Gelatine is a versatile and very important ingredient for numerous pharmaceutical
products and foodstuffs. It has important applications in the areas of medicine,
health and fitness and in the manufacture of hard and soft gelatine capsules. Even
if the basic technology for capsule production is more or less standardized,
manufacturers are constantly faced with new challenges.
Producers constantly have to adapt their processes to cope with new capsule contents
that may have complex property profiles. Undesired interaction between the substances
has to be avoided.
To provide support for their customers in facing such challenges, GELITA established
its Capsule Competence Center (CCC) in 2003. Here, GELITA has concentrated its
worldwide know-how and expertise in gelatine. Its experts carry out research in
cooperation with customers or on their own projects and develop tailor-made,
innovative and economical solutions.
However, it is not only the technology that is changing rapidly; the regulatory
environment for gelatine as used in
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pharmaceutical and food applications is also
changing, resulting in uncertainty regarding interpretation of new regulations
and implementing operational procedures. As the leading worldwide producer of
gelatine, GELITA is in constant touch with the regulatory authorities and
institutions and is able to inform its customers fully of developments at a very
early stage.
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