Vegetarian Capsules

Vegcaps Healthier & Safer Choice (3)

Welcome to Vegetarian capsules - Many of us knowingly or unknowingly consume non-veg shiny shells derived from cows, pigs and other animals. Enjoy this lead starting from gelcaps, to FDA status and guidelines, the potential risk of CJD and finally vote for vegcaps by using them.

How Does The Vegetarian Capsules Come To Scene?

When we use the products derived from cows and other animals who suffer from BSE, we may be at the risk of having  CJD or Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. This danger motivated the people toward bringing the vegcaps to the front  scene.

This all fuss started when we violated the nature's principles. If cows and other animals, that are herbivorous or vegetarian by nature, are not given animal products in their diets, this trouble might haven't been there today. And this is another thread that we don't like to raise here.

This trouble opened  business opportunity for countries like India where cows are treated sacred and they are never on diet containing any animal product. I have never heard before that animals like cow could be given animal products to eat. It could be nothing but just shameful for the humanity. We paid back this transgression of nature's principles.

What Is The Solution Of It All - Here And At Present?

Vegetarian Capsules! Yes, this is the answer to the potential troubles with animal derived capsules.

Vegcaps are made from Hydroxipropylmethyl-cellulose (HPMC). 92% of methyl cellulose with 8% of purified water is used to make vegcaps. Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose is a type of cotton fiber  from a soft wood pine tree that is  cultivated in North America. The unused portions of the trees are used in the pulp industry for making papers.

Hydroxipropylmethyl-cellulose is derived from woods and cotton fibres that might have Kosher certificate for a year. HPMC comes under GRAS i.e. generally recognized as safe by FDA. HPMc derived capsules can meet all requirements of current USP and FCC (Food Chemical Codex).

Vegetarian Capsules And Manufacturing Technology:

Previously the attempts to prepare vegcaps were not possible due to technological reasons - jamming of shells in high speed capsule-making machines, the brittle and fragile caps tended to rupture in the bottles etc. By applying the new breakthrough approach in manufacturing technolgy, it was discovered that cellulose could be used for this purpose. HPMC or Hydroxipropylmethyl-cellulose is the commonly found cellulose in plants and it has the flexibility and the strength to be turned into capsule.

The Cost Of Vegetarian Capsules:

The cost of vegcaps is slightly more - it is available at five times the cost of gelatin capsules. But that is still in the affordable range. Many of the Kosher and Non-kosher companies have been using vegcaps and giving people 100% vegetarian capsules. As people would be using more of the vegetable capsules, their cost would be further down.

Vegcaps VS Gelcaps And Tablets:

Vegcaps

Gelatin Capsules

100% vegetarian

Animal derived - cows, bovine product

HPMC or Hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose is used.

Gelatin is used.

GRAS listed in FDA

GRAS listed in FDA

Kosher certified

Kosher certified

Suitable for cultural, religious and vegetarian dietary requirements.

Not suitable for vegetarian requirements

Stability over wide range of temperature and humidity.

Not that much stable.

Perfect for hygroscopic preparations.

Not suitable.

Compatible with capsule filling machines, all sizes available.

Same compatibility.

Doesn't support bacterial growth.

Under good storing conditions, it doesn't support bacterial growth.

 

 

Vegcaps

Tablets

Without Preservatives.

Preservatives are to be added.

Ideal for hygroscopic preparations.

Not ideal.

Fast dissolving ensuring better bioavailability.

Delay in dissolving.

Free from irritants, inactive binders, colors.

They are to be added.

 

 

So we can readily move to make the informed choice of using the vegetarian capsules. And in this way we could save ourselves from any potential danger.



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Vegetarian Capsules - Gelcaps VS Vegcaps(1st) - Know the importance of gelatin and about the gelcaps.

Vegetarian capsules - Gelcaps VS Vegcaps(2nd) - Know why gelcaps come under the scrutiny of FDA and about the potential danger of TSE/BSE/CJD.

Vegetarian Capsules - Gelcaps VS Vegcaps(3rd) - The adorable vegetarian capsule is here.

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