Impuphu yegobolondo ibhekisela kumpuphu eyenziwe ngokuchoboza nokugaya amagobolondo. Izithako zayo ezingama-95% yi-calcium carbonate, i-chitin, kanye nenani elincane lama-amino acid nama-polysaccharides. Ingasetshenziswa njengezinto ezisezingeni eliphezulu zokudla, izimonyo kanye nokuhlobisa kwangaphakathi, futhi isetshenziswa emfuyweni nasezinkukhu. Izithasiselo zomthombo we-calcium wokudla nokudla, ukucubungula ubucwebe, ama-desiccant, njll.