FLAVOR BANDING OF CAPSULES
The present disclosure relates to a composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evidence, two-part capsule and to the tamper-evident, two-part capsule having a flavored banding portion. The composition suitable for the flavored capsule banding portion includes a gelling agent, a surfactant, and a flavor system including a sweetener and a flavor configured to provide a capsule band that is effective to provide tamper evidence to a two-part capsule.
1 . A composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evident, two-part capsule, the composition comprising:
at least about 50 weight percent, on a dry basis, of a gelling agent;
a surfactant;
a flavor system including a sweetener and a flavor;
wherein a weight ratio of the flavor system to the surfactant is about 10:1 to about 25:1; and
wherein the composition is effective to provide tamper evidence to a two-part capsule that complies with the requirements of 21 C.F.R. Section 211.132.
2 . The composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evidence two-part capsule of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the gelling agent relative to the surfactant is about 20:1 to about 30:1, a weight ratio of the gelling agent to the sweetener is about 5:1 to about 30:1, and/or a weight ratio of the surfactant to the sweetener is about 0.2:1 to about 2:1.
3 . The composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 1 , wherein the gelling agent is selected form the group consisting of gelatin, locust bean gum, agar, guar, carrageenan, konjac, pectin, or combinations thereof.
4 . The composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 1 , wherein the composition includes, on a dry basis, about 50 to about 95 weight percent of the gelling agent.
5 . The composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 1 , wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, sorbitan monostearate, sorbitan stearate, or combinations thereof.
6 . The composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 5 , wherein the composition includes, on a dry basis, about 1 to about 4 weight percent of the surfactant.
7 . The composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 1 , wherein the sweetener is a natural or non-nutritive sweetener selected from the group consisting of sugar, sucrose, glucose, sucralose, aspartame, acesulfame k, saccharin, stevia, or combinations thereof.
8 . The composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 7 , wherein the composition includes, on a dry basis, about 1 to about 50 weight percent of the sweetener.
9 . The composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio of the gelling agent to the sweetener is about 20:1 to about 25:1 and the weight ratio of the surfactant to the sweetener is about 0.8:1 to about 1.2:1.
10 . The composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 1 , wherein the gelling agent is gelatin, the surfactant is polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, and the sweetener is sucralose.
11 . The composition suitable for a flavored banding portion of a tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 1 , wherein the composition includes, on a dry basis, up to about 50 weight percent of the flavor.
12 . A tamper-evident, two-part capsule having a flavored banding portion, the capsule comprising:
a capsule having two capsule parts;
a flavored banding portion encircling an interface between the two capsule parts effective to provide tamper evidence to the capsule;
wherein the flavored banding portion is provided by a composition including (i) at least about 50 weight percent, on a dry basis, of a gelling agent, (ii) a surfactant, and (iii) a flavor system including a sweetener and a flavor, wherein a weight ratio of the flavor system to the surfactant is about 10:1 to about 25:1; and
wherein the tamper-evident, two-part capsule is tamper evident pursuant to the requirements of 21 C.F.R. Section 211.132.
13 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein a weight ratio of the gelling agent relative to the surfactant is about 20:1 to about 30:1, a weight ratio of the gelling agent to the sweetener is about 5:1 to about 30:1, and/or a weight ratio of the surfactant to the sweetener is about 0.2:1 to about 2:1.
14 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the gelling agent is selected form the group consisting of gelatin, locust bean gum, agar, guar, carrageenan, konjac, pectin, or combinations thereof.
15 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the composition includes, on a dry basis, about 50 to about 95 weight percent of the gelling agent.
16 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the composition includes, on a dry basis, about 50 to about 60 weight percent of the gelling agent.
17 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, sorbitan monostearate, sorbitan stearate, or combinations thereof.
18 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the composition includes, on a dry basis, about 1 to about 4 weight percent of the surfactant.
19 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the sweetener is a natural or non-nutritive sweetener selected from the group consisting of sugar, sucrose, glucose, sucralose, aspartame, acesulfame k, saccharin, stevia, or combinations thereof.
20 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the composition includes, on a dry basis, about 1 to about 50 weight percent of the sweetener.
21 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the gelling agent is gelatin, the surfactant is polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, and the sweetener is sucralose.
22 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the composition includes, on a dry basis, up to about 50 weight percent of the flavor.
23 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the capsule has a size of 00 to 5 and about 2 mg to about 5 mg of the flavored banding portion per capsule.
24 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the capsule has a size 4 and includes about 2.8 to about 3.2 mg of the flavored banding portion per capsule.
25 . The tamper-evident, two-part capsule of claim 12 , wherein the capsule is a gelatin capsule and the gelling agent is gelatin.