Sugar Coated Tablet

Traditional sugar coating is performed in what is generally described as a conventional coating pan. However, the desire to reduce the time needed for the sugar coating process has led to the trend towards side-vented pans, which can be modified to introduce the sugar syrup via a dosing bar, rather than spraying the tablets as with film coating. Sugar coating liquids used in preparing sugar coated tablets contain binders such as gelatin or gum arabic so as to increase strength of the sugar coating layer or to increase bonding strength between an uncoated tablet and the sugar-coating layer.