Method for producing a nutraceutical delivery system

A method for producing a nutraceutical delivery system having the form of a tablet, the method comprising the steps of:

• screen-printing a base paste;
• curing the base paste to form a cured base paste;
• screen-printing a first paste, said first paste being separate and separately screen-printed to the cured base paste and comprising a first active nutraceutical ingredient;
• and
• curing the first paste to form a cured first paste and thereby produce the nutraceutical delivery system,
• wherein:
• the base paste and first paste are screen-printed such that the cured base paste forms an overall body of the nutraceutical delivery system in the form of a matrix, and the cured first paste is arranged within said matrix formed by the cured base paste,
• the base and first paste are screen-printed such that in the nutraceutical delivery system the cured first paste is inhomogeneously arranged, along three spatial directions, within said matrix formed of the cured base paste, and that in the nutraceutical delivery system the concentration of the first active nutraceutical ingredient varies throughout the nutraceutical delivery system, and
• the based paste and the first paste are screen-printed such that in the nutraceutical delivery system a concentration profile of the first active nutraceutical ingredient is such that upon application of the nutraceutical delivery system, the first active nutraceutical ingredient is released at two or more dosages and release of the first active nutraceutical ingredient at one of the dosages starts 5 seconds to 12 hours before release of the first active nutraceutical ingredient at another one of the dosages.