Chewable soft capsules having improved administration properties and process for producing the same
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1. A method for producing a soft capsule comprising:
- melting a low melting point additive comprising a chocolate base comprising cacao butter to produce a fill material, wherein the fill material has a hardness of no greater than 47 kgs;
producing a shell;
filling the shell with the fill material; and
drying the filled material in a drying chamber at a temperature of 30°
C. to 40°
C. for 5 hours to 64 hours so that a major amount of V-type cacao butter crystals and a minor amount of VI-type cacao butter crystals are formed such that the shell and fill material are homogenized with each other to produce the soft capsule.
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Abstract
A soft capsule in which a shell is filled with fill material, and the fill material is in a solid or semi-solid form at room temperature. The soft capsule may be a chewable capsule, and the fill material may comprise a low melting point additive. The content of the low melting point additive may be 10% or more with respect to the total weight of the fill material, and may have a melting point of about 20 to 50° C. The low melting point additive may be selected from the group consisting of chocolate base, lard, coconut oil and macrogol (polyethylene glycol) as well as a combination thereof.
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1. A method for producing a soft capsule comprising:
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melting a low melting point additive comprising a chocolate base comprising cacao butter to produce a fill material, wherein the fill material has a hardness of no greater than 47 kgs; producing a shell; filling the shell with the fill material; and drying the filled material in a drying chamber at a temperature of 30°
C. to 40°
C. for 5 hours to 64 hours so that a major amount of V-type cacao butter crystals and a minor amount of VI-type cacao butter crystals are formed such that the shell and fill material are homogenized with each other to produce the soft capsule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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