NEOSORB® Powder

NEOSORB®  Powder
A cool excipient.

NEOSORB® is the brand name of Roquette's range of crystallised sorbitol powders. NEOSORB®'s chemical stability and its characteristic stable (gamma) crystallised form are widely appreciated.

NEOSORB®  Powder sorbitol has excellent tableting properties, as well as a cool taste and pleasant mouthfeel. NEOSORB®  Powder is used for non-cariogenic, non-acidogenic and sugar-free formulations, in different types of tablets, as well as in sachets and dry syrups.

DESCRIPTION Sorbitol White, odourless, sweet tasting powder of the gamma crystalline form.   COMPLIANCE European Pharmacopoeia USP / NF Japanese Pharmacopoeia   REGULATORY DOCUMENTATION CEP: R1CEP2001-113   PARTICLE SIZE NEOSORB® P 20/60 mean diameter 650 µm NEOSORB® P 30/60 mean diameter 480 µm  NEOSORB® P300 DC mean diameter 300 µm NEOSORB® P 150 DC mean diameter 200 µm NEOSORB® P 60 W mean diameter 180 µm NEOSORB® P 100T mean diameter 110 µm Other particle sizes are available

PROPERTIES Physical and chemical Flowable   Excellent compressibility   Chemical stability   Water solubility at 20°C = 220g / 100ml Organoleptic Sweetening power about 60% that of sucrose   Cooling effect in the mouth Dietetic* Sugarless (non-cariogenic)   May be advised for diabetics   Low-calorie APPLICATIONS Excellent excipient for direct compression for suckable and chewable tablets   Diluent for sachets   Sweetener for pharmaceutical chewing gum   Parenteral nutrition: used in combination with amino acids: NEOSORB® PF    * Refer to local legislation

TYPICAL FORMULATION

Roquette has developped a number of typical formulations to serve as basic guidelines for obtaining optimum performance from NEOSORB® Powder products.

• PH107CG Sugarless Chewing-Gum Tablet Centers With - Neosorb^® P60 W, Xylisorb^® 90, - Pearlitol^® C160 And Lycasin^® 80/55 Hds(PDF - 353 Ko)
• PH159ST Sugarless Rich In Fiber Tablets - With Nutriose^® Fb 06 Wheat Dextrin(PDF - 340 Ko)
• PH168ST Placebo Suckable Tablets - With Neosorb^® P60w Sorbitol And Xylisorb^® P300 Xylitol(PDF - 341 Ko)
• PH213ST - Placebo suckable tablet with NEOSORB P 300 DC.pdf (pdf - 111 Ko)

 

APPLICATIONS LABORATORY SERVICES & SUPPORT Furthermore Roquette has long offered an integrated customer service for FORMULATION ASSISTANCE (see here presentation of Applications Laboratory Services & Support).

FORMULATION ASSISTANCE For special formulations requests, please contact us through our FORMULATION_ASSISTANCE form.

 

CURRENT PACKAGING FOR THIS FAMILY OF PRODUCTS:

• 25 kg pinch bottom bag
• 1000 kg big-bag

To check the immediate availability of these packaging formats or other special packaging, please contact us or your local Roquette representative for  further information.

QUALITY-RELATED DOCUMENTATION

 - Group quality policy
 - Group safety policy
 - Group environmental policy / S.M.E.
 - ISO certificate
 - GMO certificate

TECHNICAL BROCHURES

- NEOSORB® sorbitol powder - 20 pages

• Create pleasant suckable tablets with NEOSORB P DC.pdf (pdf - 786 Ko)

 

SAMPLE REQUEST

Early formulation is important and we recognize the need for formulators to have representative material for initial testing. We can provide small non-commercial samples wherever you are in the world, with both the corresponding certificate of analysis and conformity and the material safety data sheet.

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