Granules of thiamine salt and the production thereof

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Granules consisting of a thiamine salt and a binder such as water-soluble celluloses said thiamine, salt accounting for about 95 to about 98 percent by weight on the dried basis can be prepared by spray-coating thiamine salt powder at least about 95 percent by weight of which is capable of passing through a 145-mesh sieve with a solution containing a binder while maintaining said thiamine salt powder in a fluidized state in a fluidized-bed granulation apparatus. The granules are excellent in flowability mix-, ability, compressibility and bonding properties and can, be used for tablet manufacturing.