The invention provides a preparation process of expanded stem products and belongs to the technical field of tobaccos. The preparation process comprises the following steps of: removing impurities such as
metal, hemp ropes, stem heads and stem picks in tobacco stems; expanding the tobacco stems by
microwave and steam; conveying the expanded tobacco stems into a pressure container to carry out pressure treatment; carrying out
moisture regaining on the tobacco stems after pressure treatment and preparing into a certain product form; adopting a soaking mode to wash the stems, then
dewatering by a physical mode till the
water content is below 70%, and then adding additive feed liquid extracted from the tobaccos; adopting the traditional equipment in the
tobacco industry to dry the stem products added with the feed liquid till the
water content is 11 to 12%, adopting a flavoring
machine to carry out flavoring treatment on the dried stem products, and balancing the
water content to 11 to 12%. The preparation process provided by the invention has the advantages that the whole process is simple, the
energy consumption is low, the quality of the expanded stem products obtained is close to that of the shredded
tobacco product, the filling value is high, and large-scale adding can be achieved, so that the expanded stem product is an excellent tobacco additive.