Feb 13, 2024
How to Make Capsules by Your Hands
Vitamin and health supplements are important to your daily nutrition. By getting a bottle of capsules from a store, it’s easy to obtain dietary supplements and vitamin. Besides this way, do you know you can make capsules by yourself? The capsule filling at home is not that hard. Making capsules by yourself helps you gain the fresh capsule ingredients, tailor formulas that you need to meet your health targets, as well as to save more money. However, how to make capsules by yourself? Here is a fast method to manually load capsules with powder. What do you need before you make capsules? Before making capsules, you need to prepare some essential materials and tools in order to successfully load capsules with powder. Empty Capsules You need some suitable empty capsule shells in your desired sizes. Among various capsule sizes, size 00 and 0 are the most commonly purchased, because they have sufficient space for filling. Ingredients contained in capsules 00 and 0 are about 750mg and 650mg. The picture below is a capsule sizes chart: Blank capsules of these sizes can be bought online or in pharmacies. Moreover, some capsule shells are made from vegetation, while others are made from gelatin. Capsule Ingredients Select suitable health supplement ingredients that you plan to fill capsules with, such as vitamin, mineral, powder, oil, granules and other forms, according to different nutritional formulas. Make sure ingredients are pure and clean. You can find ingredients online or in drugstores. After purchase, entirely blend them and place them evenly. If needed, use a pestle to grind ingredients into delicate powder. If you have fresh herbs and not want to buy ingredients, dry your herbs. After drying, use an food processor to make herbal powder. · A Scale A scale of high sensitivity is needed, for capsules of various sizes have different fill weights. A scale helps you manage the capsule fill weight at a milligram-precise level. · Auxiliary Tools These tools include a spoon and a funnel, assisting you to easily access the fast method to load capsules with powder microdosing, avoiding material spilling and waste. If a funnel can’t be found, a piece of paper could be used to form one. · Storage Containers You need a storage jar, a glass container or a plastic sealable bag to store your filled capsules, in case that capsules get contaminated or dampened. How do you fill capsules by hand? Here are some easy tips to let your homemade capsules come out. 1. Scooping Method It’s the most convenient way to make capsules by your hands. This way doesn’t even require any tool or complicated sk...
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