How to Make Gummy Bears

1.What Is Gummy Bear?

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Gummy bears are beloved by people of all ages. Their yummy flavor and chewy taste can always attract people. They are invented in Germany in 1900s and get the great welcome in 1980s. They are yummy and useful, and you can use it as the great tool for the vitamin or mineral supplementing.

The shape, size and color of it all varied according to people’s need and the market trend. You may find the red, blue, green or gummy bear with mix color. And besides the gummy of bear shape, you may also try the shape of strawberry, blueberry, orange and so on. They are all funny and attracting.

2.What Are The Main Ingredients For MakingGummy Bear?

Have you ever wondered why your gummy bears are so chewy and yummy. The secrets of its taste lies in its ingredients. The formula of gummy bear varied so much, but the main ingredients are always the below.

Gelatin

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Gelatin is the main ingredients of gummy bear. While mixed with adequate water, it will become thick. The gel-solution is the secret of the forming and shaping of gummy bear. The chewy taste of gummy bear comes from it. It is made from the animal skin, and for vegetarian, agar is its nice replacement.

Sorbitol

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You can also adjust your texture of your gummy bear with the help of it. It makes the magic to your gummy bear and make your products really soft and attracting. The missing of it may make your cute bear lose the softness.

Sweet

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The gummy bear with no sugar is the gummy bear with no attract. There are various sweet and sweeteners for you to choose. Sucrose, fructose, corn syrup and so much sweeteners are provided for different taste demand.

Citric Acid

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The sole sweet flavor makes your gummy bear tastes boring. The little adding of acid flavor adds taste to your gummy and citric acid is the nice media for this work. It can add the complexity of the flavor and also make nice job in adjusting PH, adding moisture and working as gelling agent.

Added flavor

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You may find the various flavor of gummy bear in market. Strawberry, blueberry, orange, vanilla, chocolate and so much other choice are there for you. It is made from the help of adding flavor. The little drop of it make your gummy bear totally different.

Colors

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What your gummy bear would be with no adding of colors? It would be the disgusting and unattractive color. To make your gummy bear more attractive and conform to the taste of different flavor, you may add the colors to make it. The nice color of gummy bear transfer the great feature of your products.

Vitamin

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The adding of vitamin in your gummy bear isn’t the rare things. You may find the booming of vitamin gummy bear on current market. Gummy bear is the good carrier for certain kind of vitamin. And the adding of it in your gummy bear makes it more appealing for customers.

3.How To Make Gummy Bears?

Are you in love with the cute and chubby gummy bears? If you do, you may be interested on the manufacturing process of gummy bear. The making of it isn’t that difficult and you can make your own one by following the below steps.

Homemade production of gummy bear

Prepare ingredients and tools

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You should make the comprehensive preparation for your gummy bear. The quality of your main ingredients should all be checked. Besides, the equipment for your gummy bear making should not be ignored also. If you made them in home, you should clean the cups, molds, droppers, pans and so on. If you made in bulk, the cleaning of machines should be strict.

Choose the suitable formula

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What is the flavor or taste of your gummy bear. You should test your formula and make the real suitable one for your products. Besides, the precise measuring of ingredients is also essential to prove the nice flavoring.

Mix all ingredients

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Put your ingredients in container and mix all the ingredients. You should make sure that all ingredients are mixed evenly. The well mixed ingredients then get thickened for several minutes in room temperature.

Heat all ingredients

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The mixed ingredients then get heated by your stove or machines. You should pay attention to the condition of the heating material. Please mix it till it get melted fully. This is not long but essential.

Fill in mold

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Have you choose your molds? If you do, then you should make the transferring of your heated ingredients to the molds. This step should be careful to get the smooth and cute bears.

Chill your gummy bear

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While your gummy bears are in the molds for forming, you may chill it to make the better shaping. About 30 minutes or an hour, you may get the well chilled gummy bears.

Get out your gummy bears

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Gummy bears are fragile and soft, you should make the gentle move to get the gummy bears out. The break of it may lead the damage of all your above works.

Wrap starch

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Your gummy bear, if too sticky, should be wrapped with starch. The suitable wrapping of it avoids the sticking of gummy bear and the special taste of starch also adds different flavor to gummy bears.

Store or package your gummy bear

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The storing and packaging of gummy bear should be paid nice attention to. The moisture or light may lead the spoiling. The nice storing and packaging prolong the life of gummy bear and make it more attractive to customers.

Industrial production of gummy bear

Hygienic work for machines

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The manufacturing machines with good condition is the premise of well qualified gummy bear. You should make the comprehensive cleaning and check for all tools and equipment you used for gummy making.

