BENEO GmbH
Improve palatability of solid and liquid medicine with galenIQ the sweet filler-binder that helps the medicine go down more easily. Customise your formula with a long-established solution that counters bitterness and improves taste.
Whether it is mini-tablets, lozenges, chewable tablets, sachets, effervescents, galenIQ pharmaceutical grade of Isomalt is available in different grades, fitting a wide range of applications.
Learn how galenIQ can be applied as an oil-carrier in liquisolid systems and improve taste and mouthfeel in probiotic and pediatric medicine
As part of the Südzucker Group, BENEO GmbH offers a pharma grade excipient derived from the sugar beet: galenIQTM. This highly functional filler-binder is characterised by its good flavour, ease of use and applicability to a wide range of solid and liquid dosage forms such as tablets, sachets, lozenges and syrups. In addition, it is also low-glycaemic and non-cariogenic.
Grades:
The galenIQ range includes agglomerated grades 720 and 721, which are excellent filler-binders for direct compression and powder mixture applications/sachets. In addition, the 900 series is also highly suitable for capsule fillings, dry suspensions, sugar-free coatings and high-boiled lozenges.
Thanks to its versatility, galenIQ obtained the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award. galenIQ is manufactured under cGMP conditions according to IPEC-PQG requirements for pharmaceutical excipients and complies with the current Ph. Eur., BP, USP-NF and JP monographs for Isomalt.
CPHI 2025: BENEO to present galenIQ™ as the granulation binder of choice
Mannheim, Germany - September 2025 – At this year’s CPHI Europe in Frankfurt (28–30 October), BENEO will showcase the latest advancements in granulation with its pharmaceutical-grade isomalt excipient: galenIQ™. Visitors are invited to connect with the BENEO team at Stand 8.0L70, where experts will present new data, application samples, and formulation insights for oral dosage...

