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Coating material for nutraceutical manufacture

For FSSAI licensed units coating supplements, vitamins and mineral tablets.

Written by the Rglax Pharma technical team, who formulate and manufacture every grade named on this category at our WHO-GMP works in Tahliwal, Una (drug manufacturing licence NNZ/23/238). Reviewed 3 September 2026. Licences and certificates.

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Film coated nutraceutical caplets beside coating powder
Nutraceutical coating material: the material and the finish it produces. Illustration, not a photograph of stock.

Why it matters

Enteric grades appear in this list because fish oil and probiotic products need one, and sugar coating does not, because almost nobody sugar coats a supplement any more. Nutraceutical cores are often larger, softer and more friable than a pharmaceutical tablet, and they carry actives that smell and taste of what they are. That combination puts the emphasis on taste masking, on a film that covers a difficult core colour without a heavy build-up, and on a finish that survives a bottle rather than a blister. Regulatory expectations are set by FSSAI rather than by the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.

For most supplement tablets the decision is between a plain film coat and a moisture barrier, and the stability data decides it. MB 31RP was formulated for multivitamin and ferrous cores, the two products most likely to drift in a bottle. RT-114 handles taste before compression rather than after it. The MNaq metallic and pearl series exists for a branded finish, and ECM-RP347 or ECM-RP348 is the enteric route for a fish oil or probiotic product.

Running it

Tell us the core hardness and the friability figure alongside the shade. A grade that runs beautifully on a hard pharmaceutical core can chip an iron or calcium tablet at the same pan speed.

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Grades in this category

Every grade is listed with what it is for, the process base it runs on and the actives it was formulated against, so the choice between two of them can be made here rather than on a sample.

  • Aqueous film coat, white or colour

    Water base ready-mix film coat supplied white or in your agreed shade.

    General purpose aqueous film coating for immediate release tablets. It is dispersed in purified water and applied as a white or coloured film coat, giving a smooth, glossy surface with well defined logo definition.

    Base ·
    Aqueous
    Finish ·
    White or colour, high gloss

  • Aqueous film coat, extra white

    Water base extra white film coat for cores that show through a standard white.

    Aqueous extra white film coat developed for tablets where the core colour bleeds through a conventional white film. Calcium and Azithromycin cores are the usual cases. It gives higher opacity at the same build-up.

    Base ·
    Aqueous
    Finish ·
    Extra white, high opacity
    Formulated against ·
    Calcium, Azithromycin

  • Non-aqueous film coat, white or colour

    Solvent base ready-mix film coat for moisture sensitive cores.

    Solvent base film coating for cores that cannot tolerate an aqueous process. It is supplied white or in your agreed shade, with the same finish characteristics as the aqueous grade at a lower bed temperature.

    Base ·
    Non-aqueous (solvent)
    Finish ·
    White or colour, high gloss

  • Non-aqueous film coat, extra white

    Solvent base extra white film coat for high opacity cover on sensitive cores.

    Non-aqueous extra white film coat for moisture sensitive tablets that also need high opacity. It combines a solvent process with the covering power of the Wt10 series.

    Base ·
    Non-aqueous (solvent)
    Finish ·
    Extra white, high opacity

  • Universal film coat

    One grade that runs on either an aqueous or a solvent process.

    Universal film coat material for units that run mixed processes and want to hold a single grade in stores. It can be dispersed in water or in solvent, so the same code covers both product lines.

    Base ·
    Aqueous or non-aqueous
    Finish ·
    White or colour

  • Enteric coat, methacrylic base, non-aqueous

    Solvent base methacrylic enteric film for the Pantoprazole group.

    Methacrylic base enteric coating applied from a non-aqueous system, formulated for the Pantoprazole group and other dissolution critical enteric tablets. It runs best over a transparent seal coat such as SC-401, which protects the acid labile core.

    Base ·
    Non-aqueous (solvent)
    Finish ·
    Enteric film, gastro resistant
    Formulated against ·
    Pantoprazole group

  • Enteric coat, methacrylic base, aqueous

    Water base methacrylic enteric film for Diclofenac and Serratiopeptidase.

