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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2017
Gelita Ag, Eberbach, DE;
John M. Dolphin, Sioux City, IA (US);
Michelle A. Montgomery, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);
GELITA AG, Eberbach, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed are particles comprising pectin and gelatin. The particles may be useful for preparing any of a variety products such as, for example, soft pharmaceutical capsules, hard pharmaceutical capsules, and foodstuffs. Also disclosed are methods for preparing the particles, the method comprising: (a) dissolving pectin in an aqueous solution to produce an aqueous solution of dissolved pectin; (b) mixing the aqueous solution of dissolved pectin with liquid gelatin to produce a gelatin/pectin mixture; (c) drying the gelatin/pectin mixture; and (d) milling the gelatin/pectin mixture to produce the plurality of particles.