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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2014
R.p. Scherer Technologies, Llc, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Takuma Fujii, Kakegawa, JP;
Toshikazu Okayama, Kakegawa, JP;
Michihiro Kimata, Kakegawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Hanayama, Kakegawa, JP;
Miyako Takahashi, Kakegawa, JP;
R.P. SCHERER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A shell-forming composition for a soft capsule comprising a non-gelatin component as the chief component, wherein the shell-forming composition is able to inhibit a decrease in physical strength (breaking strength) of the capsule when a phospholipid-containing oil with a phospholipid concentration of 20% or more by mass is used as the core of the capsule. The shell-forming composition for the soft capsule comprises (A) starch and/or dextrin, (B) a gelatinizer, (C) glycerin and (D) sorbitol, and the mass ratio of (C) glycerin:(D) sorbitol ranges from 100:30 to 100:120.