HPMC Vegetarian Capsule

Vcaps Vegetarian Capsules

Our high quality, high performance HPMC(hydroxypropyl-methyl-cellulose) capsules meet a wide range of lifestyle, cultural and dietary needs, and are also well suited to moisture-sensitive formulations.

Vcaps and Vcaps Plus capsules can help address formulation challenges and gain wide acceptance in pharmaceutical and nutritional product registries.Some major benefits include:

1). Low moisture content, suitable for moisture sensitive ingredients.

2). The risk of cross-linking is negligible.

3). Elastic polymer structure enables robust commercial performance and high marketability

Vcaps Plus capsules also offer

1) Contains only two ingredients: vegetarian HPMC and water

2) No gelling agent or additional excipients.

3) Renewable.Sissolution, which is independent of PH, provides stable active ingredients.

4) Physical stability, high temperature and humidity resistance.

Other obvious benefits

In addition to chemically stable formulations, Vcaps HPMC capsules have additional value factors:

1) Global supply capacity helps to expand into commercial production.

2) Jewish and halal certification, vegetarian association certification.

3) Reduce and adjust filling.

4) High quality - according to cGMP standard.

5) Quality assurance system of raw material traceability certification.

Advantages of Empty hard HPMC capsules

● Low water content, suitable for water sensitive components.

● No risk of cross-linking reaction.

● The structure of elastic polymer ensures the stability of the capsule and the high filling rate.

● High physical stability and resistance to high temperature and humidity.

The demand for gelatin capsules/HPMC capsules for oral consumption has risen considerably due to its universal use without any fillers. In 2014, around 10%-15% of the USA’s supplements and medications were launched in capsule form, compared to just 5% in 2007.

Over the years gelatin capsules were the preferred choice of capsule shells in the pharmaceutical industry and planned to remain popular, however vegetarian capsules such as Hydroxy Propyl Methyl Cellulose or HPMC capsules have started to infiltrate.

HPMC Capsules

Several materials have been tested as a substitute for gelatin capsules. Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) has become a successful alternative material for two-piece capsules and is used for supplements all over the world.

Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose is globally known as “Hypromellose” and manufactured by chemically made polymer cellulose. It is considered safe for normal human consumption and is commonly used as an option instead of gelatin because of its vegetarian source and its physical appearance to gelatin.