dermaCM Completes Study On Taste-Masking

TAMPA, Fla.—dermaCM (dermaCM.com) announced successful findings of a double blind human taste test using proprietary nanolipidic particles (NLP) to mask the taste of sodium chloride in distilled water preparations. Taste-masking technology can be used to mask unpleasant tastes in beverage, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical preparations, vastly improving consumer acceptance, patient compliance and user satisfaction. The NLPs used in this study were safe and all-natural, marking the first successful testing of an all-natural delivery system in taste-masking applications.

"The NLP delivery has been test marketed in Sports Drinks in the USA and has proven to successfully mask the taste of salts within the drink formula," said Dr. Michael Fountain, scientific advisor, dermaCM. "This market research has led to our preliminary work in the pediatric oral medications arena where our taste-masking could prove very helpful in masking the bitterness associated with many oral medications."Further benefits of using these proprietary NLPs in taste-masking includes the high-loading capacity of passenger molecules, an optically clear appearance, the ability to control population size, a 60 nm to 150 nm range and a system that is inherently non-precipitating. dermaCM provides this NLP delivery system for OTC pharmaceutical, beverage and nutraceutical applications via its manufacturing and development facility.