Products Documents Pharma and Nutraceuticals Oral dosage Coating Print: Roquette excipients for coating Film coating is widely used by the pharmaceutical industry for aesthetic or functional purposes, to mask unpleasant odors and tastes or to protect drugs from environmental factors. Coated tablets and capsules offer benefits for both patients and laboratories. For patients, Coated tablets mean a more attractive appearance, simpler identification, enhanced taste and odor, and easier swallowing. In the laboratory, film coating helps identify brands, prevents cross-contamination, improves packaging efficiency, and protects from light, water and gases. SweetPearl®, the reference for sugar-free hard coating Hard coating is the traditional method of covering tablets. It is mainly used to mask unpleasant odors and tastes or to protect actives against light. SweetPearl® maltitol powder has become the reference standard for sugar-free hard coating around the world, with outstanding qualities: It successfully replaces sugar, with a sweetness close to that of sucrose. It allows to achieving faster coating time. It offers dietary benefits: sugar-free, low-caloric, non-cariogenic and suitable for diabetics. LYCOAT® means quality coating A film coating is a thin polymer-based coat applied either on the surface of tablets, or on materials dispensed within capsules. Roquette has developed a specific modified pea starch with outstanding qualities: LYCOAT®. LYCOAT® is a film forming polymer, specifically developed for aqueous film coating for immediate release. It is rapidly solubilized in water, without lump or foam formation for a rapid preparation of the coating suspension. The low viscosity of LYCOAT® allows the preparation of high dry substance coating suspensions. Coating time is drastically reduced. LYCOAT® coating is of high quality, very brilliant, with no logo bridging and a neutral taste. ReadiLYCOAT® is a ready-to-use systems based on LYCOAT®. ReadiLYCOAT® is a homogeneous blend of LYCOAT® RS, plasticizer, pigments and other additives developed for the coating of solid dosage forms. ReadiLYCOAT® MS is ideal for protecting moisture sensitive formulations. It is available as a clear or white coating system. Discover more about our excipients and active ingredients Product catalogue Product finder Resources Nutraceuticals & OTC Solutions An unwavering commitment to enabling health supporting nutraceuticals and OTC consumer products. Related resources : Pharma - Nutraceuticals and OTC Brochure : Oral dosage overview When it comes to meeting the challenges of formulation, you need more than just an ingredient supplier. Related resources : Pharma - Oral dosage forms Video: LYCOAT® and ReadiLYCOAT® - New solutions for film coating A natural inert polymer and ready-to-use coating system for fast aqueous film coating saves up to 50% or more time. December 9, 2016 Related resources : Pharma - Oral dosage - Coating More resources More details on our selected solutions Roquette BioPharma solutions Quality-based, safe, secure, and reliable supply of raw materials and excipients for biologics. Pyrogen-free solutions for life-saving injectables Pyrogen-free pure materials for parenteral preparations. Direct compression: cost-effective solutions to optimise your formulations Expertise from lab to pilot to industrial scale and a large range of high-quality excipients to reduce time-to-market. Disintegrants and superdisintegrants solutions A range of sodium starch glycolates (GLYCOLYS® and EXPLOSOL®) and more than 30 years experience in the field to help in your formulations development. Excipients for solubility and stability improvement & taste masking. KLEPTOSE® betacyclodextrins range to improve the solubility or stability of active ingredients, or to improve the palatability of drugs. Coating solutions A natural inert polymer (LYCOAT®) and a ready-to-use coating system (ReadiLYCOAT®) for fast aqueous film coating that saves up to 50% or more time. Other solutions Disintegrants and Superdisintegrants Roquette's wide range of disintegration excipients facilitate the dissolution or release of the active ingredients of your capsules or tablets. Fillers, Diluents and Binders Discover the variety of fillers, diluents and binders Roquette offers for the formulation of your solid dosage forms. Solubility and stability improvement Discover a full range range of solubilization and stability enhancers: native and hydroxypropyl cyclodextrins KLEPTOSE®, and octenyl succinate starches CLEARGUM® CO, for use in many dosage forms, from solid to liquid. Taste-masking Discover our full range of KLEPTOSE®, efficient taste-masking agents adapted to all process and formulation constraints you might have. Liquid solutions Roquette offers a large range of plant-based excipients for the formulation of liquid forms: syrups, solutions, ampoules, dispersions, etc. Learn more about our solutions? Your success is our greatest priority, and your needs are unique. We would love to better understand your needs and connect you with our experts. Get more information Need more information about this solution? Get more information Contact Us Careers Our suppliers Our Locations Sitemap Useful Links FAQ Follow us on Legal Notice Data Protection General conditions of sales Cookie Policy California Transparency Ethics and Compliance © 2016-2021 Roquette Frères. All rights reserved. By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. 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