Vegetarian Capsules
MYSOFTGEL offers advanced vegetarian softgel encapsulation technology. The technology used to develop vegetarian softgels demonstrates the latest in engineering techniques in order to produce superior products for the consumer. Our most experienced formulators, technicians, and specialists are here to help you create your own vegetarian softgel formulation.
Technical advantages
- Non-animal alternative
- Natural, plant-based shell
- Solves complex formulation challenges
- Disintegration profile stable over time
- Natural and safe
- Greater compatibility
- High temperature encapsulation
- Works with sensitive actives, thermos-setting formulations
- Ingredients destabilized by moisture
- Wider compatibility with plant extracts and
nutritional ingredients
- Complex formulations
- Semisolid formulations enable the development of
extended release formulations
- Semisolid formulations enable the development of
- Consumer benefits and applications An optimal solutions for multiple categories:
- Omega-3’s & nutritional oils: including algae oil, fish oil, krill oil, evening primrose and more
- Multivitamins
- Mineral supplements
- Herbal supplements
- Combination supplements
- Product features & benefits
- 100% natural, GMO free
- Plant-based shell free of all animal derivatives
- Fits with healthy lifestyles, dietary and religious restrictions
- Softer than gelatin softgels making it easy to swallow
- Odor and taste-free for improved consumer compliance
- Available in variety of colors, shapes, sizes and clarity
- Meets the dietary demands on gluten free diets, sugar free
- Consumer lifestyle trends impacting natural demand and new innovation
- Digital
- More Natural
- Living Longer
- Fast-paced Lifestyles
- Transparency
- GMO-Free
| Gelatin Capsules | Vegetarian Capsules | |
| Shell composition | Gelatin, plasticizer, water, etc | Carrageenan (extract of red seaweed) modified starch, plasticizer, water, etc. |
| Fill formulation properties | Lower temperature encapsulation of fill formulations (up to 40C degrees) – liquids, pastes or low melting point semi-solids | Higher temperature encapsulation of fill formulations (up to 70c degrees) – semi-solid and highly viscous liquid fills |
| potential cross-linking | Fill formulations that cross-link hard or softgel capsule shells | |
| Slightly acidic to neutral pH fill formulations | Higher pH fill formulations Higher levels of surfactants – Improved stability | |
| Reduced compatibility with some excipients-low-medium carbon chain lengths | Compatibility with a broader range of fill excipients enhancing bioavailability and stability-Microemulsion |
Vegetarian capsules are an ideal solution for consumers seeking an animal free alternative to gelatin capsules. Vegetarian capsules are made from 100% plant-derived HPMC (hydroxyl propyl methyl cellulose), contains no preservatives, gelatin, wheat, gluten or animal by-products.
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