CAVAMAX W8 FOOD

CAVAMAX®W8 Food is a food grade gamma-cyclodextrin from Wacker Chemie AG. With 8 glucose units CAVAMAX® W8 Food has the largest cavity and best water solubility of the native cyclodextrins. CAVAMAX® W8 can form inclusion complexes with specific guest molecules. This enables multiple functionalities in food and dietary supplements, such as masking of unwanted flavors or stabilization and targeted release of bioactives. CAVAMAX®W8 can help pharmaceutical manufacturers improve taste masking, enhance stability and control release profiles of APIs without using artificial additives. The molecular encapsulation capabilities of CAVAMAX®W8 make it an excellent excipient for various oral solid and liquid dosage forms. Synonyms: Gamma-cyclodextrin, cyclooctaamylose, cyclomaltooctaose.