How are soft capsules made?
A modern technology park and a number of qualified specialists guarantee that Curtis Health Caps provides the service of contract production of soft capsules at the highest level. For encapsulation, we use odorless, tasteless gelatin, which is neutral for the body – beef, pork or fish (depending on the expectations and needs of our customers).
In addition, we offer capsules for chewing or chewing, which we produce using a special gelatin mix. Thanks to an efficiently functioning control system, we eliminate all deviations by providing our contractors with products that meet strict quality standards. The encapsulation process in our factories follows strict rules (including GMP, BRC), while complying with applicable national and international law.
Soft capsules are a popular form of administration of a medicinal product or dietary supplement, associated with numerous advantages, including:
- increased bioavailability,
- masking the smell, taste and unsightly appearance,
- easier to swallow compared to hard capsules and tablets guarantee security,
- the possibility of dosing solid drugs with a small amount of auxiliary substances,
- possibility of precise dosing of liquid and semi-liquid substances,
- the possibility of using less auxiliary substances than in tablets,
- physiological indifference of the substances that make up the envelope.
What capsules can we offer you?
As part of the contractual production of medicinal products and dietary supplements, we offer the possibility of individual selection of the shape of soft capsules, from among the four most popular (oval, oblong, round, twist-off) or any other, tailored to the individual preferences of customers.
The gelatinous shell of the soft capsule can be transparent or non-transparent (covered), one or two colors, matte or glossy. In the production of soft capsules and contract manufacturing, we always take into account the applicable legal regulations and advise customers in choosing the color of the product.
We also offer special solutions for chewable capsules, lozenges, bath capsules, cosmetic products and veterinary products.
On our website you will find approximate sizes of soft gelatin capsules, but we would like to point out that the actual size depends on the filling and is determined individually each time.
Gelatin is an essential component of the capsules. We are using:
- beef gelatin
- pork gelatin
- fish gelatin
- a specially developed “chewing” gelatin mix.
Shapes, sizes and colours of capsules
- Oval capsules
- Oblong capsules
- Round capsules
- Special shapes – per customized needs
- Transparent or coloured
- Mono- or dual coloured
- Metallic or glossy
Assuming applicable legal regulations, a choice of capsule colours is advised.
Special types of capsules
- Twist-off capsules
- Chewable capsules
- Suckable capsules
- Bath capsules
OVAL Capsules – available sizes
- 2 minims | 85 mcl
- 3 minims | 163 mcl
- 5 minims | 257 mcl
- 6 minims | 347 mcl
- 7,5 minims | 503 mcl
- 10 minims | 550 mcl
- 12 minims | 738 mcl
- 14 minims |738 mcl
- 16 minims |1062 mcl
- 20 minims | 1179 mcl
OBLONG Capsules – available sizes
- 4 minims | 212 mcl
- 8 minims | 512 mcl
- 11 minims | 660 mcl
- 14 minims | 939 mcl
- 16 minims |1028 mcl
- 20 minims | 1323 mcl
- 22 minims | 1210 mcl
- 24 minims | 1528 mcl
ROUND Capsules – available sizes
- 1 minims | 62 mcl
- 5 minims | 246 mcl
- 38 minims a | 900 mcl
- 38 minims b | 2280 mcl
TWIST OFF Capsules – available sizes
- 3 minims | 180 mcl Pearl Two
- 5 minims | 275 mcl Tube Two
- 9 minims | 450 mcl Drop Two
- 17 minims | 1140 mcl Tube Two