Lubricants for Nutraceuticals

Lubricants for Nutraceuticals

Lubricants for nutraceuticals stand out as fundamental excipients that play an essential role in the production of solid forms of supplements. These agents facilitate the manufacturing of nutraceuticals and contribute to creating high-quality end products. Nutraceutical lubricants ensure an optimal consumer experience by facilitating the ingestion and absorption of essential nutrients.

What are Lubricants for Nutraceuticals?

Lubricants for nutraceuticals are substances designed to reduce friction between powder particles during the manufacturing of solid forms, such as tablets and capsules. This function is crucial to ensure efficient production and the creation of final products that are easy to swallow and break down in the digestive system.

Highlighted Properties/Advantages

Friction Reduction: They act by reducing friction between powder particles, facilitating their processing and formation. 

Improves Flowability: They contribute to the flowability of the powder during manufacturing, ensuring homogeneous distribution in the mixture. 

Prevents Agglomeration: They prevent particle agglomeration and adhesion, ensuring uniformity in the mixture. 

Facilitates Compression: They make compression during tablet formation more efficient, ensuring the necessary cohesion. 

Minimizes Tool Wear: They help minimize wear on manufacturing tools, prolonging their lifespan. 

Compatibility with Active Ingredients: They are compatible with a wide variety of active ingredients, ensuring formulation stability. 

Enhances Disintegration: They contribute to proper disintegration in the gastrointestinal tract, facilitating nutrient absorption. 

Common Uses

Nutritional Tablets: Applied in the production of nutritional tablets, improving manufacturability and final quality. 

Supplement Capsules: Used in capsule formulation to ensure proper release of content. 

Multivitamins in Tablets: Incorporated into multivitamin tablets to facilitate daily intake of essential nutrients. 

Mineral Supplements: Applied in supplements containing minerals to ensure efficient compression. 

Bone Health Products: Used in formulations aimed at bone health to ensure uniformity and proper disintegration. 

Benefits of Lubricants for Nutraceuticals

Facilitate Efficient Production: They reduce friction, facilitating the efficient production of solid forms. 

Improve Tablet Quality: They contribute to the formation of high-quality tablets with a uniform appearance and proper disintegration. 

Ensure Uniformity: They prevent agglomeration, ensuring a uniform mixture of active ingredients and excipients. 

Optimize Absorption: They contribute to proper disintegration in the gastrointestinal tract, optimizing nutrient absorption. 

Prolong Tool Lifespan: They help minimize wear on manufacturing tools, prolonging their lifespan and reducing costs. 

Lubricants for Nutraceuticals

Magnesium Stearate (EP/USP) 

Polyethylene Glycol – Grade 200 to 8000 (EP/USP) 

Sodium Benzoate (FCC, EP/USP) 

Stearic Acid (EP/USP) 

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