Table 2.
Concentrations (μg/g, wet) of seven flavor-related compounds (n=3) detected in various rapé samples and raw materials used to make rapé.
| Ingredients | Coumarin | Camphor | Eugenol | Methyl Salicylate | Cinnamaldehyde | Menthol | Pulegone | ||
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| Rapé (non-tobacco, manufactured) | |||||||||
| Rapé Cacitral | TB, Cm, M | 17400 | 6640 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 18600 | 40.1 | |
| Rapé Guarany Cristal | TB, Cs, M | Cl, Cm, Cn | 5830 | 1360 | 73.3 | 5.52 | 7.22 | 2780 | <LOD |
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| Rapé Guarany Especial | T, Cn | TB, Cl, Cm, M | 596 | 6.02 | 1330 | <LOD | 532 | 42.1 | <LOD |
| Rapé Guarany Especial (Canela) | T, Cn | TB, Cl, Cm, M | 623 | 29.3 | 1340 | <LOD | 545 | 40.0 | <LOD |
| Rapé Guarany Cravo | T, Cl | TB, Cm, M | 2760 | 1010 | 34000 | 14.9 | <LOD | 1580 | 17.1 |
| Rapé Moeda Especial | T, Cl, Cn | TB | 35.4 | <LOD | 975 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD |
| Rapé Caratinga Mentolado | T, M | TB | 10.9 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 212 | <LOD |
| Rapé Caratinga Imburana | T,TB | Cm | 1560 | 21.6 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD |
| Rapé Araçá Cravo e Canela3 | Cl, Cn | T, TB | 13.3 | <LOD | 3670 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD |
| Rapé Moeda Girassol | T, S | TB, M, Cm | 22.3 | 17.2 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 887 | <LOD |
| Rapé Real (flavored) | – | T, Cl, M | <LOD | <LOD | 5.13 | <LOD | <LOD | 1100 | <LOD |
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| Rapé Kashinawá3 | – | T, AA | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD |
| Rapé Nu-nu3 | – | T, PC, AA, TB | 8.23 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD |
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| Tonka Bean (pod and seeds) | 1428 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | ||
| Tonka Bean (seeds only) | 46900 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | ||
| Clove Buds | <LOD | <LOD | 84600 | 83.4 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | ||
| Cinnamon Bark | 44.5 | <LOD | 108 | <LOD | 195 | <LOD | <LOD | ||
| Cassava | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | ||
| Camphor Laurel tree (exudate) | <LOD | 670000 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 1960 | ||
Note: Eucalyptol, ethyl salicylate and diphenyl ether were not detected in any product analyzed. Nicotiana rustica was analyzed and did not contain any of the flavor additives above method LOD.
1
Ingredient designations are based on those stated on labeling.
2
Ingredients suspected to contain the product based on FT-IR and GC/MS analysis. Key: T=Tobacco; TB=Tonka Bean; M=Menthol; Cm=Camphor; Cl=Clove; Cn=Cinnamon; PC=Peruvian Cocoa; AA=Alkaline Ashes; S=Sunflower; Cs=Cassava Flour.
3
Packaging did not include ingredient list; although Cravo e Canela means ‘clove and cinnamon’.