Roquette excipients for coating

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.

• 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®.

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.