SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5-2, Ebisujima-cho, Sakai City, Osaka 590-8502 Japan 1、 Magnesium stearate’s Use Magnesium stearate is capable of using as lubricant for tablet & capsule food. ※By revision dated 2017/6/23 of 「Standards and criteria for food and food additives」, Magnesium Stearate can be used FOR CAPSULE & TABLET-FORMED FOOD and CONFECTIONERY 2、Magnesium stearate’s Advantages As a tablet & capsule food’s lubricant, compared to Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids, Magnesium stearate has following excellent properties WITH LOWER USING DOSAGE. ＜Main properties＞ Upgraded Prevent lubricatibity moisture Good absorption & tableting consolidation Safe Reduce substance friction (Food additives) ※Notice in use Compared to Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids, Disintergrating time when using Magnesium Stearate is later than around 70～200sec. SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO .,LTD. SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5-2, Ebisujima-cho, Sakai City, Osaka 590-8502 Japan ≪Material comparing between St-Mg and Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids≫ Drawing１. Continuous tableting 100 80 0.3% Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids %) 0.5% Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids （ 60 2.0% Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids 0.3% Mg-St 0.5 % Mg-St 40 Defect Defect rate 20 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Tableting duration（min） St-Mg:◆Lower-dosage ◆Less Defect rate Drawing 2、Initial Tableting time（0～10min） Lubricant using Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids St-Mg amount 0.3 wt% At 0.3w％, sticking occurs Good tablet condition SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO .,LTD. SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5-2, Ebisujima-cho, Sakai City, Osaka 590-8502 Japan 3、General information Appearance ： White powder Fatty acid material ： Plant derived（Palm oil：Made in Malaysia） Production place ： Japan（Osaka, Sakai-city） Packaging ： 10kg paper bag（Poly-inner） 4、Specification Content Unit Specification range Description － White, light, bulky powder Identification － Comformed Acid or Alkali ㎖ Comformed Chloride（as Cl） % Not more than 0.10 Sulfate（as SO4） % Not more than 1.0 Lead（as Pb） ㎍/g Not more than 2 The area of the methyl stearate peak and Purity Relative content the total area of the methyl stearate ratio of stearic peak and methyl palmitate peak are not － acid and palmitic less than 40% and not less than 90%, acid respectively, of the total area of all the peaks of fatty acid esters obtained. Loss of Drying % Not more than 6.0 Assay（Mg） % 4.0～5.0 Based on Japan’s Specifications and Standards for Food Additives (9th edition) 5、Particle shape SEM photo（ratio：x2,000） Particle size SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO .,LTD. SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5-2, Ebisujima-cho, Sakai City, Osaka 590-8502 Japan Production plant・Inquiries SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD 5-2, Ebisujima-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka 590-8502 Plastic Additives Sales Department Tokyo Sales Section：03-5823-3723 Osaka Sales Section：072-223-4155 E-MAIL：[email protected] WEB SITE：http://www.sakai-chem.co.jp/ Revised date: 2021/3/30 SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO .,LTD. .