Wildfong Excipients

Question 1

The FALCPA requires food and rug manufacturers to indicate the presence of what 8 major food allergens?

Answer 1

1. milk
2. egg
3. fish (bass, flounder, cod)
4. crustacean shellfish (crab, lobster, shrimp)
5. tree nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans)
6. peanuts
7. wheat
8. soybeans

Question 2

What is gluten?

Answer 2

a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye or (cross breeds of )

Question 3

What ingredients are derived from food sources that potentially contain gluten as an impurity if wheat, barley, or rye was used as the starting material in the refinement process?

Answer 3

1. wheat flour
2. starch
3. modified starch derivative (modified starch, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch glycolate)
4. starch hydrosylates (maltodextrin, dextrates, dextrose, maltose)
5. sugar alcohols (sorbitol, maltitol, xylitol, mannitol)
6. anhydrous citric acid
7. wheat germ oil

Question 4

What medications should children with a sulfa allergy not be given?

Answer 4

medications/ foods containing saccharin or saccharin sodium

Question 5

What excipient is associated with kidney and liver failure when co-administered vit E in low birthweight infants?

Answer 5

polysorbates

Question 6

What excipient has known drug interactions with cyclosporine?

Answer 6

Cremophor (polyethoxylated castor oil)

Question 7

What are adverse effects are seen with tartrazine (yellow #5), E102?

Answer 7

1. headache
2. GI upset
3. asthma exacerbation
4. dangerous to aspirin intolerant patient

Question 8

What adverse effects are seen with sunset yellow (yellow #6), E110?

Answer 8

1. urticaria exacerbation
2. dangerous to aspirin intolerant patient

Question 9

What SEs are seen with indigo carmine, E132?

Answer 9

1. urticaria exacerbation
2. potential cross-sensitivity if hypersensitive to sulfonamides

Question 10

What SEs are seen with brilliant blue (blue #1,2), E133?

Answer 10

1. HSRs
2. bronchoconstriction

Question 11

What common excipients are considered ketogenic?

Answer 11

1. cellulosic polymers (cellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, hypromellose)
2. artificial sweeteners (aspartame, sucralose, saccharin, stevia
3. some cosolvents (water, polyethylene glycol, ethanol)

Question 12

What common excipients are considered non-ketogenic?

Answer 12

1. starches (cornstarch, hydrogenated starch hydrosylates, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch glycolate)
2. sugar alcohols (erythritol, glycerin/glycerol, mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol, propylene glycol)
3. organic acids (ascorbic acid, citric acid, lactic acid)
4. sugars/fillers ( glucose, dextrose, fructose, lactose, sucrose, corn syrup)