US 12,109,314 B2 · Soft capsule film composition

Abstract

A soft capsule film composition, comprising: (A) a native gellan gum; (B) one or more hydrophilic polysaccharides; (C) a starch or modified starch; (D) a plasticizer; and (E) water, wherein a gelling agent other than the native gellan gum and the one or more hydrophilic polysaccharides is not an essential component. The soft capsule film composition shortens drying time at room temperature, suppresses the stickiness of the surface of a film sheet, imparts film sheet strength which can withstand continuous production in factory manufacturing with a rotary die filling machine or the like, and enables the manufacture of a good soft capsule with high adhesiveness. For this reason, the soft capsule produced using the soft capsule film composition can be utilized for various uses such as drugs, quasi drugs, cosmetics, and foods.

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Dependent claims

A soft capsule film composition, comprising:

(A) a native gellan gum;
(B) one or more hydrophilic polysaccharides selected from low methoxy pectin, locust bean gum and xanthan gum;
(C) a starch dispersion formed by subjecting a starch glue solution prepared from an unmodified starch to ultrasonic treatment;
(D) a plasticizer;
and (E) water, wherein the composition does not comprise a gelling agent other than (A) the native gellan gum and (B) the one or more hydrophilic polysaccharides selected from low methoxy pectin, locust bean gum and xanthan gum, wherein a content mass ratio of (A) the native gellan gum to (C) the starch dispersion formed by subjecting a starch glue solution prepared from an unmodified starch to ultrasonic treatment [(A):(C)] is 1:5.5 to 1:8.5.

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