Edible IJ ink, tablet, and capsule
AssigneeToppan Inc.
InventorsMasato Fukushiro, Yuichi Hoshino, Masatoshi Saito, Hideki Ishikawa
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Abstract
An edible IJ ink that has good dispersion stability and printing resumability (intermission resumability), dries quickly, and provides good print quality (for example, prevents streaking), and to provide a tablet and a capsule including a printed part printed using the edible IJ ink, the edible IJ ink comprises water, titanium oxide, a dispersant, a wetting agent, and a water-soluble polysaccharide having a weight average molecular weight smaller than 10,000, and the dispersant includes at least one of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium alginate, and sodium carbonate.
Claims14
An edible inkjet (IJ) ink comprising:
- (a) water,
- (b) 1 mass % to 30 mass % of titanium oxide particles,
- (c) 0.1 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to the titanium oxide particles of at least one dispersant selected from the group consisting of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium alginate and sodium carbonate,
- (d) 15 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less of propylene glycol, and
- (e) 0.1 mass % or more and 6 mass % or less of at least one water-soluble polysaccharide having a weight average molecular weight smaller than 10,000, the at least one water-soluble polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of trehalose, reduced isomaltulose, maltodextrine, polydextrose and indigestible dextrin.
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