A method and system for preparing softgels. A starch mixture is uniformly heated to an elevated temperature. The starch mixture includes plant starch, plasticizer and water, and does not include carrageenan. The starch mixture is heated to an elevated temperature under mixing for providing liquid starch, maintained at a maintenance temperature under mixing, and then cooled into a pair of starch sheets. Both sheets are provided to a die roller system with at least two pinch surfaces on each die, and sealed together between roller dies as individual softgels are cut by the dies. The die roller system is operated within a die temperature range and at a low die rpm range selected for providing the softgel.
