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Compressible Sugar
1] Description: White, granular, free-flowing powder with the sweet taste of sucrose. Very
soluble in water,
non-hygroscopic, non-reactive with
other tablet ingredients. Slightly soluble in alcohol.
Nutritional information: 100% carbohydrate with a caloric
content of 4 kcal/g.
2] Physical Characteristics:
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Typical Properties |
Di-Pac® |
NU-TAB®
4001 |
SugarTAB® |
| pH |
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3.8-7.5 |
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Moisture Content (%) |
0.25-0.75% |
NMT
1% |
NMT 2% |
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Bulk Density (g/cc) |
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0.69 |
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| Tapped Density (g/cc) |
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0.6-0.8 |
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Particle Size Distribution
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| retained on US 20 mesh |
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NMT 50% |
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retained on US 40 mesh |
NMT 3% |
NMT 1% |
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| through US 80 mesh |
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NMT 30% |
retained on US 100 mesh |
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NLT 90% |
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| through
US 200 mesh |
NMT 8% |
NMT 5% |
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3] Applications:
| Chewable
tablets |
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| Direct compression |
SugarTAB®'s
coarse mesh size makes it an excellent carrier for materials with compresion
problems
Di-Pac® - excellent flowability, high compressibility, low
hygroscopicity, sweet and non-reactive. |
| Sweetener |
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| Taste
Masking |
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4] Suppliers:
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5] References:
NU-TABâ, Compressible Sugar NF Product Brochure rev. 4/99, CHR Hansen
Di-Pac ®,
Compressible
Sugar NF Product Brochure 10/98, Tate and Lyle North American Sugars, Inc.
SugarTab®
Compressible Sugar, NF Technical bulletin, May 2002, Penwest
Pformulate
09/15/2002
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