TWM659270U - Soft capsule structure containing fish oil - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a soft capsule structure containing fish oil. The soft capsule structure containing fish oil comprises a core body and an outer coating layer covering the core body. The core body comprises a plurality of effective active ingredient units, wherein the effective active ingredient units comprise fish oil extract.

Description

Fish oil softgel structure

The invention relates to a capsule structure, in particular to a soft capsule structure containing fish oil.

Omega-3 fatty acids are a type of polyunsaturated fatty acid. The human body cannot synthesize omega-3 fatty acids directly and must be obtained through diet. There are three main types of omega-3 fatty acids: eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). Among them, EPA and DHA are found mainly in marine animal and plant oils, while ALA is mainly found in vegetable oils. Generally speaking, people mainly obtain omega-3 fatty acids by consuming fish oil from fish.

Existing studies have found that omega-3 fatty acids have many beneficial functions for the human body, including: helping to lower blood pressure, improving metabolism, reducing inflammation, helping mental health, reducing triglyceride synthesis and the formation of vascular fatty plaques, etc. Therefore, WHO recommends daily intake of 300 mg to 500 mg of omega-3 fatty acids, and the American Heart Association recommends daily intake of 650 mg to 1000 mg of omega-3 fatty acids. However, modern people's diet is unbalanced, and the intake of fish is not high. Therefore, fish oil health foods have become an alternative to supplement omega-3 fatty acids.

However, the concentration of ω-3 fatty acids in fish oil health foods on the market varies, and different types of fish oil will affect the absorption rate. Therefore, how to improve the absorption rate of fish oil to achieve health effects through structural design improvements has become one of the important issues that this industry wants to solve.

The technical problem to be solved by this invention is to provide a soft capsule structure containing fish oil to address the deficiencies of the prior art, which can help promote metabolism, enhance immunity, reduce triglycerides, and reduce inflammatory reactions. The soft capsule structure containing fish oil includes a core body and an outer coating. The core body includes a plurality of effective active ingredient units, wherein a plurality of the effective active ingredient units include fish oil extracts. The outer coating covers the core body.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the particle size of the soft capsule structure containing fish oil is 1 cm to 2 cm.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the thickness of the outer covering layer is between 0.5 mm and 3 mm, and the outer covering layer has a smooth surface.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the material of the outer covering layer includes gelatin.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the fish oil extract contains omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and the omega-3 fatty acids contain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

In one embodiment of the present invention, based on the weight of the core body, the ω-3 fatty acids account for 80% to 90% by weight.

One of the beneficial effects of the present invention is that the fish oil-containing soft capsule structure provided by the present invention can promote metabolism, enhance immunity, reduce triglycerides and reduce inflammatory response through the technical solutions of "the core body includes multiple effective active ingredient units, wherein multiple effective active ingredient units contain fish oil extracts" and "the outer layer covers the core body".

In order to further understand the features and technical content of this work, please refer to the following detailed description and diagrams of this work. However, the diagrams provided are only used for reference and explanation and are not used to limit this work.

The following is an explanation of the implementation of the "soft capsule structure containing fish oil" disclosed in this creation through specific concrete embodiments. Technical personnel in this field can understand the advantages and effects of this creation from the content disclosed in this manual. This creation can be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments, and the details in this manual can also be modified and changed in various ways based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the concept of this creation. In addition, the drawings of this creation are only for simple schematic illustrations and are not depicted according to actual size. Please note in advance. The following implementation will further explain the relevant technical content of this creation in detail, but the disclosed content is not used to limit the scope of protection of this creation. In addition, the term "or" used herein may include any one or more combinations of the associated listed items as appropriate.

[First embodiment]

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the first embodiment of the invention provides a soft capsule structure S containing fish oil, which includes: a core body 10 and an outer coating 20 covering the core body 10. The core body 10 contains a plurality of effective active ingredient units 11, wherein the effective active ingredient units 11 contain fish oil extract. The fish oil extract may contain omega-3 fatty acids.

Omega-3 fatty acids are essential fatty acids that cannot be synthesized by the human body and must be obtained through diet. Omega-3 fatty acids mainly include eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

The average concentration of omega-3 fatty acids in general fish oil is between 20% and 60%, and the quality cannot be guaranteed. Compared with fish oil with high concentration of omega-3 fatty acids, fish oil with low concentration contains more cholesterol and other ingredients. Therefore, in actual use, taking more fish oil with low concentration of omega-3 fatty acids may lead to excessive cholesterol. Therefore, the concentration of omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil is very important, and fish oil with higher concentration of omega-3 fatty acids should be selected for intake, which is beneficial to health.

It should be noted that fish oil extracts will produce different absorption effects depending on the extraction method. They are usually divided into the following three categories: TG (Triglyceride) type, EE (Ethyl Ester) type and rTG type (Re-Esterified Triglyceride). TG type is a natural type and the most traditional fish oil extraction. The fish's subcutaneous fat is subjected to a basic refining process to remove impurities and maintain the fish oil in a triglyceride form. Although it is easily absorbed and inexpensive, the concentration of ω-3 fatty acids is low (about 30% to 50%), that is, the concentration of EPA and DHA is low. In order to increase the concentration of ω-3 fatty acids, EE type fish oil is derived. It further uses esterification to separate the unsaturated fatty acids in the fish oil into an ethyl ester form to increase the concentration of ω-3 fatty acids, but its absorption rate is reduced as a result. Finally, unlike previous organic solvent extraction, rTG fish oil uses supercritical extraction and is esterified before being reduced to triglyceride. Therefore, the concentration of ω-3 fatty acids can reach 80% to 99%, and the absorption rate is the highest, but the cost is higher than TG and EE types.

