Non-Animal Capsules
Today’s health conscious consumers are focused on what they ingest more than ever before, and Capsugel has products to help you meet this growing demand for non-animal products with capsules that satisfy an array of consumer cultural, lifestyle and dietary needs.
Non-Animal Benefits
Capsugel combines our natural health knowledge, scientific expertise and world-class manufacturing capabilities into our non-animal capsule products.
Appeals to Patients and Consumers
- Satisfies a wide variety of lifestyle, cultural and dietary requirements
- Clean, non-animal labeling - Preservative-free, allergen-free, gluten-free and vegetarian
- Excellent color and printing for great brand identity
- Certification and branding options with worldwide appeal
Variations to Help Meet Drug Development Challenges
- Optimal delivery of critical ingredients
- Negligible risk of cross-linking with active ingredients
- High stability and resistance to heat and humidity
- Oxygen barriers to prevent odors
- In vitro dissolution equal to gelatin in the stomach
Eases Manufacturing and Regulatory Process
- High performance
- Established reliability and quality
- Good machineability and mechanical stability
- Reduction in TSE/BSE documentation for global shipments
Meeting the Needs of a Global Market
Capsugel’s proprietary non-animal capsules are formulated with HPMC (hypromellose) and pullulan, eliminating the need for gelatin-based gelling agents. Our unique capsules retain all the advantages of standard two-piece gelatin capsules but are starch-free, gluten-free and preservative-free to meet the strict dietary needs of customers that choose a vegetarian lifestyle. They are also Kosher and Halal-certified. Our non-animal capsule brands include: Vcaps®, Vcaps® Plus, DRcaps® and Plantcaps® capsules.
Related Links
Additional Resources
Vcaps® Capsules Brochure
Vcaps® Plus Capsules Brochure
Plantcaps™ Product Brochure
Licaps® Capsules Dietary Supplements Brochure
Licaps® Capsules Pharmaceutical Brochure (liquids brochure)
DRcaps Capsules Brochure