Pregelatinized Starch
Premium pharmaceutical grade cold water soluble starch with excellent binding and disintegrating properties.
Premium pharmaceutical grade cold water soluble starch with excellent binding and disintegrating properties.
Pregelatinized Starch is a modified starch that has been chemically and physically modified to be cold water soluble. It provides excellent binding properties and is widely used in pharmaceutical formulations for direct compression tablets.
| Appearance | White to off-white powder |
| Particle Size | 95% through 80 mesh |
| Moisture Content | ≤ 12.0% |
| Bulk Density | 0.45 - 0.65 g/cm³ |
| Tapped Density | 0.60 - 0.80 g/cm³ |
| Carr's Index | ≤ 18% |
| pH (10% suspension) | 4.5 - 7.0 |
| Viscosity (4% solution) | 300 - 1500 cP |
| Starch Content | ≥ 85% |
| Heavy Metals | ≤ 10 ppm |
| Lead | ≤ 2 ppm |
| Arsenic | ≤ 2 ppm |
| Total Aerobic Count | ≤ 1000 CFU/g |
| Yeast & Mold | ≤ 100 CFU/g |
| E. coli | Absent/g |
| Salmonella | Absent/25g |
| S. aureus | Absent/g |
Ideal for direct compression tablets due to excellent flow and compressibility.
Provides strong binding properties for tablet formulations.
Acts as a disintegrant to ensure rapid tablet breakdown.
Used as a filler in hard gelatin capsules.
Suitable for tablet coating applications.
Excellent binder for wet granulation processes.