Jelly Candy Making Process: The Complete Guide (2023)

Jelly candies, also called jelly beans, gummy bears, jelly beans, jellies are a broad category of jelly-based chewy candies. Gummy bears and jelly beans are a common and well-known part of the confectionery industry. Jelly beans come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and flavors. Haribo (German brand) is the original manufacturer of jelly beans, Goldbären gummy bears, made in Bonn in 1920 with their commercial jelly-making machines. Since then, the company has expanded its line of gummy bears to include gummy frogs, gummy fruits, gummy mice, and gummy dinosaurs, which are sold in stores and online around the world.

gummy candy/jelly candy

There are different shapes of jelly beans, here are the parts of popular jelly beans:

• gummy bear
• jelly bottles
• gummy bear
• fruit jelly
• lego gummy bears
• worm gums
• Gummiartigue Haie
• jelly rings

Various shapes of gummy candy/jelly candy

Why candies are enjoyed around the world, check out seven benefits of candies:

• Jelly candies characterized by a beautiful and delicate texture
• Jelly candy tastes sweet, stretchy, and chewy, giving you a wonderful mouthfeel.
• You can easily design your own shapes to your heart's content, even with a company logo.
• You can easily combine multivitamins with your jelly candy, a healthy candy
• Compared with other forms of candy, jelly candies have strong market competitiveness.
• It is a healthy post-workout snack
• Fat-free, contains protein, it will be beneficial when included in the diet.

There are 3 different gummy bear bases.

1. jelly based candies
2. Pectin-based jelly candies
3. Carrageenan-based jelly candies

You can make jelly candies using different types of ingredients depending on your target market.

The gummies are made of gelatin｜pectin｜carrageenan, glucose syrup, sugar, purified water, sodium citrate, fruit and plant extracts, flavors, colors and a little citric acid, etc. All these ingredients are mixed to achieve the best flavor and different properties. Texture.

For health benefits, you can make organic jellies, multivitamin jellies, and more that are approved by food experts.

Let's see the details of the main ingredients used to make the jelly candies:

Zucker

The white substance we know as sugar is sucrose. Like all compounds made up of these three elements, sugar is a carbohydrate. It occurs naturally in most plants, but especially in sugar cane and sugar beets.

Jelly

Gelatin is a natural protein derived from raw collagen and is a safe product. It contains eighteen amino acids, some of which are essential components of a healthy diet.

This is the main ingredient you will need to make jelly beans. It forms a thick gel-like solution when properly mixed with the correct amount of ingredients, including water. The proper mixing of gelatin under the right conditions results in the formation of a chewy, gummy texture in the jelly candy.

glucose syrup

Glucose syrup, also known as powdered sugar, is a very well-tolerated and versatile liquid sweetener. Glucose is sugar. It creates long carbohydrate molecules that tangle together and prevents other sugars from crystallizing, giving the jelly beans their translucent appearance.

Purified water

The universal and main solvent that you will use to mix all the ingredients to make jelly beans. The proportions of water you add to the mix for a perfect mix. It is also the main lubricant that helps smooth out gummy candy.

sodium citrate

Sodium citrate to ensure the consistency and purity of the jelly candy.

flavors

To give jelly candies a different mouthfeel. You can also make different types of jelly candy flavors, including orange, raspberry, cherry, grape, pineapple, strawberry, and lemon.

Food coloring

Food coloring, also known as a color additive, is key to creating a variety of colored chewing gums.

citric acid

Citric acid is a key ingredient in gummies to help awaken the flavor. It comes from citrus fruits and juices. It is also a preservative that ensures a long shelf life for jelly candies.

What are the main parts of the jelly/chewing gum making machine?

Main Parts of Jelly/Gummy Making Machine

click to learn all jelly machinesthroughout the gelatin production line.

Jelly candy manufacturing process.

