Sucrose-Based Excipients for Pharmaceutical Products
Life science products serve a growing, but heterogeneous market which is driven by rising requirements for product performance, regulatory compliance and safety standards. This market requires sucrose-based excipients for applications like pharmaceutical products, non-prescription medications, food supplements, and wellness and beauty products.
We offer sucrose-based excipients for pharmaceutical products, food supplements and wellness applications. Discover our crystalline, compressed and liquid solutions compliant with the European Pharmacopoeia sucrose monograph.
Sucrose-based Excipients for Your Formulations
Our sucrose-based excipients can be used in many common dosage forms such as:
- Syprups and galenic liquids
- Compressed tablets and granules
- Powders
- Lozenges
- Coatings and
- Pharmaceutical chewing gums
Functional Properties
for Your Formulation
Pharmaceutical formulations require excipients, that combine consistent quality, regulatory compliance and processing performance. Depending on the formulation, they can fullfill various functions such as:
- Filler
- Binder
- Coating material
- Anti-adherent properties
- Solubility
- Compressibility
- Flowability
- Taste masking and palatability support
Portfolio Sucrose-Based Excipients
Our sucrose-based excipient portfolio is based on sucrose from sugar beet. The following products in our portfolio are available in pharma-compliant quality.
For more detailed product information, please click on a product in the table below or jump directly to Südzucker’s unique excipients:
| Agglomerated Products | Crystalline Products | Liquid Products | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPRI® Sugar | Extra White Sugar | Higher Grade White Sugar | Icing Sugar (Fine) | Liquid Sugar | |
| Liquid Galenic Forms: syrups, drinkable ampoules, etc. | |||||
| Suspensions: pasty products | |||||
| Powders: single-serving sachet, dry syrups to rehydrate, effervescent powders | |||||
| Direct Compression: tablets, granules | |||||
| Granulation: granules, tablets | |||||
| Coating: pastilles, tablets | |||||
| Lozenges | |||||
| Chewing Gums | |||||
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Our Services Around Sucrose-Based Excipients
Besides pharma-compliant excipients, Südzucker provides additional services for Life-Science customers:
- Own pilot scale application technology equipment. We can utilize direct compression equipment, produce hard boiled lozenges, prepare powder mixes, liquid systems or even can coat pharmaceutical chewing gums
- Development of customized excipient solutions in case you require specific granulometries of our crystalline excipients
- Flexible range of packaging options. We can supply non-standard weight big-bags adjusted to the size of your batch. Batches for delivery can be pre-sampled on request
- Provision of Certificates of Conformity per production batch of our products, in compliance with the requirements of the Sucrose Monograph of the European Pharmacopoeia (excluding dextrins and endotoxins)
- On Request: Provision of Certificates of Analysis for Ph sugar delivered, in compliance with the requirements of the Sucrose Monograph of the European Pharmacopoeia (excluding dextrins and endotoxins)
- We provide technical expertise to sucrose-based excipients and their characteristics and functionalities
- We support collaborative development projects with customers
Are you interested in our Sucrose-Based Excipient portfolio for your various pharma applications? Do you need special certifications or statements for your pharma or life-science products?
Or just in case you need support to select the right sucrose based excipient for your application (powder, galenic, liquid, tablets, etc.) we also have other products available pharma-grade (crystalline, powder, liquid)
Celia Denyset, Product Manager Sucrose-Based Excipients