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The tobacco’s stalk position, colour, texture, elasticity and leaf size are among the factors taken into consideration in the grading process. Premium purchases tobacco from the growers and then re-grades it when it arrives at our processing plants to better define the leaf characteristics.

We process tobacco to meet each customer’s specifications for quality, yield, chemistry, particle size, moisture content, and other characteristics. Unprocessed tobacco is a semi-perishable commodity that generally must be processed within a relatively short period of time to prevent fermentation or deterioration in quality. Accordingly, we have located our worldwide processing facilities in proximity to our principal sources of tobaccos in high demand.

Prior to processing the tobacco is blended to meet customer specifications; threshed to remove the stem from the leaf; and then further processed to produce strips of tobacco and separate out the smaller pieces, or scrap. Processing also involves the removal of excessive moisture so enabling the tobacco to be held in storage for extended periods of time without any quality degradation. Throughout the process, our technicians use laboratory test equipment for quality control to ensure that the product meets all customer specifications.