1. Put the gelatin in water with a temperature of 80-90 (degrees Celsius), wait until it is completely dissolved.
2. Pour sugar water and glucose into the pot and stop heating when the temperature reaches 114-120 degrees BRIX. APPROX. 88%-90%, then pump the syrup into the storage tank to cool down, the target temperature. Heat to about 70 degrees and mix thoroughly with the gelatin solution.
3. Pump the syrup into the blender and add color, flavor and acidity as you transfer the blended syrup to the candy fill chute.
4. Automatic filling of the molds with candy inserts.
5. After depositing gelatin/gum, the mold is transferred to the cooling tunnel (8-12 minutes of continuous movement), the temperature of the tunnel is about 5-10 degrees.
6. Automatic jelly/gummy release agent.
7. Jelly/gum for sugar coating or jelly/gum for oil coating if needed.
8. Place the finished jelly/gummy candy product in the drying room for approximately 8 to 12 hours.
9. Jelly beans packaging.

Jelly candy manufacturing process, see videos:

As mentioned in Chapter 4, there are 3 different gelatin bases, pectin-based gelatin and carrageenan-based gelatin, no drying room is required, only gelatin-based gelatin needs to build a drying room.

The jelly bean drying room will look like this:

Jelly beans drying room drawing

When the jelly candies come out of the candy cooling tunnel, they will be placed in the plastic trays. Then in the drying room for 8-12 hours before packaging.

Gummy bears placed in the plastic trays.

gummy bears in the drying room

If you are looking for a jelly or gummy making machine, you can find many jelly or gummy making machine suppliers. Although these jelly/gummy candy making machines look very similar, the level of manufacturing of jelly candies and the quality of the internal parts are very different.

Here is a checklist to make sure the jelly beans machine can be used for 15-20 years:

• Automatic lifting of candy molds with PLC control

  Easy for your jelly candy making business, you can easily change the jelly candy molds and formula to make different types of jelly candy.

Jelly Mold Lift Control a mano Vs PLC

• Ask about continuous argon arc welding, your gelatin making machinesDO NOT use arc welding or spot welding.

  Imagine if the jelly machine is poorly welded, leaking, and cannot withstand the water pressure test.

• • The material is SS201, bad welding, the leakage is normal. (left photo)
  • The material is SS304, good welding and polishing. All casing passes the water pressure test. (photo to the right)

Comparison Between Bad and Good Pipe Welding

• Ask for a sane connector with a safety cap for the entire gelatin machine

  • Poor connection and soldering, the jelly making equipment will leak everywhere. (left photo)
  • Good welding, reasonable connection for jelly making equipment, no leakage, with safety cover. (photo to the right)

Compare connection and soldering

Use the jelly machine sensing device to order falling jelly candy shapes

Picture left of jelly candy making machine Without a form drop detection device at the end of the chain, there is none! Once the mold falls, the mold will be crushed and a large jelly machine dough will be made.
Right picture of jelly candy making machine with mold residue detection device installed on each jelly depositing machine

Mold box detection device function

Note: Without mold falling off, jelly candy production will have massive problems and it will take a long time to repair. And the same problems will continue to arise in the production of gelatin in the future.

• Ask for a quality drain pump that can withstand enough pressure

  If your stove is 4 meters high, the pump should be 6 or 8 meters high. unless how can syrup/water get through?

  • Poor quality pump, cannot provide enough pressure for water. (left photo)
  • Well-known brand pump, good quality, enough pressure and stable performance. (photo to the right)

Poor quality pump compared to branded pump

• ask for himelectroplating treatmentwith the food hygiene standard for commercial gelatin making machines.

  • DO NOT use an iron with spray paint. (left photo)
  • Choose the galvanic treatment (photo on the right) for the base of the gelatin machine.

Surface spray paint versus electroplating treatment

• Industrial jelly machine batcher hopper frame ask slider can bear heavy weight. DO NOT use a ROUND track

  • Round rail, can't handle heavy weight, easy to wear. No security warning! (left photo)
  • Rail support, can handle heavy weight, can run jelly candy production for a long time without wear. Every necessary part of the jelly making machine must have a safety warning! (photo to the right)

Support rail and safety warning

• Please inquire for the SUS304 food grade standard for the chain and frame of the jelly candy mold. DO NOT use IRON

iron material VS. Stainless steel material used in the jelly making machine.

