Patent ID: 7226613

Claim:
A spherical capsule comprising a liquid core and a seamless solid shell surrounding said core, wherein the capsule has a diameter in the range of 4-8 mm, the shell has a thickness in the range of 20-200 μm, the shell thickness to capsule diameter ratio is in the range of 0.004-0.04, the shell comprises 70-90% (m/m) gelatin and 10-30% (m/m) plasticizer, based on the solids content of the shell, and the core has a flavoring content in the range of 1-100% (m/m), based on the total mass of the core, wherein the shell comprises (a) a gelatin having a Bloom value of at least 200 and (b) a gelatin having a Bloom value of 0, a fish gelatin having a Bloom value of <200, or both.