	US 12,465,572 B2
	Edible IJ ink, tablet, and capsule
Masato Fukushiro, Tokyo (JP); Yuichi Hoshino, Tokyo (JP); Masatoshi Saito, Tokyo (JP); and Hideki Ishikawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TOPPAN INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOPPAN INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/718,486.
Application 17/718,486 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/039435, filed on Oct. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-192281 (JP), filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233451 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61K 9/28 (2006.01); A61K 9/48 (2006.01)

CPC A61K 9/2893 (2013.01) [A61K 9/2813 (2013.01); A61K 9/2866 (2013.01); A61K 9/4891 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. An edible inkjet (IJ) ink comprising:

(a) water,

(b) 1 mass % to 30 mass % of titanium oxide particles,

(c) 0.1 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to the titanium oxide particles of at least one dispersant selected from the group consisting of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium alginate and sodium carbonate,

(d) 15 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less of propylene glycol, and

(e) 0.1 mass % or more and 6 mass % or less of at least one water-soluble polysaccharide having a weight average molecular weight smaller than 10,000, the at least one water-soluble polysaccharide is selected from the group consisting of trehalose, reduced isomaltulose, maltodextrine, polydextrose and indigestible dextrin.