In this embodiment, the fish oil extract is a rTG fish oil extract obtained by using small ocean fish as raw materials and supercritical fluid extraction technology and supercritical fluid chromatography. Therefore, the ω-3 fatty acids in the fish oil extract of this invention can reach 80% to 90% (preferably 84% or more), and the concentration of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid can reach 80% to 90% (preferably 80% or more), which can be effectively absorbed and enhance metabolism. In addition, the fish oil extract of this invention does not contain chemical solvents, water, sugar, cholesterol or saturated fatty acids. For example, the core body 10 of each soft capsule structure S may contain 500 mg to 700 mg of ω-3 fatty acids, and may contain 240 mg to 336 mg of eicosapentaenoic acid and 160 mg to 224 mg of docosahexaenoic acid. In addition, during actual administration, the effective active ingredient unit 11 may further contain an antioxidant (e.g., mixed tocopherol concentrate), vitamin E, or a combination thereof. However, the invention is not limited to the above examples.

For example, the material of the outer coating 20 may include gelatin, glycerin and pure water, but is not limited thereto. Further, the material of the outer coating 20 may further include but is not limited to components such as pigments, antioxidants, bactericides, shaping agents, film-forming agents, sweeteners, acidulants, and cooling agents. In addition, the thickness of the outer coating 20 is approximately between 0.5 mm and 3 mm, and may have a smooth outer surface or a rough outer surface. In one specific embodiment, the total weight of each soft capsule structure S is 820 mg, wherein the weight of the outer coating 20 accounts for 220 mg, and the weight of the core body accounts for 600 mg. However, the above-mentioned example is only one of the feasible embodiments and is not used to limit this creation.

For example, in one specific embodiment, each soft capsule structure S may contain 504 mg of ω-3 fatty acids, including 288 mg of eicosapentaenoic acid and 192 mg of docosahexaenoic acid, and the user may take 2 capsules per day. However, the above example is only a feasible embodiment and is not intended to limit the present invention.

Specifically, the particle size of the soft capsule structure S may be between 1 cm and 2 cm, and the soft capsule structure S may be in the shape of a sphere, an ellipse, or a cube, but is not limited thereto.

Soft capsules have good light-shielding properties, which can prevent light-sensitive raw materials from being exposed to light, and are also easier to deliver fat-soluble nutrients. Generally speaking, soft capsules are formed by coating liquid or paste contents with a film; in this embodiment, the manufacturing method of the soft capsule structure S containing fish oil can be a rotary manufacturing method or a seamless manufacturing method, but is not limited to this. The rotary manufacturing method uses a strip-shaped coating film arranged on both sides to be linked to the space between two cylindrical molds, and a piston nozzle containing a content liquid (effective active ingredient unit) is arranged between the two strip-shaped coating films to inject the content between the two coating films, and then cut out by the two cylindrical molds to form a capsule. The seamless manufacturing method is to use a double-layer fluid injection column, the outer layer of the fluid is the coating material fluid, and the inner layer is the content fluid (effective active ingredient unit), which is cut at a certain interval so that the coating material fluid covers the content fluid and is formed into a capsule. However, the above example is only one of the feasible embodiments and is not intended to limit the present invention.

[Beneficial Effects of Embodiments]

One of the beneficial effects of the present invention is that the fish oil-containing soft capsule structure provided by the present invention can promote metabolism, enhance immunity, reduce triglycerides and reduce inflammatory response through the technical solutions of "the core body includes multiple effective active ingredient units, wherein multiple effective active ingredient units contain fish oil extracts" and "the outer layer covers the core body".

The above disclosed contents are only the preferred feasible embodiments of the present invention and do not limit the scope of the patent application of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent technical changes made by using the instructions and diagrams of the present invention are included in the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

S: Soft capsule structure 10: Core body 11: Active ingredient unit 20: Outer layer

FIG1 is a three-dimensional perspective schematic diagram of the structure of a soft capsule containing fish oil according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure of a soft capsule containing fish oil according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

S: Soft capsule structure

10: Core body

11: Effective active ingredient unit

20: Outer covering

Claims (6)

A soft capsule structure containing fish oil, comprising: a core body, which contains a plurality of effective active ingredient units, wherein the effective active ingredient units contain fish oil extract; and an outer coating layer, which covers the core body. The fish oil-containing soft capsule structure as described in claim 1 has a particle size of 1 cm to 2 cm. The fish oil-containing soft capsule structure as described in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the outer coating layer is between 0.5 mm and 3 mm, and the outer coating layer has a smooth surface. The fish oil-containing soft capsule structure as described in claim 1, wherein the material of the outer coating layer comprises gelatin. The fish oil-containing soft capsule structure as described in claim 1, wherein the fish oil extract contains ω-3 fatty acids, and the ω-3 fatty acids contain eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid. The fish oil-containing soft capsule structure as described in claim 5, wherein the ω-3 fatty acid accounts for 80% to 90% by weight based on the weight of the core.

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