A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing Gummy Bear Machine

Gummy bears, one of the world’s most popular confections, they’re small, weights in around 2.5gram, 3g, 3.5g or even much bigger ones. When People call them “gummy” or “gummi,” but there’s no gum at all, it’s a chewable sweet.
Gummy bear brands like Haribo, Black Forest, Trolli, Jelly Belly, etc. Haribo must be the representative of gummy bears. it first appeared in US stores in the early 1980s and, between 2011 and 2017, US sales of the gummy snacks have increased by more than 127% to $115 million, according to Euromonitor.

Haribo gummi sack sales in the US

Disney’s The Adventures of the Gummi Bears and The Gummy Bear Song on YouTube accelerating gummy bears are welcomed around the whole world.

Gummy candy recipes are typically developed by experienced food technologists and chemists. By mixing different ingredients together, they can control the various characteristics of gummy candy, such as texture, taste, color, and appearance. It is composed of gelatin/pectin/carrageenan, glucose syrup, sugar, purified water, flavorings, and colorings. By using the gummy bear machine you can get thousands of gummy bears in minutes.

A gummy bear machine is an automatic candy production line which controlled by PLC, you can use it to make different sizes of gummy bears, and other shaped gummy candy or Jelly candy. A standard line including cooking unit, candy depositor, candy molds, candy cooling machine and it’s connection pumps, pipes, etc.

• Gummy bear is a unique candy represents in the confectionery industry.
• Gummy bear is the candy which popular around the world since the 1920s. It’s fans range from children to the elderly.
• Confectionery market is fast-growing, Gummy bear machine suited to gummy vitamins or supplement, CBD gummy bears, THC gummy bears, honey gummies, medicated gummy and functional gummy.
• The starch-free commercial gummy bear machine is hygienic, low cost, save labor power.
• The Commercial gummy bear machine production range from flexible small batch-cooking to high output continuous cooking lines, the gummy bear output from 50kgs/h to 600kgs/h.
• The gummy bear making equipment controlled by PLC, easy operating.
• With one gummy bear machine, you can make a variety range of gummy bears, centre-filling, multi-colors, double layer and other eye-catching appeals to the confectionery market.
• Lower investment when you update your gummy bear to other shaped gummy candies.

Gummy bear cooker Heating method

Based on your market situation, you can choose Electrical heating or steam heating for the cookers. compare the electrical cost and steam cost, choose the economic one for you. If you prefer a big capacity for the gummy bears’ production per hour, then steam heating will be your primary choice, even you will buy Steam boiler at first, in the long term, steam will be cheaper than electrical cost.

The Output of gummy bears per hour

Every gummy bear machine must design with maximum capacity, the final capacity will depend on your gummy bear size and weight.

Give an example: If the gummy bear production line can make max 300kgs/h.

• If your want to make a gummy bear like Haribo gummy bears roughly 2 cm (0.8 in) long, weigh around 2.5gram, then your final output will be 2.5g x 50strokes/min x 10 x 2cavities x 60min=150kgs/h.
• If you also want to make 5grams gummy bears, then your final output will be 5g x 50strokes/min x 10 x 2cavities x 60min=300kgs/h.

Gummy bear machine dimensions

Based on different capacities, the dimensions of the whole gummy bear production line will be different. the bigger capacity, the more space needed.

If your factory rent is high, you can find excellent manufacturers, design your production line with linear type, U type or L type based on your limited space.

Power consumption

You should consider the following factors:

• Electrical power, the higher capacity, the high electrical power needed.
  Steam consumption(if heating by steam boiler), the steam pressure range from 0.2~0.6Mpa.
• Labor needs,usually for the line is controlled by PLC, so the complete gummy bear production line can behold by 2-3 laborers.
• Compressed air needed for demolding and packaging machine, the steam requirement: 0.2~0.6Mpa, compressed air consumption range from 0.2~0.6 m3/min (in cubic meters per minute).

Production condition

Usually for gummy bear depositing machine needs Luminosity: 50Lux, temperature 20~30℃, humidity 45~50%, please check with your supplier, and make the matched production condition accordingly.

