The Pectin Paradox
I’ve lost count of how many times a brand has asked, “Can you do calcium D-glucarate in a gummy?” It’s one of those ingredients that sounds simple on...
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Everything that goes into a product before it reaches a depositor: actives, gelling systems, sweeteners, flavours, and the interactions between them. Ingredient choices set the ceiling on stability, taste and dose accuracy long before anything is scaled. These posts cover how to make those choices deliberately — and where formulas quietly break when volumes go up.
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I’ve lost count of how many times a brand has asked, “Can you do calcium D-glucarate in a gummy?” It’s one of those ingredients that sounds simple on...
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Read More →You might think making a gummy vitamin is as simple as mixing some stuff, pouring it into molds, and waiting for it to set. I wish. When you’re dealing with...
Read More →At its absolute core, a gummy can be made with as few as three ingredients : a gelling agent, a sweetener, and water. This minimalist recipe strips the...
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Read More →Walk into any supplement aisle right now and you’ll see it: rows of brightly colored gummies promising to fix teenage skin, sharpen focus, or dial down the...
Read More →You’d think after decades in the supplement manufacturing trenches, a simple gummy wouldn’t surprise us anymore. Then calcium D-glucarate walked through the...
Read More →At first glance, a women’s multivitamin gummy is the friendliest thing in the supplement aisle. Bright colors, a dusting of sugar, a promise to fill every...
Read More →Creating a shelf-stable gummy with just a handful of ingredients is definitely possible-and it starts with understanding what each component does to build...
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