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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1982
Filed:
May. 29, 1981
Wayne J Puglia, Bellerose Village, NY (US);
Kanit J Patanasinth, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Andrew T Lombardo, Bronx, NY (US);
Walter Vink, Purdys Station, NY (US);
Life Savers, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved compressed soft chewable tablet is provided, which may contain an antacid or other active ingredient, has good flexibility, is breakage resistant and disintegrates immediately upon chewing. The tablet of the invention is formed of particles of a recrystallized fatty material, such as chocolate, a bulking material such as sugar or an active ingredient, such as an antacid, bound up in the particles of recrystallized fatty material, and a direct compaction vehicle which binds the particles of recrystallized fatty material and bulking material, under compression, into a chewable tablet.