| abstract |
The present invention provides a dry film coating composition for use in coating pharmaceuticals, food, confectionery, crop seeds and the like. The composition may optionally contain a plasticizer and may also optionally contain a pigment. Methods of coating substrates, such as pharmaceutical tablets, foodstuffs, confectionery, crop seeds, etc., are mixed with cellulose polymer and lactose in water to form an aqueous coating suspension, which is then sprayed onto the substrate to form a film coating on the substrate. And drying the film coating on the substrate. |