Gum acacia substituted soft gelatin capsules
AssigneeBanner Pharmacaps, Inc.
InventorAristippos Gennadios
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Abstract
A soft-gelatin, extended gelatin composition has been found, which composition comprises a non-brittle shell forming material. The wet composition comprises: a) 30-60% by weight of a film-forming material b) 5-35% by weight of a water-dispersible or water-soluble plasticizer c) 25-65% by weight purified water wherein the film-forming material comprises gelatin and gum acacia, with gum acacia accounting for 0.5-50% by weight of the total amount of the film-forming material, a dried film having 3-12% by weight of water formed from said composition having no reduced elasticity as compared to a film having the same proportions of the same water-dispersible or water-soluble plasticizer to the total weight of only gelatin film-forming material.
Claims16
A softgel composition comprising:
- a) 30-60% by weight of a film-forming material
- b) 5-35% by weight of a water-dispersible or water-soluble plasticizer
- c) 25-65% by weight purified water
- wherein the film-forming material comprises gelatin and gum acacia, with gum acacia accounting for 0.5-50% by weight of the total amount of the film-forming material, a dried film having 3-12% by weight of water formed from said composition having no reduced elasticity as compared to a film of same weight of water having the same proportions of the same water-dispersible or water-soluble plasticizer to the total weight of only gelatin film-forming material.
A process of manufacturing a filled soft gelatin capsule comprising a fill and a shell wherein said fill is provided to an encapsulation area where a sheet of soft gelatin material comprising 30-70% by weight of film-forming material and 58-27% by weight of water-dispersible or water-soluble plasticizer, and the sheet of soft gelatin material encapsulates said fill by the rotary die encapsulation process to form a filled soft gelatin capsule, wherein the shell comprises a dried film having less than about 20% by weight of water formed from said composition, said shell having no reduced elasticity as compared to a shell having the same proportions of the same water-dispersible or water-soluble plasticizer to the total weight of only gelatin film-forming material.
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