Patent ID: 8877240

Claim:
A tablet binding composition, comprising: an acetate salt having a particle size greater than 200 μm in an amount from 15% to about 85% by weight of the composition; and a C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant having a particle size greater than 200 μm in an amount from about 15% to about 85% by weight of the composition, wherein the C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant is an amino hexose, a hexitol, an aldonic acid, an aldonic acid lactone, a hexose-delta-lactone, or a saccharic acid or a salt of any of these compounds or a combination thereof, wherein: the ratio of the acetate salt to the C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant is in the range of about 5:1 to about 1:5; and the composition binds together ingredients in a tablet after application of a compression force.