• Ask your supplier to use brand name industrial jelly machine components

  1) All parts that come into contact with food are made of SUS304
  2) The frame and body cover are made of stainless steel.
  3) Servomotors: TECO | TRUST
  4) Inverter: LG | delta
  5) Refrigerators: Danfoss | cooperative country
  6) Dosing pump: RDOSE
  7) Touch screen: SIEMENS
  8) Relay: SIEMENS

Everyone has unique requirements for their branded jelly. Here are some custom parts you can request from your vendors:

• Design Straight Line Jelly Making Machine | U Line | L type line according to your workshop.
• Design Fully Automatic Jelly Making Machine | semi-automatically based on your budget.
• Design a Unique Jelly Candy Shape
  • Teflon Coated Aluminum Candy Mold
  • Silicone mold for candy

2D Gummy Bear Mold

2D Multi Fruit Jelly Candy Mold

Silicone mold for candy

3D Strawberry Jelly Candy Shape

Mango Jelly Bear 3D Mold

• Different types of jelly candies that you can make with the same jelly maker. Simply order additional spare parts for spreaders, spreader plates or so-called spreader nozzles.
  • Monochrome jelly candies
  • bicolor jelly candies
  • Stuffed Gummies/Filled Gummies

colored gummy worms

For Gummy Jelly deposit line, the mold row number is 1 to 4.

• Single row mold on jelly candy production line, max. 150kg/h
• Double row mold in jelly candy production line, max. 300kg/h
• Three-row mold on jelly candy production line, max. 450kg/h
• Four Row Mold on Jelly Candy Production Line, Max. 600kg/h

The final jelly candy production capacity depends on the weight of each jelly candy.

No matter which line, they are all semi-automatic or full-automatic gelatin making lines controlled by PLC.

So 2-3 workers can handle the complete jelly candy production line. this excludes the work of packing jelly candies.

Check this schematic layout of jelly candy processing line:Schematic design of a jelly production line.

Workers 1 and 2 in charge of filling the jelly raw materials in the cooking unit and taking a look at the jelly storage, worker 3 collects the jelly beans as finished product in the trays.

Exposing jelly candy to high humidity conditions results in moisture migration from environmental water molecules into the candy, shortening its shelf life and reducing mouthfeel. You may be wondering how long jelly beans keep.

Jelly candy should have a shelf life of 6-12 months, depending on how it was stored.

As a jelly candy maker, how to store the jelly candy? How do I make sure the jelly beans stay fresh?

After your jelly beans complete their drying process, pack them on time.

Gummies should be stored in a dark, cool, and dry place. If the container has not been opened, it has a shelf life of approximately 12 months.

Proper packaging should be eye-catching and easy for retailers to store. Single twist wrappers or double twist wrappers are not suitable for gummies. Gummy candies are typically packaged in three ways:

• A single pillow bag (sample from our Indian customer, FRU brand)
• a bag packaging
• A plastic bottle, healthy gummies like organic gummies, vitamin gummies, etc. (customer samples in the US, Pharmvista brand)

3 kinds of jelly packaging solution from our customers for reference

How do these jelly wrap machines work? All these packages keep the jelly candies in a closed package, maximum protection against moisture loss.

Most people love to try new flavors, check out jelly candy industry trends regularly. with google, youtube, amazon or well-known magazines etc.

• Update the jelly candy formula so that your jelly candies follow the latest trends. for example (cannabidiol) CBD gummies, (tetrahydrocannabinol) THC gummies.
• Updating the jelly shapes, which means replacing the old jelly candy shapes with new ones. for example Peppa Pig gummies, PAW Patrol gummies.
• If you upgrade some spare parts, you can turn solid color jelly candies into two color jelly candies.

• Raw material suppliers, such as sugar, liquid glucose, gelatin, confectionery additive suppliers.
• Plastic trays for drying jelly candies before packaging.
• Candy packaging machine suppliers.
• Packaging film for jelly candy packaging suppliers.
• Air Compressor Supplier (Demoulding and packing stage needs air compressor).
• Cooling tower supplier, some gelatin making machine manufacturers can supply it along with the production line, for smaller lines that use fan cooling instead of cooling tower.
• Supplier of suitable steam boilers for a large industrial production line of jelly candies.

