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TACKIDEX® B167 - DEXTRIN

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TACKIDEX® Potato dextrins provide a variety of benefits to the manufacturer and consumer as both an excipient and a nutrient. They are white to yellow powders obtained from maize, tapioca, and potato starch by heat treatment. These are ingredients for clinical nutrition and nutraceuticals. Dextrins are starch polymers derived through solid-state heating from partially hydrolysed starch. Dextrinization is a classical starch processing technology that makes partial or complete solubility possible. As an excipient, dextrins are a binder, filler, stabilizer,  suspending agent, and viscosifier. As a nutrient, it is a carbohydrate and fiber source. TACKIDEX® can be used in various oral dosage forms in both pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications, including swallowable tablets, chewable tablets, effervescent tablets, lozenges, hard capsules, soft capsules, coatings, orally dissolving films, blends, granules, pellet premix, medicated confectionary, syrups, suspensions, and liquids.

Ingredient Name: Potato Dextrin

Chemical Name: Dextrin

Functions: Binder, Carbohydrate Source, Fiber Source, Fiber Source, Fiber Source, Filler, Stabilizer, Stabilizer, Suspending Agent, Viscosity Modifier

CAS Number: 9004-53-9

Dosage Form: Capsules, Granules, Orally Disintegrating Films (ODFs), Powder & Powder Blends, Suspension, Syrups, Tablets

Synonyms: Fungal amylase starch, Hydrolysed dextrin

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Identification & Functionality

Chemical Name
Ingredient Name

Features & Benefits

Food Ingredients Features

Applications & Uses

Food & Nutrition Applications

Properties

Physical Form
Solubility
Appearance
White or almost white free-flowing powder
Soluble in
Boiling water
Sparingly soluble in
Cold water
Insoluble in
Ethanol (96%)
Physico-Chemical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Loss on dryingmax. 13%(w/w)European Pharmacopoeia, USP-NF Pharmacopeia
Reducing Sugars (on D.S.)max. 10%(w/w)European Pharmacopoeia, USP-NF Pharmacopeia
pH2 - 8European Pharmacopoeia
Sulphated Ashmax. 0.5%(w/w)European Pharmacopoeia, USP-NF Pharmacopeia
Protein Content (N6, 25, as is)max. 1%(w/w)USP-NF Pharmacopeia
Aciditymax. 3mlUSP-NF Pharmacopeia
Chloridesmax. 0.2%(w/w)European Pharmacopoeia, USP-NF Pharmacopeia

Regulatory & Compliance

Packaging & Availability

Packaging Type
Packaging Information

25 kg free film paper bag

Storage & Handling

Shelf Life
5 Years
Storage and Shelf Life Conditions
  • The product durability may vary according to packaging type and manufacturing plant. Proper information is shown on labeling and CoA.
  • Store in a closed and integral silo / tank. The minimum durability of the bulk product depends on the customer's unloading and storage conditions.
  • ROQUETTE's liability is limited to reception of the product at the customer's site.
  • We recommend to preserve the product in its unopened original packaging, preferably protected from wide variations in temperature and humidity. Upon opening, use the product as quickly as possible to prevent moisture regain.
  • Manufacturing date + 5 years, in its unopened packaging.