We specialise in manufacturing high quality softgels across a range of categories and applications. Our scientists trial each formulation to ensure product quality and ease of manufacture, making use of our wide range of active ingredients. Our expertise in softgel manufacturing ensures consistent quality, innovative solutions and flexible production options for businesses of all sizes. We can create custom formulations tailored to your brand identity and values, while maintaining our high level of quality thanks to our stringent control processes and testing. Softgel capsules are a staple of the nutraceuticals and supplements industry, easy for consumers to take and quickly absorbed into the body. Our soft gelatin capsules only include high-quality ingredients (including vegetarian and vegan options) and we have a very high capacity production line at our Lincolnshire facility, ready to produce your custom softgel capsules.
So why choose gelatin shell softgel capsules over more traditional tablets and powders? Softgel capsules have become a popular supplement form for businesses targeting a broad range of consumers, coming in a simple bottle that can be branded for full effect on the shelf.
The main advantages to softgels include:
Arguably the biggest benefit of softgel capsules is their smooth, flexible texture which makes them easy to swallow, ideal for the elderly and children who might otherwise struggle with swallowing. They’re designed to be taken with water and easily slide down the throat, aided by their squishy, cushioned texture.
Softgel capsules like the ones manufactured by Parkacre have a soft shell that ensures fast and effective absorption of the vital vitamins, minerals and other active ingredients contained inside. Enteric softgels, like those often used in oil based formulations, enable slightly delayed release of the supplement until the capsule reaches the stomach.
Versatility is another sought-after benefit of softgel capsules for businesses. We can create softgels for a wide variety of different formulations, including oils, vitamins, liquid blends and more. This ensures a diverse product range and broad consumer market.
Designed with high-quality ingredients, our softgels are set up for durability and long-term product stability. This helps businesses with selling their softgel capsules to retailers, knowing the products can stand the test of time on the retail shelves.
We can help bring your brand’s story, vision and promise to life with our private label softgel capsule services. Whether you’re an established wellness company or a new business, our softgel supplements can become a seamless extension of your brand. You provide your unique branding, including logo, colours and packaging vision, and we’ll integrate them into custom packaging. From minimalist to eye-catching, your softgel bottles will perfectly embody your brand’s personality and values.
This allows you to focus on building customer trust and driving sales, while we handle the back-end, ensuring your softgel meets the highest quality standards with premium ingredients and precise formulations. Our service is flexible and collaborative, tailored to your distinct needs, whether you require small trial batches or large-scale production.
We are proud to be a leading softgel capsule manufacturer that has specialised in supplement production since formation back in 2004. We combine high-quality ingredients with our expertise and experience in manufacturing softgels to create sought-after products for business in many different industries.
Working with our expert team, you can bring a fully-customised or adapted softgel capsule product to market. Using our huge range of natural ingredients and experience in supplement production, we can tailor a softgel to the exact specifications you desire and take control of the full manufacturing process. For a quicker and more cost-effective option, you can choose to adapt one of our ready-made standard softgel formulas and sell it as your own unique product. Either way, our team will take care of all the hard work and ensure quality throughout.
Our facility includes state-of-the-art machinery capable of producing a variety of different softgels according to your requirements. We run a GMP-compliant factory and adhere to the highest quality and safety guidelines, while our strict quality control processes ensure a finished product you can confidently offer to your customers.
Lead times depend on factors such as formulation complexity and order size.
Our MOQ’s depend on the level of service you require. Our private label service offers rapid lead times and low MOQ’s whereas our custom service has an in-depth production process and therefore larger MOQ’s.
A softgel capsule is a supplement or medication capsule made from a flexible outer shell, typically gelatin or a plant based alternative, enclosing a liquid, oil or semi-solid active ingredient. Softgels are commonly used for fat soluble ingredients like fish oil, vitamin D and vitamin E, since these dissolve well in the liquid fill and can’t easily be pressed into a standard tablet. The smooth, flexible shell also makes softgels easier for many people to swallow.
Many people find softgels easier to swallow than regular tablets because the smooth, flexible outer shell slips more comfortably down the throat than the harder surface of a compressed tablet. That’s what makes softgels popular for supplements aimed at people who struggle with pill swallowing, especially the elderly. That said, what is or isn’t easier to swallow is dependent on personal preferences, and some people may well find tablets or capsules easier than softgels.
Many softgels are typically made from gelatin, which comes from animal collagen and isn’t suitable for vegetarians or vegans. That being said, a number of plant-based softgel alternatives now exist, using materials derived from seaweed or other plant sources. This means brands can offer a vegetarian or vegan-friendly version of the format, and target a growing audience for supplements that are not derived from animals in any way.
The process for making softgel capsules is quite simple with the right advanced equipment. First, two ribbons of gelatin or plant-based shell material are formed, before then being simultaneously filled and sealed around a precisely-dosed liquid or semi-solid ingredient using specialist encapsulation equipment. Once filled, the softgels are then dried to achieve the right texture and durability before being quality-checked, packaged and delivered. Parkacre manufactures softgels within our fully-integrated facility, from formulation through to finished, packaged product.
