Sodium Starch Glycolate (S.S.G.)

Sodium Starch Glycolate is a very fine free flowing powder that is white or off white in color and has almost no odor. Its property of insolubility is remarkable, with complete insolubility in most organic solvents, and even in water. It is a sodium salt of carboxyl ether of starch, and is appreciated for its stability and binding properties. It finds much usage in pharmaceutical industry, to disintegrate tablet formulations & capsules and in tablets that employ wet-granulation or direct compression processes. This powder is able to retain its disintegrating efficiency even if it is in close proximity of hydrophobic exepients.