Lactose is the sweetener that is used as a filler in tablets that makes compaction possible during tablet pressing.
Explanation:
<em>Lactose </em>is a naturally occurring large sugar molecule found in milk of mammals. It is composed of two simple sugars: <em>Glucose</em> and <em>Galactose</em>.
<em>Anhydrous Lactose</em> is produced by drying <em>lactose </em>solution on the surface of a heated drum. As a result small crystals of <em>anhydrous b-lactose</em> are formed with some<em> anhydrous a-lactose</em>. This anhydrous product has excellent compactability and high solubility due to its high <em>b-lactose</em> content. This highly compactable <em>lactose</em> powder is used in tablets for direct compression,
