dietary supplements
binders for reliable, nonfriable supplements
Binders are essential excipients used in dietary supplement formulations to promote cohesion among the tablet ingredients, helping maintain the shape of the tablet and provide the mechanical strength required during the manufacturing process, storage, and handling.
Klucel Nutra™ modified cellulose binders provide formulation reliability, tablet robustness, and dosage efficiency for poorly compressible supplements, including glucosamine, chondroitin and ascorbic acid.
Ashland gold standard nutraceutical binders are available in full range, three particle sizes, for wet or dry granulation/direct compression applications for dietary supplements:
- klucel nutra™ u modified cellulose – ultra fine particle size
- klucel nutra™ d modified cellulose – fine particle size – fine particle size
- klucel nutra™ w modified cellulose – regular particle size.
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benecel™ methylcellulose and hypromellose
beyond thickening Thickener choices can not only impact formulation viscosity but sensorial aspects too. Multifunctional benecel™ hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) products are nature-derived rheology modifiers that enhance the sensory experience. Benecel™ hpmc is available in a wide range of grades to suit all your thickening challenges. Derived from cellulose, a natural, abundant and renewable resource, benecel™ h...
polyplasdone™ crospovidone
Polyplasdone™ crospovidone superdisintegrants are synthetic, insoluble, but rapidly swellable, crosslinked homopolymers of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone. Crospovidone provides rapid disintegration and dissolution to oral solid dosage forms. Polyplasdone crospovidone particles are granular and porous compared with other superdisintegrants. The high surface area combined with unique chemistry results in high interfacial activity that enhances the dis...
nutrapress™ bnd organic binder
Nutrapress™ bnd organic binder is an organic, multi-functional tablet binder designed for customers who are creating tablets for the organically minded consumer. Nutrapress™ bnd organic binder binder is engineered to enhance tablet robustness, tablet disintegration and powder flow for direct compression tablet manufacturing. features and benefits certified organic ingredients proprietary processing to provide consistent performance a...
aquarius™ nutra TF (titanium free) film coating systems
Aquarius™ Nutra TF is a fully formulated, immediate release, aqueous film coating system made specifically for nutritional and dietary supplement products. Due to the re-evaluation of TiO2 (E171) as a food additive in the European Union, Ashland is committed to offering titanium dioxide free film coating formulations. Aquarius™ Nutra TF is a TiO2-free film coating system that provides a comparable white film coating for oral solid dos...
klucel nutra™ modified cellulose
premium tablet binders for nutritional supplements Klucel nutra™ modified cellulose (hpc) has been the gold standard tablet binder for tough formulations, providing superior tablet hardness with low friability, which greatly reduces tablet chipping during the manufacturing process and reduces tablet damage during shipping. Klucel nutra™ modified cellulose is often used to enhance the robustness of formulations at use levels of 1-4%. A...
klucel nutra™ d modified cellulose
Klucel Nutra™ D modified cellulose is a non-ionic water soluble cellulose ether with a versatile combination of properties for the dietary supplement industry. It combines aqueous and organic solvent solubility, thermoplasticity and surface activity with the thickening and stabilizing properties of other water-soluble cellulose polymers. Klucel Nutra™ has historically been the gold standard tablet binder for tough formulations yielding premier ta...
klucel nutra™ u modified cellulose
Klucel Nutra™ U modified cellulose is an ultra-fine particle size cellulose ether, with dual solubility in aqueous solutions below 38°C and many polar organic solvents including ethanol, for use as a tablet binder in nutritional supplements. It is an ultra-effective tablet binder used in dry granulation and direct compression tableting processes to provide formulation reliability, tablet robustness and efficiency. Klucel Nutra™ has historically b...