With increased consumer scrutiny over product claims, creating probiotic supplements that stand out from the crowd often proves a real challenge. A stable and efficient probiotic delivery system is critical to retaining a loyal customer base. Putting product performance at the heart of communications can also help brands to win more consumers, and even extend into new markets and applications.
As a global leader in delivering high-quality, innovative dosage forms and solutions, Lonza brings the formulation answers you need to achieve commercial success. For the past decade, we have been working to overcome the traditional challenges associated with formulating probiotic products. Would you like to learn more about how Lonza can help you to meet your technical or marketing goals? Choose from the challenges in the table below and discover which product will give the desired functionality.
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Challenges |
Solution |
How can we help? |
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Achieve maximum shelf life |
Improve stability by decreasing capsule water content, to create optimal conditions |
Drcaps®, Vcaps® and Vcaps® Plus HPMC capsules help to protect ingredients that are sensitive to moisture |
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Increase strain survival and delivery efficiency |
Select a dosage form with proven stomach acid resistance, to ensure the delivery of probiotics into the intestine |
DRcaps® capsules safeguard probiotics in the passage through the stomach, without the cost and complexity of enteric coating |
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Meet the specific needs of children and consumers with swallowing difficulties |
Enable probiotics to be orally administered by simply sprinkling the contents into soft food, with easy-to-open capsules |
Coni-Snap® Sprinkle capsules are an alternative to sticks and sachets and can be filled on the same machines as traditional capsules |
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Create combination products with EFSA claims |
Stand out in a competitive market and deliver probiotics with other actives in 2-in-1 capsules |
Our DUOCAP® patented capsule-in-capsule delivery system allows for the effective delivery of probiotics and is ideally suited for combination or dual release products |
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Explore alternative delivery routes |
Target the growing market for women's health products, with innovative dosage formats including vaginal delivery capsules |
With Vcaps® Plus HPMC capsules, you can benefit from added protection and rapid dissolution advantages |
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Cater to rising demand for clean label supplements |
Choose delivery forms that facilitate your label claims, to appeal to the latest consumer preferences |
Our portfolio of vegetarian capsules delivers optimal performance for the manufacturing of safe and effective clean label food supplements |