| Pharmaceutical: OTC Drugs and Dietary Supplements |
Food and Nutritional Product Applications: |
West manufactures customeized Micro-Encapsulations of OTC drugs for use in directly compressible tablets, liquids and chewable tablets. Micro-Encapsulations can help mask undesireable flavors in OTC drugs in liquid suspensions or chewable tablets, as well as reducing the "chalkiness" of chewable tablets. Dissolution rate and bio-availability are carefully monitered to ensure optional performance. |
West's micro-encapsulations have strong application as single ingredients or in combinaiton with other nutrients in complete vitamin/mineral premisxes for a wide range of food and beverage fotification projects. Application segments include RTE Breakfast Cerals. Fortified Baked Goods, Nutrition Bars, Powered Supplement Beverages. Medical Foods, Sports Nutrition Products, Weight Loss Products. Confectionery Products and Fortified Snack foods. |
Dietary Supplements: |
Our product line includes: |
West Manufacturers a full range of Micro-Encapsulated Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acid and Botanicals for use in chewable Dietary Supplement bablets, Weight Loss Supplements, Wellness Supplements, Nutraceutical Supplements and Athletic Supplements. |
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Our line includes (but is not limited to): |
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| Ascorbic Acid 50% |
Vitamin B1 33 1/3% |
Ascorbic Acid 60% |
Vitamin B2 33 1/3% |
Sodium Ascorbate 50% |
Bitamin B6 33 1/3% |
Thiamine Mononitrate 33.33% |
Vitamin E 50% |
D-Calcium Pantothenate 50% |
Vitamin E 50% CWS SD |
Choline Bitartrate 60%, 90% |
Zinc Oxide 50% |
Copper Oxide 50% |
Herbals, Botanicals |
Ferrous Fumarate 60% |
Caffeine 50% |
Ferrous Sulfate 60% |
L-Carnitine 70% |
Magnesium Oxide 40% |
Riboflavin 33.33% |
Manganese Sulfate 60% |
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Niacinamide 33.33% |
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Potassium Chloride 60% |
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| Benefits achieved thorough micro-encapsulation in fortified foods and beverages include: |
Increases Nutrient Stability |
Reduction in overages for cost savings |
Protection of sensitive nutrients during high temperature food processing |
Taste/odor masking |
Conversion of liquid or oil based ingredients into dry free flowing powders |
Increased shelf life |
Prevention of ingredient interaction |
Fortification using our Micro-Encapsulations allows for the manufacture of nutrious snacks and food produtions, without altering the flavor profile or consumer acceptance of the products |
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The benefits provided by micro-encapsulation of nutrients for use in directly compressible supplement tablets include: |
High Heat Stable Vitamin C |
Improved compression profile |
which is: |
Reduced "chalky" or gritty mouth feel in chewable tablets |
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Taste mascking of undesirable flavors |
-stable in hgih temperature processes such as backing. |
Prevention of ingredient interactions (ie: Ferrous Irons and Ascorbic Acid) |
By using a proprietary multilayer micro-encapsulation |
Prevents moisture pickup in hygroscopic ingredients, which causes softening of tablets |
-It can survive in a high heat, high moisture environment, |
Conversion of liquid or oil based ingredients into dry, free flowing powders |
which would normally prohibit any Vit. C retention. |
Drum - To - Hopper Blends |
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Complete blends of active ingredients, binders and excipients such as fillers, disintegrants and lubricants are required for manufacture of high quality tablets. There is no need to preprocess Drum-To-Hopper blends before manufacture of the finished tablest. Drum-to-Hopper blends are ready to use as soon as they reach your facility, saving time and labor.
