Flavored vegetable starch capsule
OwnerJoar Opheiminventor
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Abstract
A flavored vegetable starch capsule and the method of manufacture of the flavored capsule is provided. The capsule may comprise (a) from about 10 to about 70 parts by weight of vegetable starch; (b) from about 10 to about 35 parts by weight of a suitable polyol, such as glycerol; (c) about 8 parts by weight of water; and (c) various parts by weight of particular water soluble flavorings. The contents of the capsule may also be flavored. The composition is particularly useful in improving the palatability of fish oil medicinals.
Claims7
A flavored vegetable starch capsule suitable for encapsulating a dose, said flavored vegetable starch capsule comprising vegetable starch, a softener, water, and a water soluble flavoring, wherein said water soluble flavoring is present in said flavored vegetable starch capsule in a concentration which is in the range between about 0.25% and about 1.5% of said flavored vegetable starch capsule, and wherein water is present in said flavored vegetable starch capsule in a concentration in the range between about 6% and about 10% of said flavored vegetable starch capsule, whereby the palatability of a dose encapsulated in said flavored vegetable starch capsule is improved by the water soluble flavoring.
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