Compressed chewable antacid tablet and method for forming same
AssigneeLife Savers, Inc.
InventorsWayne J. Puglia, Kanit J. Patanasinth, Andrew T. Lombardo, Walter Vink
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Abstract
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 a recrystallized fatty material, such as chocolate, a bulking material such as sugar or an active ingredient, such as an antacid, bound up in the particles of recrystallized fatty material, and a direct compaction vehicle which binds the particles of recrystallized fatty material and bulking material, under compression, into a chewable tablet.
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A compressed chewable antacid tablet having good breakage resistance and flexibility which comprises particles of a recrystallized fatty material comprising chocolate, synthetic chocolate or hydrogenated tallow, an antacid bound up in said particles of recrystallized fatty material, and a direct compaction vehicle which binds said particles of recrystallized fatty material and antacid, under compression, into a chewable tablet, said direct compaction vehicle comprising sorbitol, mannitol, dextrose monohydrate, anhydrous lactose, dicalcium phosphate dihydrate, co-crystallized sucrose with modified dextrins, cerelose or other corn syrup solids.
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