Abstract: The present invention provides food bars for consumption by pregnant women, lactating women or women of childbearing potential that are attempting to become pregnant containing one or more vitamins and/or minerals, and one or more anti-constipation and regularity-maintaining agents, methods for preparing these food bars, and methods for supplementing the dietary requirements of pregnant women, lactating women or women of childbearing potential that are attempting to become pregnant.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating slack-filled capsules from properly filled capsules having the same surface area comprising:an endless conveyor belt;means for continuously moving the belt on which is contained at least a single layer of capsules;an inclined plane at the terminal end of the belt;a sorting box consisting of a series of fins for orienting the largest cross-sectional area of the capsule profile;a tunnel whose terminal end is adjacent to the box;means for creating laminar air flow through the tunnel;a first tube aligned in about a horizontal position with the tunnel for receiving said slack-filled capsules;a second tube aligned in about a vertical position with the sorting box such that properly filled capsules enter by gravity;such that when the laminar air flow is created through the tunnel, the slack-filled capsules enter the first tube.