Mouthfeel
Chewable tablets as a dosage form are growing in popularity.  Palatable chewable tablets offer convenience for customers, broaden the applicability of formulations to pediatric or geriatric markets, and increase patient compliance.  In this application, the use of  FMC’s Avicel^® CE-15 can provide:

• Smoother, creamier mouthfeel
• Less tooth-packing
• Incorporation of an organoleptic agent without sacrificing flow or compaction

Recommended Products:

Avicel CE-15

Tastemasking
Many pharmaceutically active compounds have a bitter or otherwise objectionable taste which may decrease patient compliance.  Tastemasking is the art of hiding these bad tastes from patients to improve compliance.  It improves drug palatability without affecting the drug release profile.  In this application, FMC’s Aquacoat^® ECD provides:

• Increased drug palatability
• Little impact on drug release rate

Recommended Products:

Aquacoat ECD

Improved Tablet Swallowability
Oral dosage forms which must be swallowed whole present significant limitations for many patients.  Improving the swallowability of dosage forms improves patient compliance and consumer preference enabling brand differentiation of OTC or prescription products.  FMC’s LustreClear^TM offers the following unique benefits to aesthetically coated tablets.  

• Easy to swallow
• Ability to process at low temperatures to accommodate sensitive actives
• Easy suspension preparation

Recommended Products:

LustreClear LC-103

Sugar Coating Applications
FMC's LustreSugar sugar coating system provides a means of obtaining the elegance of a customary sugar coating while avoiding the imprecise and extended processing times associated with earlier  historic sugar coating procedures.  LustreSugar provides build up levels equivalent to a traditional sugar coating application and also:

• Allows or enables use of existing high speed coating equipment
• Saves up to three days in processing
• Delivers direct cost savings of up to 66%

Recommended Products:

LustreSugar