If you consider buying commercial/industrial using a gummy bear machine, you should consider the following factors:

• Rich Experienced & reliable gummy bear machine manufacturer that will save your communication time and give you professional advice.
• High quality of the gummy bear equpiment, which will ensure minium shut-down time and bring you high quality gummy bear products.
• High value with new confectoinery technology, Fexiable fuctions for other gummy candies, even for hard candy, toffee and lollipops(Customized design).
• The gummy bear machine comes with Certificates, like CE, ISO9001, SGS, etc. Let the Professional third-party organization make the supervision for you.
• Seeing is believing, compare several gummy bear machine factories, and make a field inspection, choose the right supplier.
• Compare not only the gummy bear machine price, quality, brand components, materials, machine performance, durability, but also the suppler’s similar project experiences, communication, after-sales service response speed, etc.
• How much cost for installation, know-how training.

Sample of gummy bear machine layout

Batch Gummy bear Cooking unit

This part including sugar dissolving cooker, gelation or pectin dissolving cooker, buffer tank, mixing tank and connected frame, double-layered tube, and pumps, this part also have an individual PLC controller to monitor the cooking temperature, when the mixed syrup is ready, pumping to the depositor hopper directly.

Advantages:

• YES, it’s a batch cooker, but it can be worked for all types of Jelly/gummy, it is developed for continuous production, save manpower, save your place and your investment.
• Separated PLC controller outside the cooking unit to prevent the hot steam and wet air to eliminate the controller’s using- life and unstable working.

Gummy bear machine batch cooking unit

Gummy bear Flavor, color, acid dosing and In-line mixer

The system including 3 pcs or 6pcs hold tanks, dosing pumps, in-line static mixing. All the materials shall be SUS304 made(food standard). In-line injection, dosing and pre-mixing techniques for the proportional addition of liquid of colors, flavors, and acids.

Advantage: Accurate mixing, supply the stable-quality mixed gummy bear mass to the depositor online, which can save manpower and make sure the same quality of your gummy bear.

Flavor, color, acid in-line mixing

Gummy bear depositor machine

The candy Deposite is Servo-drive for new technology, it consists of 6 parts: mixer, syrup hopper, cylinder & piston, nozzle, mold, and conveyer.

The depositor also can be used to produce the deposited hard candy, toffee and lollipops via change-over the candy molds.

The depositing speed for gummy bear 30-50n/minute.

Advantages:

• Underband Servo-drive designed depositor: All drive components are mounted on the machine rather than on the depositing head.
• The unique design is compact and simple, which can reduce the movement inertia and weight of the depositing head, thus it can achieve higher the depositor’s running speed to maximize output capacity.
• The machine is hydraulic free, thus avoiding the risk of oil leakage onto the products.
• Simple maintenance requirement.
• Three-axis servo control ensures complete control over the depositing process.

Gummy bear depositor machine

Gummy syrup hopper, which on the top of the depositor

Gummy bear machine hopper

The depositor hopper can be signed with one or separated two hoppers, which means one-hopper holds one color, you can make a single color gummy bear or double color gummy bear.

Gummy bear samples

Candy cooling tunnel

Gummy Bear Candy cooling tunnel

Which using cooling down the gummy bears’ temperature after forming in molds, choosing two-way high-speed centrifugal fans to let air conditioning has taken advantage of every air conditioning, cooling better.

The mold chain will transfer the molds moving in the cooling tunnel for 5-10minutes, then Mechanical type De-molding device for the sticky gummy bear products makes more simple and practical. It lets the wear off copper thimbles on the molds smaller so that the molds can be used for longer life.

Conveyor & Sugar coating machine/Oil coating machine (Optional device)

Gummy candy machine conveyor

The conveyor which connected gummy bear cooling tunnel and coating drum,
Outlet transporting conveyor can be chosen as an optional.

The coating machine/drum, Inner diameter：800mm, Outer diameter: 945mm, Based on your market needs, Alternative for oil coating & sugar coating.

Control box

Gummy bear machine control box

The control box with color PLC Panel connected to the main controller, The processing flowing chart and controlling data are shown on the monitor. Easy to be operated.

Gummy bear molds

• Special Alloy made, Teflon Coated enough thickness, with Ejector Mechanism, with Locknuts Alloy-aluminum made surface coated with Teflon, Mold size: 320 x 74 mm.
  Gummy bear mold front view
  Gummy bear mold back view
• Silicon candy mold also called rubber mold. It is easy to demount. Made from Soft and Safe BPA free FDA grade silicone with metal frame inside. Mold size: 320 x 74 mm.
  Silicon candy mold front view
  Silicon candy mold back view

It’s necessary to know well about the gummy bear machine working principle. Usually, the supplier will make know-how training for your workers.