The benefits of Drum to Hopper products include: |
Trituration is the process by which a micronutrient is standardized on a carrier for better distribution in the final blend, ease of scaling and homogeneity. We utilizes a specialized blending technique to homogeneousely distribute a potent micronutrient throughout a carrier. The resulting trituration can be customeized to any level of active to carrier ratio or percentage by the blending of a micronutrient on a carrier such as Di-Calcium Phosphate, Maltodextrin or starch, amoung others. By eliminating the need to scale off pure micronutrients in small qantities, correct dosage is assured and costly errors pervented. Scaling waste of costly pure micronutrients is also minimized. Most importantly, triturations provide homogeneous dispersion of the micronutrients in your finished blend or product. |
Reduced Production Cost: |
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By providing a ready to use Drum-To-Hopper Blend, we can reduce your labor costs substantially by eliminating preprocessing in your fcility. This frees up your equipment, prevents production dlays and reduces labor and equipment renning costs. |
We utilizes a wide range of carriers to suite the properties of your finished product, taking into consideration desired charcteristics such as solubility, particles size or special label claims, such as in the case of starch free products. |
Quality Assurance: |
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By providing a complete certificate of analysis with every lot shipped. We can reduce your in-house Quality Control process.Pre-shipment samples can also be arranged by customer request. |
Our line of Triturations includes both standard and customized products, such as: |
Drum - To - Hopper Blends |
Triturations |
Complete blends of active ingredients, binders and excipients such as fillers, disintegrants and lubricants are required for manufacture of high quality tablets. There is no need to preprocess Drum-To-Hopper blends before manufacture of the finished tablest. Drum-to-Hopper blends are ready to use as soon as they reach your facility, saving time and labor.
The benefits of Drum to Hopper products include: |
Trituration is the process by which a micronutrient is standardized on a carrier for better distribution in the final blend, ease of scaling and homogeneity. We utilizes a specialized blending technique to homogeneousely distribute a potent micronutrient throughout a carrier. The resulting trituration can be customeized to any level of active to carrier ratio or percentage by the blending of a micronutrient on a carrier such as Di-Calcium Phosphate, Maltodextrin or starch, amoung others. By eliminating the need to scale off pure micronutrients in small qantities, correct dosage is assured and costly errors pervented. Scaling waste of costly pure micronutrients is also minimized. Most importantly, triturations provide homogeneous dispersion of the micronutrients in your finished blend or product. |
Reduced Production Cost: |
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By providing a ready to use Drum-To-Hopper Blend, we can reduce your labor costs substantially by eliminating preprocessing in your fcility. This frees up your equipment, prevents production dlays and reduces labor and equipment renning costs. |
We utilizes a wide range of carriers to suite the properties of your finished product, taking into consideration desired charcteristics such as solubility, particles size or special label claims, such as in the case of starch free products. |
Quality Assurance: |
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By providing a complete certificate of analysis with every lot shipped. We can reduce your in-house Quality Control process.Pre-shipment samples can also be arranged by customer request. |
Our line of Triturations includes both standard and customized products, such as: |
Large Lot Sizes: By manufacturing in lot sizes up to 10,000 lbs. we can provide you with a minimal number of lots. Lot to lot friability, is strictly controlled.
Excellent compression profile for good tablet hardness and low friability, ideal for small shapes.
Physical Specifications: we strict physical specifications ensure uniform particle size distribution, good flowability and high bulk density.
ONE of our most popular Drum-To-Hopper products is READY-C
READY-C is a Drum-to-Hopper blend of Ascorbic Acid and excipients designed to make high quality Vitamin C tablets.
READY-C reauires no preparation prior to manufacture. Just add READY-C into the hopper of your tablet press and start producing tablets with excellent hardness |
| Chromium Chloride 1% |
Cyanocobalamin, Vitamin B12 0.1% |
Cyanocobalamin, Vitamin B12 1% |
Biotin 1% |
Folic Acid 5% |
Folic Acid 10% |
Nickelous Sulfate 1% (Nickel) |
Phytonadione, Vitamin K 1% |
Potassium Iodide 1% |
Potassium Iodide 5% |
Sodium Borate 10% (Boron) |
Sodium Metasilicate 1% (Silicone) |
Sodium Metasilicate 1% (Vanadium) |
Sodium Molybdate 1% (Molybderum) |
Sodium Selenite 1% (Selenium) |
Stannous Chloride 1% (Tin) |
Trace Mineral Triturations (Premises/Blends) |
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and didintegration profile. Designed for high speed |
Applications for Trituration Include: |
tablet presses. |
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READY-C can save tablet manufacturers considerable money in reduced labor costs and equipment costs. Production delays are eliminated, as there is no need for in-process manufacturing. |
| Food Fortification |
Premixes |
Dry Instant Beverage Powders |
Powdered Weight Loss Meal Replacement Products |
Dietary Supplements (multi-vitamin / mineral |
tablets or capsules) |
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