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AssigneeLife Savers, Inc.
InventorsWayne J. Puglia, Kanit J. Patanasinth, Andrew T. Lombardo, John E. Beam, Donald A. M. Mackay
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An improved compressed soft chewable tablet is provided, which may contain an antacid or other active ingredient, has good flexibility, is breakage resistant and disintegrates immediately upon chewing. The tablet of the invention is formed of particles of antacid and/or other active ingredient which are isolated from other ingredients of the tablet, preferably by admixing particles of active ingredient with particles formed of edible fat or oil absorbed on a fat-absorbing material, such as microcrystalline cellulose and blending such particles with one or more tablet bonders; the tablet also includes additional amounts of tablet bonders, flavors and other conventional tabletting aids to help in making the tablet more palatable. Upon chewing, the tablet is quickly converted to a smooth creamy non-gritty palatable emulsion.
A compressed chewable antacid tablet having good hardness and flexibility and easy bite-through which comprises a blend of (a) a particulate pretreated fat composition comprising an edible fatty material comprising hydrogenated tallow, hydrogenated vegetable oil, almond oil, coconut oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, refined linseed oil, light liquid petrolatum, heavy liquid petrolatum, olein, olive oil, palm oil, peanut oil, persic oil, sesame oil, soybean oil or safflower oil, a fat sorbing material having the fatty material sorbed thereon or therein, the fat sorbing material comprising microcrystalline cellulose, cornstarch, tapioca, dextrin, sucrose, sorbitol, xylitol or mannitol, and one or more tablet bonders said tablet bonders comprising tabletting sugar, dextrose monohydrate or mixtures thereof, blended therewith or mixtures thereof with one or more antioxidants, flavors, colorant or mixtures thereof;
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