What is it?

This patented technology, developed using our unique knowledge of seaweed science, enables licensees to in house manufacture carrageenan based soft capsules, using existing soft capsule equipment. SeaGel® capsules have unique elegance and thermal stability properties. The technology is proven at commercial scale over a wide range of size, shapes and fills.

SeaGel® capsules have superior consumer appeal providing a highly elegant, easily ingestible, vegetarian, clear alternative to gelatin.

Benefits

• Natural. Clear. Pure.
• Shell based on seaweed extract - providing a natural vegetarian alternative to traditional capsules
• Highly elegant, clear product
• Improved consumer compliance via enhanced ease of swallowing of ‘softer’ dose form
• Carrageenan is a more thermal stable material then gelatin giving advantages in certain climatic conditions - less stickiness, no cross linking
• Proven stability
• Enhanced disintegration properties compared to other non-animal technologies

Capabilities

• Pilot scale encapsulator and ancillary equipment

  • Technology demonstration

  • Support customer Development of new color/fill formulations

  • Sample production for development work including stability testing and in vitro assessment

• Strong technical support

  • Support of technology transfer into full scale commercial production

  • Dedicated team of scientists and engineers

Other SeaGel® Technology and Process Benefits

• Proven commercial scale viability
• Enables licensees to bring non-animal technology in house
• Complete integration into existing soft gel infrastructure and equipment is possible
• IP protected technology - US Patent Granted