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Pharma Ingredients: Calumet Penreco White Mineral Oils

Distributing white oils that meet purity specifications for multiple applications.

Optimal quality, extraordinary purity. EP/USP/NF grade white mineral oils/liquid paraffin for pharmaceutical applications.

Calumet Penreco white oils offer a wide range of oil viscosities and custom properties in their exclusive Drakeol®, Draketex®, and Peneteck mineral oil line. Complying with all EP/USP/NF specifications, these white oils can be used as APIs and excipients in multiple applications, including pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and veterinary medicines. All white oils are considered highly refined and purified due to the high-temperature manufacturing process adding no water, thus ensuring no microbial growth.

As a strategic distributor for Calumet Penreco, Univar Solutions has the technical knowledge to help identify the best white oil solution for your formulation and the distribution excellence to offer you fast and secured supply, with quality and product integrity at the forefront.

 

 

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Key characteristics and benefits of Penreco white oils:

  • Non-reacting (oxidizing), non-polar, and non-toxic properties
  • Hydrophobic, non-comedogenic, colorless, odorless, highly refined, and purified; chemically and biologically stable; and do not support the growth of pathogenic microorganisms
  • Lubricating properties and tolerability
  • Offered in a broad range of viscosities, specific gravity, flash point, and pour point properties
  • Drakeol products are inhibited with less than 20 ppm dl-alpha-tocopherol (Vitamin E)
  • Colors for all Drakeol products are +30 Saybolt
  • All Drakeol products can be used as API in all pharmaceutical applications

Pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and animal health white mineral oil applications:

  • Release agents, binders, carriers, and lubricants in or on tablets and capsules
  • Containing concentrates in products such as gelatin capsules and lubricating agents
  • Used in laxatives and lubricants where the percentage of white oils may approach 100%
  • Adjuvants in animal vaccines and other veterinary drugs as additives and binding agents
  • Base material in various topical preparations such as balms and salves for emulsions and inverse emulsions

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Penreco white oils certifications and regulatory information:

  • Complies with all EP/USP/NF specifications and yields emulsified injections of suitable fluidity
  • GMP, Kosher, and Halal certified
  • Test methods used are current USP/ASTM or validated Penreco equivalents

Our broad product range offers different oil viscosities 

TYPICAL PROPERTIES VISCOSITY SPECIFIC GRAVITY FLASH POINT
ASTM D-92		 POUR POINT
ASTM D-97
  ASTM D-2161
SUS @ 100 °F		 ASTM-D7042
cst @ 40 °C		 ASTM D-4052
@ 77 °F		 (Typical) (Typical)
°F °C °F °C
MINERAL OIL USP
Drakeol 600 515/625 99.0/120.0 .860/.878 505 263 max 20 max -7
Drakeol 350 350/370 66.7/71.2 .857/.873 min 400 min 206 5 -15
Drakeol 35 340/365 65.8/71.0 .864/.881 465 240 10 -12
Drakeol 34 370/410 72.0/79.5 .858/.872 475 246 10 -12
Drakeol 32 312/330 60.0/63.3 .856/.876 440 226 5 -15
Drakeol 21 200/215 38.4/41.5 .853/.876 420 215 5 -15
Drakeol 19 180/190 34.9/37.3 .852/.876 410 210 5 -15
LIGHT MINERAL OIL NF
Drakeol 15 145/155 28.1/30.3 .850/.873 405 207 5 -15
Drakeol 13 125/135 24.2/26.3 .848/.867 400 204  5 -15
Drakeol 10 102/115 19.0/21.9 .838/.864 415 212 10 -12
Drakeol 10B 95/105 17.7/20.2 .867/.884 340 173 -35 -37
Drakeol 9 80/90 14.2/17.0 .833/.861 385 196 0 -18
Drakeol 7 65/75 10.8/13.6 .833/.861 360 182 -15 -26
Drakeol 6 VR 60.0(typ) 9.4/10.0 .834/.838 350 177 -15 -26
Drakeol 5 50/60 6.9/9.6 .818/.861 335 168 -20 -29
Draketex® 50 48/53 6.5/7.8 .820/.861 325 163 10 -12
Peneteck 39.5/44 3.9/5.3 .821/.837 290 143 -30 -35
LIGHT MINERAL OIL NF
Drakeol 5 50/60 6.9/9.6 .818/.861 335 168 -20 -29
Drakeol 6 VR 60 (typical) 9.4/10.0 .834/.838 350 177 -15 -26