In the midst of heightened awareness with beauty and wellbeing, we can see a lot of brands carry the health supplement product in their cosmetic line. If you are a brand owner of cosmetic, and you are thinking to produce a health supplement to strengthen your cosmetic, but you have no connection with a health supplement manufacturer, how can you find a manufacturer? You can search by on-line search. If a contract manufacturer whom you consign the production of your cosmetic, can produce a health supplement, it would be easier for you to work on a new project.
Today, we would like to talk about our function as a manufacturer of health supplement in Japan. Through a lot of experiences, we have delivered health supplement locally and globally. Like the development of cosmetics, our R&D develop a formula one by one after an interview with a client. In order to obtain the best result by active ingredients, we choose a supplement format. You can refer to the following features by format for your future planning.
Soft gel capsule
A capsule with a thin coating of gelatin, etc. Suitable for oil-based ingredients like vitamins, astaxanthin, DHA, etc. We can add color or flavor with the capsule. Our capsule is 2–7mm in length and has an oval shape. Soft gel has a high sealability, it is good for materials which are easy to oxidize.
Hard capsule
The capsule is composed of gelatin or HPMC of vegetable origin. There is color variation of capsule such as green, white, pink, etc. It doesn’t need to use many excipients in a formula, it enables to add many active ingredients in a capsule. Our standard size of hard capsule is No. 1, 2 and 3. Standard volume in a capsule is 100-400mg.
Tablet
The tablet is good for powder ingredients such as plant extract, amino acid, vitamins. We can develop a chewable tablet and add a flavor. You can benefit from a tablet like sweets. The cost of production is cheap in comparison with the other format of the supplement. Our tablet has a round shape and the diameter is 6–10mm.
Granule
Collagen powder or Aojiru is one example. Standard size is 5g of sachets. We can add a lot of active ingredients in the formula. The advantage is to add a flavor such as orange, mix berry, lemon, tea, etc. In accordance with your concept, we suggest the most suitable flavor. Consumer can enjoy granule supplement like a juice.
Drink
You may know it as a shot drink. Our size is 30ml bottle or 50ml bottle. The advantage is a high concentration of active ingredients. For example, the suggested daily dose of collagen is 5000mg. We can develop a drink formula which contain 5000mg of collagen in 1 bottle. We are good at masking the odor of material and choosing a tasty flavor. Usually, high concentration of active ingredients has a strong odor of materials. However, we are experts to mask or adjust odor and taste. You can enjoy a drink supplement with various flavors, without odor of material.
It is important to select a suitable format according to the ingredients of your concept. It affects the function of health supplement. We always try to suggest the best solution what to select and what is good for your brand. Finding a reliable factory is a way of success for your new health supplement.
If you are going to start the development of health supplement in Japan, you can contact us.