Maceration versus WTA (Whole Tobacco Alkaloids)

[Ceegary]

I was very surprised to find a post on the Canada Forum about a Canadian reseller of TastyVapor juice claiming the macerated juice contains WTA. I know a bit about both processes and use both...macerated juice for the flavors that produces and WTA to help me over smoking cravings and to calm down before sleep. To my knowledge maceration is NOT a method that provides any significant amount of WTA in juice.

There are a number of juice manufacturers that prepare and use macerated FLAVORS in their products and that is what the method is used for..flavor. To extract the real tobacco flavor instead of artificial flavoring. In fact there is hardly any nicotine present in macerated flavoring and all the manufacturers add nicotine in to get the desired mg levels. Considering that WTAs generally represents about 5% by content of nic, 5% of almost nothing is so minute that it can’t honestly be represented.

I notice that TV doesn’t say anything about WTA on their site, just this reseller; Gentleman's Reserve. In addition to that, the maceration process leaves many impurities in the juice, some even visible to the naked eye and they have nothing to do with whole alkaloids.

WTA extraction is a completely different process and done properly provides only straight nicotine and whole tobacco alkaloids. Maceration is merely a soaking to produce authentic flavor, WTA production is an extraction process to produce the whole alkaloids. IMO, the claim that the macerated juice has WTA is either gross ignorance or deliberate misrepresentation.

 

[stadiumlove]

I was very surprised to find a post on the Canada Forum about a Canadian reseller of TastyVapor juice claiming the macerated juice contains WTA. I know a bit about both processes and use both...macerated juice for the flavors that produces and WTA to help me over smoking cravings and to calm down before sleep. To my knowledge maceration is NOT a method that provides any significant amount of WTA in juice.

There are a number of juice manufacturers that prepare and use macerated FLAVORS in their products and that is what the method is used for..flavor. To extract the real tobacco flavor instead of artificial flavoring. In fact there is hardly any nicotine present in macerated flavoring and all the manufacturers add nicotine in to get the desired mg levels. Considering that WTAs generally represents about 5% by content of nic, 5% of almost nothing is so minute that it can’t honestly be represented.

I notice that TV doesn’t say anything about WTA on their site, just this reseller; Gentleman's Reserve. In addition to that, the maceration process leaves many impurities in the juice, some even visible to the naked eye and they have nothing to do with whole alkaloids.

WTA extraction is a completely different process and done properly provides only straight nicotine and whole tobacco alkaloids. Maceration is merely a soaking to produce authentic flavor, WTA production is an extraction process to produce the whole alkaloids. IMO, the claim that the macerated juice has WTA is either gross ignorance or deliberate misrepresentation.

So would it be safe to say that the Tasty Vapor Tobacco E-liquid likely doesn't contain significantly higher levels of TSNAs than other ejuices? I am very much enjoying vaping TV tobacco, but I am not sure if the Maceration process increases the levels of TSNAs

 

[Sdh]

I contacted TV about this via another social network. He stated that his tobacco's do not contain WTA. Why yes, I did check because I would be interested. I am on the search/prowl for real WTA. No bait and switch for me...

 

[cigarbabe]

Are you not ordering from Vapelicious still sdh?
C.B.

 

[Sdh]

No CB. I am still on the hunt!

 

[kingcobra]

While macerated juice might help you out more than regular juice, I've no idea why anyone would pick it over the real thing, where the other elements are extracted via a chemical process. It's like wanting a drink and then buying a bottle of Listerine.