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US 2006/0078608 A1Published application
Flavored gelatin capsule and method for producing said capsule
OwnerJonathan Gilinski, Amira Ladron de Guevara Sanchezinventors
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a flavored capsule suitable for encapsulating a dose and a method for making a flavored capsule. In one embodiment, a flavored capsule comprises a gelatin, water and a flavoring. The flavoring may be present in the flavored capsule in a concentration of between about 1% and about 4% by weight.
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A flavored gelatin capsule suitable for encapsulating a dose, said capsule comprising:
- a. about 75% to about 85% by weight of a gelatin;
- b. about 1% to about 4% by weight of a flavoring;
- and
- c. about 13% to about 16% by weight water.
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A flavored gelatin capsule suitable for encapsulating a dose, said capsule comprising:
- a. a gelatin;
- b. a flavoring;
- and
- c. water;
- wherein the flavoring is present in said gelatin capsule in a concentration of between about 1% and about 4% by weight.
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A method for manufacturing a flavored gelatin capsule comprising the steps of:
- (a) combining a gelatine and water to form a solution;
- (b) melting and de-bubbling the gelatine solution;
- (c) combining a flavoring solution to the gelatine solution;
- (d) dipping mold pins into the solution to form capsule parts of cap and body;
- (e) drying the film that has formed around the pins;
- (f) stripping the cap and body from the pins;
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- (g) joining the cap and body together.
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