Lead, chalk or color tablet for writing, drawing and/or cosmetics purposes, pencil containing a lead, and method for producing a lead, chalk or color tablet

A method for producing a lead or a chalk or a color tablet for at least one of writing, drawing or cosmetics purposes, the method comprising the following steps:

• providing at least one of at least one sugar or sugar alcohol or pentaerythritol;
• providing at least one of at least one cellulose derivative or starch derivative;
• providing at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid fatty acid ester salts, fatty acid sulfoalkyl esters and ethoxylated forms of alkali metal fatty acid sulfates;
• thermoplastically processing the at least one of at least one sugar or sugar alcohol or pentaerythritol, the at least one of at least one cellulose derivative or starch derivative and the at least one surfactant at an elevated temperature bringing about a softening of at least one of the sugar or sugar alcohol or of the pentaerythritol and obtaining a lead base composition;
• and
• extruding the lead base composition to give at least one of leads or chalk strands or shaping the lead base composition to give color tablets.