Pharmaceutical: OTC Drugs and Dietary Supplements

Food and Nutritional Product Applications:

Watson 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.

Watson'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.

Our product line includes:

Watson 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.

Vitamins
Minerals
Amino Acids
Botanicals/Herbals
Fine Chemicals
Fatty Acid

Ascorbic Acid 50%	Vitamin B1 33 1/3%
Ascorbic Acid 60%	Vitamin B2 33 1/3%
Sodium Ascorbate 50%	Bitamin B6 33 1/3%
Botanicals	Vitamin E 50%
Caffeine 50%	Vitamin E 50% CWS SD
Choline Bitartrate 60%, 90%	Zinc Oxide 50%
Copper Oxide 50%
D-Calcium Pantothenate 50%
Ferrous Fumarate 60%
Ferrous Sulfate 60%
Herbals
L-Carnitine 70%
Magnesium Oxide 40%
Manganese Sulfate 60%
Niacinamide 33.33%
Potassium Chloride 60%
Riboflavin 33.33%
Thiamine Mononitrate 33.33%

	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

Of special interest is

The benefits provided by micro-encapsulation of nutrients for use in directly compressible supplement tablets include:

High Heat Stable Vitamin C

which is:

-stable in hgih temperature processes such as backing.

By using a proprietary multilayer micro-encapsulation

-It can survive in a high heat, high moisture environment,

which would normally prohibit any Vit. C retention.