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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>

This was found on a food network today.  Just what we need.... a starch
based capsule container to replace gelatin.  No mention of what kind of
starch, but not good news for celiacs.  I don't think this would be covered
by the new FDA restrictions because it has to do with supplements and drugs,
not food.

Anne in Texas

http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/printNewsBis.asp?id=62500


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      Stanelco develops alternative to gelatine hardshells

      14/09/2005- UK-based Stanelco says it has developed a starch-based
alternative to gelatine hardshell capsules that could also offer cost
benefits for dietary supplement makers.

      Gelatine, an animal derived material, is becoming less favoured as a
delivery form owing to recent safety scares in the meat industry and the
increase in number of vegetarians.
      Vitamin and supplement ingredient makers are increasingly offering
formulations without gelatine to meet market demand but many of these are
more expensive than the standard gelatine variants.

      The main alternative to gelatine hardshell capsules is HPMC
(hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose), a synthetic material with a significantly
higher cost base than gelatine.

      Stanelco said in a statement on Monday that both its starch-based
material and the manufacturing process offer the prospect of lower unit
costs of production than for gelatine capsules.

      Gelatine capsule shells are currently made using a dip moulding
process followed by a slow drying process, which injection moulded
starch-based alternatives do not require. They are ready for filling
immediately following manufacture.

      Starch-based hard-shell capsules also offer greater resilience to
humidity and heat than gelatine and allow for easy filling since they are
non-static.

      The product, in development for five years, still needs to get
regulatory approval before the product can be consumed by humans but the
firm is now looking to join up with third parties to optimise formulations
and develop the route to market.

      “We believe that the world market for hard capsules is significantly
larger than that for soft capsules with many billions of hard capsules
produced annually,” said Stanelco.

      The product was created by subsidiary Adept Polymers - which developed
the new polymer blend along with recently acquired Biotec Holding - and
partner Carclo Technical Plastics, working on the capsule.

      Stanelco's subsidiary, Aquasol Limited, filed for patent protection
for the new hardshell capsule in 1999. The patent, which is jointly owned
with Carclo, is proceeding to grant in various territories.

      The design of the capsule also offers tamper evident and novel
dissolution features as well as the possibility of multi-compartments.

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