Ingredients preparation

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What is the production scale of your gummy bear making. You should make the precise measuring according to formula and make other preparation work like gelatin soaking, invert sugar making and so on.

Melting and cooking

AIPAK Melting And Cooking Systems

There are melting and cooking systems which can control the cooking process of syrup and gel solution. Your other concerns on temperature and concentration monitoring can all be saved as its advanced controlling system is so intelligent and convenient.

Depositing and cooling

Depositing And Cooling

The depositing system is the main parts of gummy making line. It is used for the production of various shaped gummy. You can also used it to produce sugar of single color, double color and center fulled.

Gummy bears de-molding and releasing

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There are various gummy mold and you may find the bear shape, bullet shape and even fruits shape. The molds are special coated and can easily released.

Gummy bears coating

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For gummy which has extra coating need, you may applied the gummy coating machine for the oil, syrup or wax coating. The coating of it is even and efficient.

Gummy bears packaging and cartoning

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Your final made gummy should be packaged for the invasion of light, dust and moisture. There are counting machine, rotary counting machine and tray packaging machine for the precise counting and packaging of gummy. You can also make the further packaging of it by cartoning machine.

4.What Can You Benefit FromMaking Gummy Bears?

The homemade gummy bear is a bit troublesome and complicated compared with the supermarket one. But it also takes many benefits for you.

Healthy products

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The homemade gummy bear can save much in sugar or other additives. You can get the organic snack and enjoy the fresh your homemade gummy bear takes.

Cost effective

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The homemade gummy bear can save you a lot money. They are much cheaper compared with the one you got from shop.

Customization according to your like

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You can make the gummy bear according to your like. Your favorite flavor can be easily made and you can also create the new flavor according to your preference.

5.What Are The Types Of Gummy Bears You Can Make?

Many people think gummy bear is the unhealthy snack and thus avoids the taking of this yummy and fun food. But there are also healthy gummy bears you can make:

Sugar-free gummy bear

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Too much sugar is definitely bad for your health. Your teeth, face and body condition may be all affected by it. But you can also avoid the shortcoming by making the sugar free gummy bear. Some sugar substitute like, isomalt, erythritol, lactitol and maltitol can be used in gummy bear to make the great sweet flavor.

Natural coloring gummy bear

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The artificial coloring of gummy bear is also not that healthy. There are the natural coloring for you to make color for your gummy bear. The beautiful and healthy gummy can always make you happy.

Vegan gummy bear

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For vegetarian or people has restrict in fat taking. Gummy bears made by gelatin are seen as unhealthy. You have other choice like agar or pectin to make the healthy and more suitable gummy bears.

Vitamin gummy bear

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The vitamin gummy bears can also take you healthy as it takes the essential vitamin or mineral for you. Vitamin A, B, C, D and so many other types for you to choose.

6.What Are The Equipment Can Be Used For MakingGummy Bears?

The relative tools and equipment are essential in making your gummy bears. Without it, you cannot make the real qualified and hygienic gummy.

Equipment for homemade gummy bears

The homemade gummy bears required many different tools for the smooth manufacturing. And here are the essential tools for the making according to the above homemade gummy bear making process.

Scale

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The accurate scale can help make the precise measuring of your products. The gummy bear making always needs the accurate ingredients to make the success gummy bears.

Kitchen utensils

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Kitchen utensils are essential in your gummy making process. You need cutting board, knife and stir stick for the cutting and mixing of ingredients, and also pot and pan for ingredients storing, melting and mixing. For gummy bears, you should not neglect stove and boiler. The tools with high quality can prove your safe and efficient work.

Thermometer

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Thermometer is needed in the forming of gummy. The gummy bears change their feature quickly in a temperature range. The thermometer can help you measure the temperature and make action in time.

Mold

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There are gummy bear molds for different shape and size. After the choosing of gummy bear mold, you need the comprehensive cleaning for the mold.

Pyrex dropper

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For the well made gel solution, you need Pyrex dropper for the precise putting of gel solution on mold. And you can also putting the gel solution on mold without the help of dropper but there may be the other work to clean scraps and build gummy bear shape.

Equipment for Industrial produced gummy bear

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You can make your gummy bear at home and you can also get your wanted gummy bears from shop. But do you know how gummy bears are made in bulk. Here are the gummy bear making line and machines for the use.

Gelatin melting machine

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Gelatin melting machine is the machine which can make the dissolving and cooking work. As you know, gelatin is the essential products for gummy and it needs the professional dissolving and melting for the further work.

