A method and system for preparing softgels. A starch mixture isuniformly heated to an elevated temperature. The starch mixture includes plantstarch, plasticizer and water, and does not include carrageenan. The starchmixtureis heated to an elevated temperature under mixing for providing liquid starch,maintained at a maintenance temperature under mixing, and then cooled into apairof starch sheets. Both sheets are provided to a die roller system with atleast twopinch surfaces on each die, and sealed together between roller dies asindividualsoftgels are cut by the dies. The die roller system is operated within a dietemperaturerange and at a low die rpm range selected for providing the softgel.
