Molecular formula: C₂₂H₃₉NaO₄

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Sodium Stearyl Fumarate is an inert, hydrophilic, tablet lubricant, designed specifically for use where other conventional lubricants are not suitable.  It is especially useful in those situations where the usual lubricating agents fail to provide tablets of adequate stability, hardness, content uniformity, disintegration and dissolution rate. Sodium Stearyl Fumarate is effective at use levels of 1-3%.

Tablets made with Sodium Stearyl Fumarate have superior strength characteristics than those products with Magnesium Stearate

BLEEDING TIME

Tablets made with Sodium Stearyl Fumarate are less sensitive to blending time.

DISSOLUTION

Sodium Stearyl Fumarate shows less retardant effect on dissolution rate than magnesium stearate

FOOD ADDITIVES AND BAKING INDUSTRY 

Food additives are defined as “Chemical substances deliberately added to foods, directly or indirectly in known and regulated quantities, for purposes of assisting in the processing of foods; preservation of foods, or in improving the flavour, texture, or appearance of foods.” Additives may be reactive or inactive, nutritive or nonnutritive, but they should be neither toxic nor hazardous. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is a governmental organization that determines whether a new compound is safe to be used as a food additive. It is up to the company that wants to use it, however, to do all the necessary testing to prove the safeness of the additive in question. If the additive, given in any amount, is shown to have a cancerous effect on man, it will be refused. Certain additives are classified as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) when they have used for long periods of time without apparent harm

PACKAGING: Sodium Stearyl Fumarate is available in polyethylene-lined 25-kg drums; alternate packaging is also available.

STORAGE RECOMMENDATIONS: Sodium Stearyl Fumarate should be stored in original, unopened, well-closed containers under conditions that do not typically exceed 30° C and 70% RH. When stored as recommended, Sodium Stearyl Fumarate has a recommended re-evaluation period of five (5) years from the date of manufacture. An additional year can be added if the Loss on Drying and Assay test within specification.