Deliver the functionality you need in your capsule dosage forms
Capsules remain a popular solid dosage form across the pharmaceutical industry due to their cost-effectiveness, ease of formulation, processibility, storage robustness, ability to house many active ingredients and range of capsule sizes available.
IFF’s Pharma Solutions offers a unique and comprehensive portfolio of plant-based excipients delivering multiple benefits for hard and soft-shell capsules – functioning as shell former, binders and fillers, disintegrants, lubricants, and more. We’ve honed decades of deep experience in the capsule space to ensure our plant-powered ingredients, derived from sources like seaweed and cellulosics, enable differentiated and successful formulations that bring benefits to you and patients globally.
Capsule shell formulation
Capsule Type | Product Recommendation |
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Hard shell capsules | METHOCEL™ LV Grades |
Soft capsules | SeaGel® Grades |
Capsule fill formulation
Functionality | Product Recommendation |
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Binder and improved powder flow | Avicel® PH-101,102,112, 200, 200LM, 301, 302, and Avicel® Co-Processed Grades |
Wet binder for granules | METHOCEL™ E5 PRM LV, METHOCEL™ E6 PRM LV, and METHOCEL™ E6 PRM LV, METHOCEL™ VLV |
Disintegrant | Ac-Di-Sol® SD 711 and Ac-Di-Sol® SDW 802 |
Lubricant | Alubra® |
Learn more about how we can support your formulation.
Learn more about how we can support your formulation.