Chewable soft capsule shell and chewable soft capsule
AssigneesHangzhou Yangshengtang Healthcare Products Co., Ltd., Hainan Yangshengtang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Natural Medicine Institute of Zhejiang Yangshengtang Co., Ltd.
InventorsCuifeng Cao, Xuesi Zhu, Weiwei Wang
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a chewable soft capsule shell and a chewable soft capsule, and to a filled jelly sweet and a process for preparing a chewable soft capsule shell or filled jelly sweet, wherein the chewable soft capsule shell comprises gelatin 10%-50%, water retention agent 10%-40%, thickening agent 2%-20%, water 6%-20%, and said soft capsule shell has a thickness of 0.3-1.2 mm.
Claims21
A filled jelly sweet having a filling and a sweet shell that externally encapsulates the filling, in which the sweet shell is a chewable soft capsule shell comprising:
- a gelatin at an amount of 10%-50%;
- a water retention agent at an amount of 10%-40%;
- a thickening agent at an amount of 2%-20%;
- water at an amount of 6%-20%;
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- wherein the soft capsule shell is prepared via the following steps:
- 1) dissolving gelatin by adding water into a tank for dissolving gelatin, elevating temperature to 70° C.-80° C. and then adding gelatin, water retention agent, stirring until the gelatin is fully dissolved to obtain a transparent solution A;
- 2) decocting sugar by dissolving optional sweetening agent, optional water retention agent, thickening agent with water, then heating and decocting to reach a solid content of up to 70-80 Brix, then stopping heating to obtain a substance B;
- 3) blending by mixing the transparent solution A and the substance B, stirring homogeneously then vacuum degassing to obtain a mixture gum solution, the temperature of the mixture gum solution being 55° C.-65° C.;
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- 4) allowing the mixture gum solution obtained in step 3) to flow into a gum box, then flow from the gum box to a rubber wheel under the gum box, regulating to form a gum film with uniform thickness.
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