Innovative delivery systems
The right delivery systems can enhance the efficacy of your active ingredients, and a pleasurable experience can contribute to outcomes such as improved treatment adherence. Fertin creates effective products with a pleasant taste and mouthfeel, building on 100 years of history in chewing gum and 30 years’ pharmaceutical experience.
Our delivery systems can be used individually or be combined to create the right solution for your pharmaceutical or nutraceutical product portfolio.
Our delivery systems can be used individually or be combined to create the right solution for your pharmaceutical or nutraceutical product portfolio.
Fast liquefiable tablet
Zapliq® is our new format for fast oral delivery and 100% release of active and functional ingredients. The tablet liquefies when chewed, making a solid oral dosage as easy to swallow as a sip of water. The unique formulation is a valuable alternative to existing delivery systems across a wide range of treatment and prevention areas. It provides excellent taste masking capabilities, with the potential for uptake through the oral mucosa or gastrointestinal tract, depending on the ingredients. The cool, dry manufacturing process also makes it suitable for heat and moisture sensitive ingredients such as vitamins and probiotics.
You can customise your product to meet consumer needs and preferences with different layers, textures, flavours, sizes, load ranges and shapes. Incompatible ingredients can be separated across multiple layers and released at varying rates for both a fast and sustained release of active and functional ingredients. Zapliq® can also be combined with our patented compressed gum and a crunchy flavoured layer to further customise release, mouthfeel, and flavour.
You can customise your product to meet consumer needs and preferences with different layers, textures, flavours, sizes, load ranges and shapes. Incompatible ingredients can be separated across multiple layers and released at varying rates for both a fast and sustained release of active and functional ingredients. Zapliq® can also be combined with our patented compressed gum and a crunchy flavoured layer to further customise release, mouthfeel, and flavour.
Highly rated by consumers
Consumers rate the new format superior to existing delivery systems and intuitively perceive Zapliq® as offering a fast onset of action. More than 80% of consumers find Zapliq® discrete, convenient and an easy way to ensure the right dosage. Most consumers think it has a more pleasant mouthfeel than most of the common dosage formats in the market. 80% also agree that it has a pleasant taste and aftertaste. (Ipsos, 2019) These findings indicate that Zapliq® can have a positive impact on treatment adherence.
Patent protected, Zapliq® provides unique opportunities for your product portfolio. Taken without water, Zapliq® is convenient for people on-the-go. It’s a pleasant and easy-to-swallow alternative for children, elderly people, and people suffering from dry mouth or difficulties swallowing. And it provides a new, convenient and pleasant experience for Generation Y/Z.
Patent protected, Zapliq® provides unique opportunities for your product portfolio. Taken without water, Zapliq® is convenient for people on-the-go. It’s a pleasant and easy-to-swallow alternative for children, elderly people, and people suffering from dry mouth or difficulties swallowing. And it provides a new, convenient and pleasant experience for Generation Y/Z.
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Compressed gum
Key benefits
- Controlled release of active ingredients and flavour
- Suitable for ingredients sensitive to moisture or heat
- Customise mouthfeel, colour, size, and appearance
- Suger-free, dental friendly
- Patent protected
Suitable for sensitive and incompatible ingredients
The cold and dry compression manufacturing process limits the degradation of sensitive ingredients, such as vitamins and probiotics. Available in single or multiple layers, you can separate active and functional ingredients for both a fast and sustained release.
You can meet a range of consumer preferences by customising the gum’s size, taste, and texture. You can also add visual effects that support the product concept, such as colours, embossment or speckles. Our compressed gum can be combined with a crunchy flavoured layer and our patented Zapliq® liquefiable tablet to further customise release, mouthfeel, and flavour.
You can meet a range of consumer preferences by customising the gum’s size, taste, and texture. You can also add visual effects that support the product concept, such as colours, embossment or speckles. Our compressed gum can be combined with a crunchy flavoured layer and our patented Zapliq® liquefiable tablet to further customise release, mouthfeel, and flavour.
A popular format with a range of applications
Chewing gum is a well-known, socially accepted, portable and discrete format, providing a stimulating experience enjoyed by many. This makes it a suitable delivery system for a range of active and functional ingredients absorbed buccally via the oral mucosa. Chewing gum also delivers inherent health benefits, including freshening breath, increasing focus and concentration, relieving stress and aiding in weight management.
