For more than a decade SeaGel® has been a leading plant-based softgel technology used by many brands globally for non-gelatin soft capsules containing a wide range of different nutrients such as algae oil, CoQ10, vitamins, and lutein.

Naturally derived from non-animal sources, our SeaGel® technology features superior versatility, robustness, best-in-class functionality and effectiveness second to none. It allows delivering a pure, superior quality product, time after time addressing consumer’s preferences and manufactured efficiently. SeaGel® soft capsules maintain structural integrity even under high temperatures, which allows encapsulation of challenging, higher viscosity formulations and which simplifies handling, storage and shipping to the consumers. 

Without compromising the efficiency and potency of the natural ingredients within the supplement, SeaGel® delivers an exceptional range of benefits for dietary supplements manufacturers and brands.

• Easy to adopt in existing gelatin operations
• Allows manufacturers to utilize industry standard capsule die designs while other plant-based systems often require oversized capsule pockets to minimize internal pressures
• Production rates and yields unmatched by alternative plant-based softgel technologies while still enabling best-in-class quality and sealing properties
• Superior versatility in capsules size and shape due outstanding film strength and elasticity
• Capsule fill weights above 90% of die pocket specifications even with challenging formulations
• Superior sealing performance and reduced leakage unmatched by alternative, standard vegetarian systems
• Addresses the needs of vegetarians and vegans who are opposed to ingesting animal-based gelatin soft capsules
• Adapts to many capsule brand strategies, including different capsule colors, sizes, shapes and printing. 
• Follows non-GMO, vegan, vegetarian, Halal, Kosher and ‘clean label’ designations.
• Withstands high temperatures and humidity without risk of cross-linking or melting capsules.
   

With You Every Step of the Process

Our team is here to support you through the entire adaption process to successfully make SeaGel® vegetarian capsules – from providing the technology, familiarizing you with any equipment changes and guiding you through installation and adoption. Using our SeaGel® technology in-house allows you to meet your specifications with the support, experience and expertise of IFF’s dietary supplements team.

Contact us for support in developing prototypes, addressing formulation challenges and to see firsthand how to make plant-based soft capsules with SeaGel®. 

Product Recommendations*

*Examples only and not representative of a complete list of products. Regional regulations may restrict the use of certain products in dietary supplements. Please contact us for further information.

Additional IFF whitepapers, presentations and case studies available by request:

• Cleaning procedures for the removal of SeaGel® Technology gel from transfer equipment and gel mass vessels
• Impact of sorbitol on capsule hardness tested via different ratios of glycerin while keeping the total amount of plasticizer in the capsule shell formula constant
• Understanding how long SeaGel® gel mass can be kept after the standard two-hour mixing time and the effect on gel mass and capsule quality
• Evaluation of SeaGel® gel mass during cooling, storage and reheating for use in encapsulation
• Three-month accelerated storage effect on the physical properties of commercially available soft capsules
• Characterization of SeaGel® films for soft-shell capsule applications vis-à-vis gelatin

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