Vitafoods Europe

Booth 3G38

At Vitafoods Europe, Lonza Capsules & Health Ingredients will be showcasing how brands can stay one step ahead in dietary supplement innovation. Visitors can learn about the company’s capabilities across hard empty capsules, dosage form solutions, and health ingredients, as well as sustainability.

The company will showcase its newly-launched innovation services, as well as product concepts formulated to help brands quickly create supplements for mobility, women’s health, and other trending areas.

As consumers search for planet-friendly supplements, sustainability must be integrated into the product development process. Lonza will highlight its continued investment in the decarbonization of manufacturing sites in Belgium and France, as well as its capabilities and services to increase product transparency. Its experts can also discuss how its newly created Center of Applied Sustainability can support the ambitions of its customers.

Lonza will also discuss its innovation services, such as advanced polymer science and capsule technology expertise. Its delivery systems, Capsugel liquid-filled capsules, Capsugel Duocap dual release capsules, and Capsugel beadlet technology, can enhance ingredient protection and leak prevention; tailor release profiles and combine incompatible ingredients; and provide capsule-in-capsule formats to combine multiple ingredients in a single dose, respectively.

Lonza will showcase product concepts specific to mobility, women’s health, beauty from within, longevity, and more.

According to Lonza’s proprietary research, 40% of consumers cite the importance of ‘vegan’ as a purchasing factor. Lonza’s Capsugel in-stock vegan program can help improve the speed at which brands enter the vegan supplements market, through Capsugel Vcaps Plus HPMC vegan capsules for moisture-sensitive ingredients, or Capsugel Plantcaps pullulan capsules for oxygen-sensitive ingredients.

Additionally, Lonza will showcase UC-II undenatured type II collagen, which is evidenced by several studies to support joint flexibility and mobility. Unlike other forms of collagen on the market, it retains its 3-dimensional structure due to its patented manufacturing method. The ingredient is available at different grades for both humans and dogs, offering joint support at a daily dose of 40 mg. UC-II Pets will be on display at the Pet Nutrition Hub.