Blended strips and cut rag to your recipe
Blended strips are threshed and conditioned leaf of several grades and origins mixed to a recipe, ready for casing, cutting and drying at your plant. Cut rag is the finished, cut and flavoured blend ready to go into the maker hopper. We work with blending houses that can develop a unique blend for your brand or reproduce the blend you supply as a sample, with laboratory confirmation of nicotine, sugar and moisture.
Leaf, reconstituted tobacco and stems
Alongside blends we supply flue-cured Virginia, Burley and Oriental leaf in threshed strip form, reconstituted tobacco sheet (RTL) for blend cost control and consistency, and expanded or cut rolled stems. All grades are offered with origin certificates and, where required, phytosanitary documents.
Scheduled deliveries and excise movements
Tobacco is an excise product in most markets, so each movement needs the right consignee status and documentation. We plan deliveries against your production schedule, arrange transport under customs or excise control and prepare the documents your authorities require, so that the blend arrives when the line needs it and not a week later.
Typical specifications
| Parameter | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Forms | Blended strips, cut rag, threshed leaf strips, reconstituted tobacco sheet, stems |
| Origins | European Union, Brazil, India and other origins on request |
| Blend development | Custom recipe or reproduction of a supplied sample, with laboratory analysis |
| Packing | Cartons or bales of 150–200 kg on pallets; container loads of 10–20 t |
| Documents | Certificate of origin, quality certificate, phytosanitary certificate, excise documents |
| Minimum order | One container, scheduled deliveries available |