Gummy bear manufacturing process

Step One: Raw material preparation

According to your formula, prepare all the raw materials before running the gummy bear machine. Make sure all the ingredients in the right quantity.

Step Two: Cooking of the ingredients

Mixing sugar, glucose, water in the dissolving cooker for around 15-20minuites to get the syrup you need, transfer the mixture to the buffer tank.
At the same time, start cooking the next batch.

Step Three: Additities on-line mixing

The mixture flows to an on-line mixer for flavor, color, acid addition, pumping to the depositor hopper. If you have two sets of the mixer, you can be mixed the mixture with two different flavors and colorings.

Step Four: Forming gummy bears

In this stage, different shapes and colors gummy bear will be formed by the depositor machine, filling to the gummy bear molds, the weight of each gummy bear will be controlled by PLC.

Step Five: Shaped and cooling

The molds will transfer to the cooling tunnel after full filling with the mixture. they will keep moving in the cooling tunnel for 6-10mins based on your gummy bear recipes. then transferred by a conveyor to sugar coating or oil coating machine. after this stage, storage gummy bears to the drying room for 8-12hours which lets the moisture out before packaging.

• Clean the location which will be placing the equipment.
• Lay down the gummy bear equipment according to the layout.
• Connect the device and adjust it to the horizontal position.
• Connecting heat insulation water inlet and outlet pipe.
• Connect compressed air to adjusting cylinder.
• Connect compressed air to casting lifting and locating cylinder.
• This equipment uses a three-phase, five-wire system, including zero lines and ground wire. Please ensure that the power is not connected before wiring.
• Then supplier engineer starts debug steps.

First step on the PLC screen

Regular maintenance for the gummy bear machine is important, the operators must be well trained and familiar before operation & maintain for the gummy bear machinery, Incorrect operation will damage the equipment, the proper working condition will increase the gummy bear machine service life. here’s the maintenance advice for you:

• Follow safety instructions.
• Follow the gummy bear machine manual book.
• The channel and the equipment should be kept clean so as not to slip into the wound.
• The tool should be put back in place and not placed on the machine.
• Clean the gummy bear machiner every day, make sure the waterproof work of electric cabinet and motor.
• Regular maintenance for the pumps, reducer, Mechanical seal, change the lubricating oil regularly. If the lubricat is possible to reach the location of the food, lubricant must be used in food grade.
• In case of emergency, please turn off the power and keep calm.

Sometimes you may face some problems when operating your gummy bear machines, here’re some common faults and solutions:

Don’t forget to keep in touch with your gummy bear machine manufacturer.

You have various choices for the commercial gummy bear machine from semi-automatic to fully automatic, from lab-scale capacity to higher capacity. iSweetech will give you a solution according to your ideas and budget. No matter you want to order which type of gummy bear machine, iSweetech will choose the brand components, like Siemens PLC, LC invertors, etc. Make sure the machines’ durability, serve for the longest time without major problems.

The cost range will be:

• Small-scale gummy bear machine costs between US$10,000-30,000.
• Automatic gummy bear production line costs between US60,000-160,000.
• Fully automatic gummy bear production line costs between US$120,000-280,000.

• iSweetech is a Professional Manufacturer of commercial gummy bear making machines since 1998, which can give you an ideal solution cater to your demands.
• iSweetech has rich experience and skilled engineers in gummy bear machinery, which have served 14countries customers, 29+ gummy candy production lines around the World (this do not including other candy making processing lines).
  
  Gummy bear production lines
• iSweetech gummy bear machines under strict quality control, which match different safety standards, like, CE, SGS, ISO9001. Qualified equipment is one of the main factors to make high-quality gummy bears, at the same time Minimize your worries about major problems, shutdown time.
  
• iSweetech is your one-stop solution provider from gummy bear Cooking to Packaging, save both your time and cost.
• iSweetech is driven by advanced technology, design modern gummy bear making machinery for you.
• ODM，OEM also welcome, professional engineers will help you with free installation and know-how training.
• Angents also welcome work with iSweetech.
• On-line technical support, like bellow, the fastest way help you figure out your problems.
  
• Customers’ evaluation

Whenever you need to start from a small scale gummy bear machine to commercial using the gummy bear machine, even special customized requirement, iSweetech is ready to offer you the best equipment at affordable prices. Call us today, Boom your confectionery business.