    Methacrylic base enteric coating for an aqueous process, formulated for Diclofenac and Serratiopeptidase enteric tablets. It takes solvent handling out of the enteric stage wherever the core allows a water base process.

    Base ·
    Aqueous
    Finish ·
    Enteric film, gastro resistant
    Formulated against ·
    Diclofenac, Serratiopeptidase

  • Enteric coat, phthalate base

    Phthalate base enteric system for Duloxetine enteric tablets.

    Phthalate base enteric coating material formulated for Duloxetine enteric tablets, where the release profile is governed by the phthalate polymer rather than a methacrylic film.

    Base ·
    Non-aqueous (solvent)
    Finish ·
    Enteric film, gastro resistant
    Formulated against ·
    Duloxetine

  • Enteric coat, methacrylic second bond

    Second bond methacrylic enteric system for Mesalamine.

    Methacrylic base enteric coating on a second bond, formulated for Mesalamine enteric tablets where release has to be held until a defined point in the intestinal tract.

    Base ·
    Non-aqueous (solvent)
    Finish ·
    Enteric film, delayed release
    Formulated against ·
    Mesalamine

  • Enteric coat, CAP base

    Cellulose acetate phthalate enteric film for Diclofenac and Serratiopeptidase.

    CAP base enteric coating material for Diclofenac and Serratiopeptidase enteric tablets. It is the alternative polymer route to ECM-RP348 where a CAP film is specified.

    Base ·
    Non-aqueous (solvent)
    Finish ·
    Enteric film, gastro resistant
    Formulated against ·
    Diclofenac, Serratiopeptidase

  • Moisture barrier for Amoxycillin and Clavulanate

    Solvent base extra white barrier film for the most moisture sensitive combination.

    Moisture barrier film coat on a solvent base, extra white, developed for Amoxycillin and Clavulanate potassium tablets. Water ingress during and after coating drives degradation in that combination, and this grade is built to hold it out.

    Base ·
    Non-aqueous (solvent)
    Finish ·
    Extra white, moisture barrier
    Formulated against ·
    Amoxycillin and Clavulanate potassium

  • Extra white film coat for plain Amoxycillin

    Solvent base extra white film for plain Amoxycillin and dissolution critical tablets.

    Solvent base extra white film coat for plain Amoxycillin tablets and other products where dissolution has to be protected while the core is covered to a high opacity.

    Base ·
    Non-aqueous (solvent)
    Finish ·
    Extra white
    Formulated against ·
    Amoxycillin

  • Moisture barrier for multivitamin and ferrous tablets

    Solvent base barrier film for hygroscopic multivitamin and iron formulations.

    Solvent base moisture barrier film coat for Multivitamin and Ferrous group tablets. It protects the core from moisture pick-up and from the colour change that follows it on shelf.

    Base ·
    Non-aqueous (solvent)
    Finish ·
    Colour or white, moisture barrier
    Formulated against ·
    Multivitamins, Ferrous group

  • Moisture barrier for special category tablets

    Solvent base barrier film for products outside the standard range.

    Moisture barrier film coat on a solvent base for special category tablets whose stability profile is not covered by the CVS, PA or MB grades. It is formulated against the specific core on request.

    Base ·
    Non-aqueous (solvent)
    Finish ·
    Moisture barrier

  • Metallic and pearl film coat

    Solvent base metallic and pearl effect film coats, supplied in the agreed shade.

    The MNaq series is a non-aqueous ready-mix film coat that gives a metallic or pearl effect finish. Each shade carries its own code, and every code runs the same way on the coater. The shade is matched and confirmed against your reference sample before the batch is released, so a repeat order reproduces the finish you approved rather than a fresh interpretation of it.

    Base ·
    Non-aqueous (solvent)
    Finish ·
    Metallic or pearl, shade on reference

  • Taste mask for Azithromycin and Ofloxacin

    Ready-mix taste mask for bitter actives in oral suspension.

    Ready-mix taste mask formulated for Azithromycin and Ofloxacin suspensions. It masks the taste and odour of the active through a solid dispersion approach rather than flavour loading on its own.

    Base ·
    Dry blend
    Finish ·
    Taste masked granule or powder
    Formulated against ·
    Azithromycin suspension, Ofloxacin suspension

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