We suggest you choose a professional team who can provide turnkey project solution to build gummy jelly production line and have comprehensive operating resources, covering all or part of gummy jelly equipment manufacturing plants and lines. candy packaging.

And the jelly candy making machine and its China manufacturers and suppliers will be good choices for you to start or improve your jelly candy business.

Based on your budget and the average salary of your local workers to determine which line is right for you. Jelly candy production line can be designed from semi-automatic line to fully automatic line.

All line price range: $30,000-$280,000, can reach 50-600kg/h line capacity.

Take an example, if you have a 5M*8M=40 square meter plant, you can start your jelly candy business.

Customer Support

• Free layout design for your jelly candy production line
• Free assembly and installation of machines to make gelatin
• Free trial production and local team training to operate all gelatin equipment.
• Free Jello Recipes
• Buyer need to pay US$100/day/person per technician as salary. The cost of round-trip air tickets, food and lodging, and local transportation for our technicians during their stay at the factory are the responsibility of the buyer.

Guarantee

• 12 months warranty from the date of successful installation
• The seller will provide the 2-year spare parts for free along with the gummy jelly making machines;
• During the warranty period, problems/failures occur in the hard parts of the jelly making equipment. Seller will replace parts or send technicians to buyer's location for free repair and maintenance of our jelly machines. If the defects are caused by the buyer's faulty operations, or the buyer needs technical support for the additional problems encountered (after the first FREE installation), the buyer should be responsible for all the service costs of our technician and the compensation of the.

Order process for a machine to make gelatin from a Spanish client.

Gelatin sample from our Spanish client

customer background

• I already have gummy jelly making machines purchased from Europe.
• After the 1st round of selection of suppliers from around the world. Original plan to buy jelly machines from China if all goes well.

Requirements of the client

• High quality jelly candy
• Expand production of jelly candies to 300-500 kg/h
• European Standard Gummy Jelly Making Machines
• Maximum automatic jelly candy processing line, automatic weighing, flavor, color, acid mixing, cleaning, etc.
• Quick response to problem solving.

How we serve for this client

First round discussion

We talk about certificates, experience, pre-sale services, delivery times and after-sales services.

• Certificates for our company and jelly machines.
  • ISO 9001
  • CE
  • SGS Certificates
  • BV field certificate
  • patent certificates
  • sigma credit
• Confectionery production line experience.
  • 22 years of experience
  • We export our candy making machine to more than 90 countries
  • More than 300 customers have chosen us and our confectionery machines
• pre-sale services
  • Smooth communication for questions and answers about the jelly candy production line
  • Quick response 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for your jelly production project inquiries
  • Recommended solutions according to the state and requirements of your company
  • Jelly Candy Production Line Custom Design Layout
• Delivery
  • 60-80 days to make gelatin machine and (according to final requirement)
• Customer Support
  • Free layout design
  • Free assembly and installation
  • Free trial production and on-site team training
  • Free Recipes

1st round of discussion

Second round of debate

Two conference calls with both technical teams based on the following topics.

• High labor costs in Spain, maximum automation, minimum human error
• Weighing and automatic feeding of raw materials
• Automatically add and mix color, flavor, acidity
• Online cleaning saving time and labor cost for jelly candy production project

Third panel - flight to China for field inspection

Some communication records in our company

Start producing jelly making machines

• Report of the manufacturing process of the jelly making machine every 2 weeks with photos and videos

Online acceptance control for the jelly making machine.

Now COVID-19 is spreading in European countries. Therefore, my client prefers the online acceptance test. Make, review and approve a real production for your team.
You are very satisfied with our work. We are honored to deliver the right equipment.

Parts of that murderous commercial jelly bean machine.

Brief video tutorial for this fully automatic jelly candy production line

Shipment

Shipping Photo of Jelly Making Machine

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