Calcium carbonate granulation

摘要

Highly compactable granulations and methods for preparing highly compactable granulations are disclosed. More particularly, highly compactable calcium carbonate granulations are disclosed. The granulations comprise powdered materials such as calcium carbonate that have small median particle sizes. The disclosed granulations are useful in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical tableting and provide smaller tablet sizes upon compression than previously available.

主权项

1. A method for making dietary supplement tablets comprising compressing a calcium carbonate granulation into tablets, the calcium carbonate granulation comprising more than 90% by weight USP or food grade calcium carbonate powder, and a water content of less than about 1% by weight, wherein the calcium carbonate granulation, prior to compression, is highly compactable and has a tap density of between about 0.9 and about 2.0 g/cm3.