Table 1.

Commercially available starter spheres (based on [19,20] databases).

Pellet Core Material– Main Component	Brand Name (Manufacturer)
Sucrose	Suglets (Colorcon; Bazainville; France); Pharm-a-spheres (pharm-a-spheres GmbH; Tornesch; Germany); Surinerts (IPC Process-Center GmbH; Dresden; Germany); Vivapharm® Sugar Spheres (JRS Pharma GmbH&Co.KG.; Weissenborn; Germany); Sugar pellets (Umang Pharmatech Pvt Ltd.; Thane; India)
Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC)	Vivapur® MCC spheres (JRS Pharma GmbH&Co.KG.; Weissenborn; Germany); Cellets (IPC Process-Center GmbH; Dresden; Germany); CELPHERE™ (Asahi Kasei Corporation; Tokyo; Japan); MCC Pellets MS (Umang Pharmatech Pvt Ltd.; Thane; India)
Isomalt	galenIQ (Beneo GmbH; Mannheim; Germany)
Anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate	PharSQ® Spheres CM (Chemische Fabrik Budenheim; Budenheim; Germany)
Tartaric acid	TAP (IPC Process-Center GmbH; Dresden; Germany); Tartaric acid pellets (Umang Pharmatech Pvt Ltd.; Thane; India); InstaSpheres-TA (Tartaric acid spheres seal coated with hydrophilic polymer-Ideal Cures; Mumbai; India)
Silica	Silica Pellets AS (Umang Pharmatech Pvt Ltd.; Thane; India)
Xylitol	Xylinerts (IPC Process-Center GmbH; Dresden; Germany
Mannitol	Mannitol spheres SANAQ® (Pharmatrans SANAQ; Basel; Switzerland)
Lactose	Lactose pellets LS (Umang Pharmatech Pvt Ltd.; Thane; India)
Calcium carbonate	Calcium carbonate SANAQ® (Pharmatrans SANAQ; Basel; Switzerland); Calcium Carbonate Pellets CS (Umang Pharmatech Pvt Ltd.; Thane; India)
Starch	Starch Pellets STS (Umang Pharmatech Pvt Ltd.; Thane; India)