Table 1.

Liquid capsule weight variation study

Sample ID	Capsule description	Avg. capsule wt, g	Capsule wt (SD)a	Avg. shell wt, g	Empty shell wt (SD)	Avg. contents wt, g	Contents (SD)	Contents wt (RSD), %b
2	β-Carotene in soy oil	0.3339	0.00299	0.1124	0.00362	0.2214	0.00273	0.54
3	β-Carotene in fish oil	1.1225	0.01315	0.3970	0.01146	0.7255	0.01169	1.23
6	β-Carotene in oil	0.2554	0.00406	0.0860	0.00879	0.1693	0.00395	2.33
7	β-Carotene in oil with vitamin E present	0.2353	0.01614	0.0784	0.01576	0.1569	0.00416	1.61
10	β-Carotene with lycopene present	0.7586	0.01825	0.2628	0.01743	0.4958	0.00268	2.65
Set 2, No. 1	β-Carotene in glycerin	0.5173	0.00750	0.1932	0.00853	0.3241	0.00493	1.52
Set 2, No. 2	β-Carotene in glycerin	0.5613	0.01909	0.2349	0.01871	0.3264	0.00162	0.50

^aSD = Standard deviation.

^bRSD = Relative standard deviation.