less than 15 passed through a 149 micron sieve the granulate contained about 1 sodium carboxymethylcellulose and about 0 1 water tablets were prepared as described in example 3 the resulting tablets had a hardness of 24 strong cobb units and a friability of 6 1 some capping was observed tablets were observed to have a pleasing sweetness and cooling sensation and had a good finish 6 000 g of xylitol milled to an average particle size of 50 microns was granulated with sodium carboxymethylcellulose utilizing 2 651 4 g of a 7 solids sodium carboxymethylcellulose solution in water as described for example 7 the resulting granulate exhibited good flow characteristics it had a bulk density of 0 36 g ml and an average particle size of about 500 microns less than 5 passed through a 149 micron sieve the granulate contained about 3 sodium carboxymethylcellulose and about 0 3 water tablets were prepared as described in example 3 the resulting tablets had a hardness of greater than 40 strong cobb units and 0 0 friability no capping or lamination was observed tablets further exhibited a pleasing sweetness and cooling sensation and had a good finish it was noted however that the tablets had a slight yellow orange cast 6 000 g of xylitol milled to an average particle size of 90 microns was granulated with sodium carboxymethylcellulose utilizing 1 305 7 g of a 7 solids sodium carboxymethylcellulose solution in water as described for example 7 the resulting granulate exhibited good flow characteristics it had a bulk density of 0 44 g ml and an average particle size of about.