How Vitamins Products are Produced by Manufacturing Industry? Our Capsule Manufacturing Company owns an encapsulation machine that can produce one billion capsules annually. It is equipped with both semi - automatic and fully automatic encapsulators. Encapsulation is a process that does not use fillers, binding agents, or other ingredients. Raw Mater ials Vitamins can be obtained from animal or plant products or made synthetically in a laboratory. There are no chemical differences between synthetically produced vitamins and purified vitamins from animal or plant sources. As synthetic vitamins can be o btained from many chemical reactions, different laboratories might use different methods. Additives are often used to make vitamin tablets or capsules. These additives help in the manufacturing process or the way the body takes the pill. These additives al low the vitamin powder to run smoothly through tablet - making and encapsulating machines. The coatings give vitamins tablets a specific color, flavor or determine how they absorb. The Manufacturing Process Preliminary check • Vitamin manufacturers purchase raw vitamins and other ingredients from distributors. A reliable distributor provides a Certificate of Analysis to identify the vitamins and their potency. In most cases, the manufacturer will test the raw materials and send samples to an independent laboratory. Preblending • The raw vitamins are often in fine powder form and arrive at the manufacturer without any processing. If the ingredients are not finely ground, they can be put through a mill before being ground. Preblending vitam ins with fillers such as maltodextrin or microcrystalline cellulose can help to produce a more uniform granule, which will aid in further processing. Wet granulation • The particle size of vitamin tablets is important in determining the performance of the tableting machine. Sometimes, raw vitamins are milled by the distributor to the right size for tableting. Other cases require a wet - granulation step. Wet granulation involves the addition of fine vitamin powder to various cellulose particles and then being wetted. The mill then sizes the chunks. The mill pushes the chunks through to make granules. Weighing and mixing • A formula batch record lists the required weights of each ingredient. Once all of the vitamin ingredients have been prepared, a worker will take them to the weigh station, which will be weighed on a scale. After they have been weighed, the worker mixes all the ingredients in a mixer. Mixing the ingredients takes between 15 and 30 minutes. Once the ingredients are mixed, workers transfer the vi tamin mixture to either an encapsulating machine or a tablet - making device. Encapsulating machine • Workers can mix the mixture in an encapsulating machine and then dump it into a container. Workers can make tablets from the finished mixture, with or witho ut a coating. The workers will test the machine to ensure that it works correctly and that the capsules have the right weight. Polishing and inspection • Next, the filled capsules go through a polishing machine. The brushes are used to remove any excess pow der or dust from the capsules' exterior. The capsules are then placed on an inspection table. An inspection table is equipped with a belt of rotating rods. Inspectors then remove any capsules found to be too long, broken, dimpled, or otherwise ineligible. The vitamins that pass inspection will be taken to the packaging area. Tableting • A tableting machine is used to make vitamin tablets. Two punches may be present on one side of some tableting machines, which allows for simultaneous production of two tablets. How many tablets can be made per minute depends on how fast the table rotates. The tablets are ejected onto a vibrating belt that vibrates to remove any dust. The tablets are then transferred to the coating area. Coating • Vitamin tablets can be coated for many reasons. It may make it easier to swallow the tablet. The coating may hide an unpleasant taste or give the tablet a pleasant hue. Other coatings control the time it takes for the tablet to dissolve so that vitamins can be absorbed slowly or at once, depending on the type of tablet. Packaging • The packaging of vitamins requires several steps. Different machines perform these steps. No one can touch the vitamins once they are placed in the hopper of the machine. The vitamins are then placed i n the packaging area and go through a series of machines. The worker sets up the machine to count the number of tablets or capsules per bottle. The rest is automated. Quality Control • Several stages of vitamin production are subject to quality checks. Bef ore any vitamin capsules or tablets are made, they are tested for potency and identity. This is often done by both the manufacturer and the raw vitamin distributor. Before the mixed vitamin powder can be tableted or encapsulated, it is thoroughly tested. T he finished product is also checked. Before vitamin ingredients can be made available for consumers, they must be safe.