Transfer pump

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Syrup is sticky and has the high demand in its hygiene and fresh. Transfer pump which is also called as LOBE pump is the reliable machine which can transfer your syrup or gel solution to storage tank and depositor.

Storage and mixing tank

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Storage and mixing tank makes the efficient job of storing ingredients and mixing them evenly. It decides the quality of your gummy bears greatly. The multi function of it takes you much convenience.

Depositing machine

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Depositing machine is an important part of gummy making process. It is composed of manifold plate, dynamic mixer, chian transmission, temperature detecter, demold plate,  demold brush and so on. It makes the smooth depositing of the solution.

Molds

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The molds for molding machine are also varied so much. You can have many choice besides the bear shape. There are also orange shape, berry shape and so on. The fitting with machine can make you the nice one.

Cooling tunnel

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Cooling tunnel has its sanitary assured by its structure design and the making material. Your gummy bears then can get cooled and shaped in this equipment.

Coating machines

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The coating machines are used to make coat for the gummy which is sticky and has other taste need in coating. This machine can coat your gummy with oil, starch, syrup, wax and so on evenly.

7.How To PackageAnd Store Gummy Bears?

Gummy bears are fragile and can be easily get damaged. The suitable packaging and storing ways are needed for your well made gummy bears.

Gummy bear packaging

Choose the right packaging type

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Gummy bear has different types, taste and feature, their packaging should thus conforms to their features. The sugar coated one should be carefully packaged for its fragile coating. And the one which is too sticky should be packaged solely. Bag, bottle can, zipper bag or pouches, which packaging style can best protect your products?

Besides the considering of gummy bear features, you should also consider packaging material to conform marketing technique. Composite film, paper film, wax paper and cellophane, which one can make your products more attracting? Which one conforms to your marketing technique most.

Choose the right packaging machine

AIPAK Gummy Bear Packaging Machine

The great packaging work depends on the gummy bear packaging machine greatly. You should choose the one which suits your production, gummy bear type and packaging style. The packaging machine with precise counting and nice packaging is your first choice. You can also use granule packing machine or tablet packing machine for gummy packing.

Gummy bear storing

Prevent from moisture, air and sunlight

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Moisture and oxygen are two leading factors for the longer shelf life. And sunlight may lead the melting or color fading. You should use the airtight container and put your gummy bears away from direct sunlight.

Remain cool

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The suitable temperature can prove the great quality of gummy bear. The high temperature melts them, while the low temperature makes them hard to chew. You may put them in your pantry or cupboard to prolong its good quality.

Store separately withother candies

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The mix storing of gummy bear and other candy may lead the change of gummy bears feature. The contacting with hard candy or chocolate may lead the cross-contamination and affect the taste. The contacting with marshmallows or licorice make them sticky and loss the chewy texture.

8.What Are The Problems You May Meet When You Are Making Gummy Bears?

The manufacturing procedure of gummy bear isn’t always smooth. There are always trouble or problems waiting for you. Here are the common problems you may meet in gummy making and storing. Come on and check them!

Gummy bear not setting

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The fail setting of gummy bear comes from its lack of gelatin or protease enzyme. You may add more gelatin in gummy bear and avoid the adding of fresh fruits like kiwi and mango.

Gummy bear too sticky or hard

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The too sticky gummy bear comes from the too much adding of water in gummy bear and the too hard one comes from the too much adding of gelatin. The little adjusting of the formula makes nice gummy bear. Improper temperature and humidity control can also cause this problem.

Uneven flavor of gummy bear

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If you get the gummy bear of uneven flavor, you should make sure the right mixing of ingredients. This may be hard if you do it by hand, especially for the one with extracts or flavorings. At that time, you may adopt tools to make it.

Uneven size of gummy bear

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Some uneven size of gummy bears come from the wrong setting of your machine panel. The uniform depositing would avoid change of gummy bear shape. And if you find any deforming mold, you should also avoid its use.

Color change of gummy bear

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You may find the browning of your well made gummy bears and the color change may affect your products. The browning are caused for the Maillard reaction beef gelatin induced. The use of pork gelatin can avoid it.

Gummy bear melting or soured in storing

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If you put your gummy bear in the temperature of over over 75°F or 24°C, it will get melted and changed its shape. And if you put it in the fridge with contact with other food, it may have its taste changed. You would better store it in the cold, dry, dark and airtight environment.

Conclusion

What are gummy bears and how to make gummy bears? You may have your own idea and answers. Gummy bears are the popular products for both kids and adults. The deeper understanding of it can help you a lot in your business. If you have any questions about this, do not hesitate to contact us.