The compression process provides a good texture, while Fertin’s taste-masking capabilities and confectionery experience ensure a pleasant taste and mouthfeel, even after chewing for 20 minutes. We have patents for both the manufacturing process and the gum base, which we make in-house, for a cost-effective and competitive end product.
The compression process provides a good texture, while Fertin’s taste-masking capabilities and confectionery experience ensure a pleasant taste and mouthfeel, even after chewing for 20 minutes. We have patents for both the manufacturing process and the gum base, which we make in-house, for a cost-effective and competitive end product.
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Extruded gum
Key benefits
- High-quality and cost-effective
- Socially accepted and discrete
- Enjoyable and healthy
High-quality and cost-effective gum
Available in coated and uncoated variants, this high-quality extruded chewing gum is based on 100 years of confectionery experience. Our continuous efforts to optimise taste and texture have made our extruded chewing gum one of the most popular in the world and the industry standard for Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
The gum base is one of the most important and complicated components in chewing gum, as it is a mix of many different ingredients and is sensitive to active substances. For the best possible products, we make our own gum base in house and own the related patents.
The gum base is one of the most important and complicated components in chewing gum, as it is a mix of many different ingredients and is sensitive to active substances. For the best possible products, we make our own gum base in house and own the related patents.
Well-known format with inherent benefits
Extruded gum is a cost-effective solution for a wide variety of application areas. Many active ingredients are absorbed through the oral mucosa, from nicotine to vitamins and dietary supplements. We are able to control the speed and level of the release, and taste-mask active and functional ingredients such as caffeine and nicotine.
Chewing gum is both enjoyable and healthy, providing a stimulating experience and a range of inherent health benefits, including freshening breath, increasing focus and concentration, relieving stress and aiding in weight management. The format is well-known, socially accepted, portable, and discrete, making it easy to consume on-the-go and in public.
Chewing gum is both enjoyable and healthy, providing a stimulating experience and a range of inherent health benefits, including freshening breath, increasing focus and concentration, relieving stress and aiding in weight management. The format is well-known, socially accepted, portable, and discrete, making it easy to consume on-the-go and in public.
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Lozenge
Key benefits
- Discrete delivery
- Controlled release
- Customise release speed, size, flavour and colour
- Patent protected
Customise release, size, flavour, and colour
The compressed lozenge is a cost-effective and well-known format. Discrete and with no waste, it is ideal for people who prefer not to chew or for situations where chewing is not appropriate. You can customise the lozenge in size, colour, flavour, and release profile to meet a range of consumer preferences. A larger, slower dissolving lozenge provides a sustained release for people who prefer to move the lozenge around in their mouth. For a fast and discrete release, our Fast Dissolvable Tablet (FDT) dissolves under the tongue in less than 15 seconds.
Optimising efficacy and pleasure
In consumer tests, our FDT product with nicotine (Nifty) reduced cravings by 50% in 2.5 minutes and limited irritation compared to other products. In both fast and slow-dissolving formulations, the lozenge provides a 100% release of active and functional ingredients.
We minimise grittiness, chalkiness and greasiness during product development using our in-house sensory panel and consumer testing. Our taste-masking capabilities ensure a pleasant taste, long after the lozenge has dissolved. Your final product is protected by our strong portfolio of patents.
We minimise grittiness, chalkiness and greasiness during product development using our in-house sensory panel and consumer testing. Our taste-masking capabilities ensure a pleasant taste, long after the lozenge has dissolved. Your final product is protected by our strong portfolio of patents.
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Pouch powder
Key benefits
- Discrete delivery
- Controlled release over time
- Growing market opportunity
- Patent protected
Discrete, controlled release
Placed under the upper lip, the pouch releases active ingredients in combination with flavours and sweeteners. This provides an easy and discrete way to deliver various active ingredients such as nicotine or cannabinoids over an extended period. We use our insights into a broad range of active and functional ingredients to ensure they are delivered in the most effective and pleasurable way. In the case of nicotine, for example, this means minimising irritation while controlling the uptake and dosage.
Growing market opportunities
The pouch is a traditional delivery system in markets such as Scandinavia and the United States that is seeing increasing global interest, opening up many opportunities for this delivery system. We own patents for our pouch powder products, processes and technologies that protect your product portfolio.
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Something else in mind?
You can combine our delivery systems in different ways to create exactly the right solution for your target user’s needs and preferences. Or co-develop a new solution with our delivery system experts in R&D, drawing on our extensive experience creating effective, convenient and pleasant products. Let’s discuss your specific challenges and consumer demands.