PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2014

CAPPING / CLOSURES 20 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 09/14 www.petpla.net CAPPING / CLOSURES 20 Vicap Systems connects packaging and delivery system in one cap Three steps to refresh… *based on an article by Roger Franz Wilfinger, CEO Vicap Systems AG Scan & Measure Oxygen Ingress & Transmission Rates www.PreSens.de/ Fibox4 Fibox 4 Stand-alone fiber optic oxygen transmitter The Vicap is a novel closure developed by Swiss food technology company Vicap Sys- tems. While looking like a normal sports cap the Vicap also serves as packaging and delivery system for liquid and powder content, offering a solution for functional beverages. If mixed with water or getting exposed to sunlight, most potent active ingredients as marketed in functional beverages lose their effi- cacy within just a few days. By the time the functional beverage has finally reached the consumer, active ingredients are mostly lost and adver- tised functions become questionable at best. The Vicap’s packaging and release properties enable separa- tion between vital ingredients such as vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and carrier elements like water, milk and soya until the moment of consump- tion. In this way, Vicap powered prod- ucts evade loss of efficacy by taking the act of mixing ingredients and exposure to sunlight directly to the consumer, respectively to the moment of consumption. Expensive functional ingredients stay protected and with a single push the consumer can activate the desired effect. The cooperation partners from Vicap Systems AG that played a vital role in the development of the Vicap are plastics and injection moulding specialist Montfort Kunststofftechnik from Austria, Germany’s DMK sub- sidiary Humana Pharma International from Italy for testing, ingredients, Separated active ingredients, protected from sunlight have to be mixed before consumption