Panel A pointed~out the improvement of the taste compared to non-flavoured prototypes but the taste is still too much to the woody cellulosic side. Fol!low-up. A new version of EAC-229 will be developed in order to add more sweet, aromatic notes to the smoke. PROJECT THAiIES - NO 0724 / PROJECT DANUBE - NO 0150 Objective To develop cigarettes at various tar levels with non-tobacco and distinct taste directions.

RESEARCH ' AI4DDiiUELOPIWIENT, NEUCHATEL - QUARTERLY REPORT Description To explore a wide range of aromatic directions, cigarettes were mad'e with a tobacco flavoured with~ seven different flavours : - citrus~ - floral - fruity - mint (non-mentliol) - anise - spicy - vanilla The taste evaluation result of these products clearly showed that the taste delivered by these prototypes is found by all the part-icipants tc be distinctive and less tobacco-like than the usual product. As the participants were not used' to smoking such cigarettes, it was almost impossible to determine a preference even if there is al clear tendenc~.~ to accept the ones evoking current foodistuii products (icitrus, fruity, mint, anise,, vanilla) . Folllo[•'-up. The same exercise will be repeated in project Danube by ir.curporatinq flavoured granules in a plug-spacu-pl:ug filter type. The expected in:provement of the Danube type versus Thames type is tc ci(,liver a cleaner taste ai-,d a sharper cliaracter of e-ch aroma, especially for citrus no'_es. PROJECT HOGGAR - NO 0165 Ob-jective To give assistance to the ~Igeriani Mlor,opoly (SNTA) to improve their ficg,gar cigaretce by appl,~ing flavour and casing. Descriiption The taste of the cigarettes produced during our first stay in A1c,eria: was found to be smooth, full ar.d aromatic. The casing, und flavour helpecl to cover the wocdy earthy taste deliverecI i)y the ccally availab:ie tobacco and~ to improved the tasie cualit?r up to a satisfyinglevel. A fine tuning trial was rur. in order to improve minor details ~uch as slight spotting on.the cigarettes andcheck whether the improvements made to~ the primary are efficient enough~i.o reach the level of uniforr:i_ty requiredd for al gooc:' uuality prcduct.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, NEUCHATEL - QUARTERLY REPORT Applications ------------ 70 1 of EEPC-3 were sprayed per 1000 kg, o'L total blend to reduce the spotting risk. in~ order 25 1 of EEAC-1 were sprayed per 1000'kg of total blend in order to maintain the same aromatic taste. Concluision Industrial trials should be run,to check all parameters of primary and secondary. Tastewise, the cigarettes are of good quality. ,~'PF / cog, / 07.1!0.88'8 cqr3'~~88fdjpt