Sep 09,2022

　　What are gelatin capsules made of? The gelatin capsule ingredient is gelatin. Medicinal gelatin is high-grade gelatin that is easily absorbed by the human body without fat and high in protein, and is prepared from animal skin, bone and tendon through complex physical and chemical treatment.

　　The main materials of empty hard capsules are gelatin: the main materials of soft hollow capsules are gelatin and glycerin; the main materials of enteric-coated hollow capsules are gelatin or sodium alginate, and then coated with enteric materials such as PVP as a sub coat and then capped for outsourcing Clothes.

　　Vegetable capsules are hollow capsules made of plant cellulose or water-soluble polysaccharides to meet the needs of all-natural positioning and capsule formulation solutions. It retains all the advantages of standard hollow capsules: convenient to take, effective masking of taste and odor, transparent and visible contents, etc., and at the same time, it has the connotation that traditional gelatin capsules do not have.

　　What we usually see now is gelatin capsules, which are composed of gelatin. Medicinal gelatin is high-grade gelatin that is easily absorbed by the human body without fat and high in protein, and is prepared from animal skin, bone and tendon through complex physical and chemical treatment. It has the physical characteristics of high viscosity, high freezing force, and easy freezing. Capsules are usually divided into hard capsules and soft capsules. 1. Hard capsules are made by preparing a certain amount of drugs (or medicinal extracts) and appropriate excipients (or without excipients) into uniform powders or granules and filling them into hollow hard capsules. 2. Soft capsules are made by dissolving a certain amount of drugs (or medicinal material extracts) inappropriate auxiliary materials and then sealing them in spherical or olive-shaped soft capsules by compression method (or drop method). Of course, it can also be further divided into the third category according to the particularity of the use: enteric-coated capsules Enteric-coated capsules are a kind of hard capsules or soft capsules, but a special capsule is added to the shell. The medicinal polymer material or special treatment, so it does not dissolve in gastric juice, and only disintegrates and dissolves in intestinal juice to release the active ingredients to achieve an enteric effect, so it is called enteric-coated capsules.