Patent ID: 6375981
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A61K,C08J,C08L,Y10S

Abstract:
A film-forming composition, comprising: starch material having an average molecular weight of about 100,000-2,000,000 and adextrose equivalent less than about 1 and selected from the group consisting of (a) starch which has been chemically modified with a monoreactive moiety to a degree of substitution of least about 0.015 and is selected from the group consisting of ether and ester derivatives of starch and (b) waxy starch; gum comprising a combination of kappa carrageenan and iota carrageenan; and plasticizer comprising at least one polyol; wherein the composition is gelatin-free, and wherein the dry solids in the composition comprise 25-75% starch material, 25-75% plasticizer, and 0.1-15% gum.