Pharmaceutical

These products have pharmaceutical applications as carriers and bases, binders and thickeners, sweetening and taste-masking agents, and colorants.

Carriers, bases and solubilizers

• Pharmacopoeia grade glycerin, monopropylene glycol food grade and liquid paraffin as carrier fluids.
• Polyethylene glycols from PEG 300 to PEG 4000: the liquid grades as solvents and humectants, PEG 1500 and PEG 4000 as ointment bases and tablet coating material.
• PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil and polysorbate 20 as nonionic solubilizers and emulsifiers.

Binders, thickeners and actives

• PVP K30 as a binder, stabilizer and clarifying agent, guar gum as a tablet binder and xanthan gum as a thickener.
• Sorbitol as a polyol and ascorbic acid as a dietary supplement and antioxidant.

Sweetening, preservation and color

• Sodium saccharin for bitter taste masking, acesulfame potassium, aspartame and sodium cyclamate.
• Sodium benzoate and benzyl alcohol as preservatives, potassium chloride as a mineral salt and vanillin as a flavoring substance.
• Water-soluble colorants used in pharmaceutical coatings: allura red, brilliant blue, carmoisine, erythrosine, quinoline yellow, sunset yellow and tartrazine.