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How did the introduction of continuous depositors in the 1980s change the economics of gummy manufacturing? What was lost in flexibility?

The shift from traditional starch mogul systems to continuous depositors in the 1980s fundamentally reshaped the cost structure and scale of gummy...

July 29, 2026•Q&A•3 min read

#Depositing #Starch Moulding #Equipment & Line Setup

Manufacturing & Process

In a continuous production line, what becomes the bottleneck when speed is increased? Is it depositing, cooling, or drying, and why?

In a high-speed continuous production line for supplements, when overall throughput is pushed upward, the bottleneck almost always shifts to cooling or...

July 28, 2026•Q&A•2 min read

#Equipment & Line Setup #Drying & Curing #Scale-Up

Manufacturing & Process

What if you infused gummies with carbon dioxide under pressure? Would it create a fizzy texture? What constraints on pressure and container would appear?

Infusing gummies with carbon dioxide under pressure is a fascinating concept that could indeed create a fizzy, effervescent texture similar to carbonated...

July 26, 2026•Q&A•3 min read

#Texture #Equipment & Line Setup #Scale-Up

Manufacturing & Process

What aspects of gummy quality change dramatically between a lab batch (10 kg) and a production batch (1000 kg)? Are there effects that counterintuitively improve at scale?

Scaling gummy manufacturing from a 10 kg lab batch to a 1000 kg production batch transforms quality in ways that are both dramatic and, at times,...

July 22, 2026•Q&A•4 min read

#Scale-Up #Texture #Moisture Control

Manufacturing & Process

If you had to produce 1 kg of perfect gummies in a home kitchen, what steps would differ from a 10,000 kg batch? What insights does the small scale give about the large?

Producing 1 kg of gummies at home and 10,000 kg in a facility like KorNutra’s are fundamentally different processes, but the small scale can teach you...

July 19, 2026•Explainer•3 min read

#Scale-Up #Equipment & Line Setup #Viscosity & Set Time

Manufacturing & Process

What is the most important variable in gummy manufacturing that everyone assumes is linearly scalable but is actually nonlinear, causing expensive trial-and-error?

The most critical - and commonly misunderstood - variable in gummy manufacturing is moisture content and its interaction with cooling and drying rates ....

July 18, 2026•Explainer•2 min read

#Moisture Control #Drying & Curing #Scale-Up

Manufacturing & Process

What changes in syrup rheology occur when the batch size doubles from 500 kg to 1000 kg, and how do those changes affect the heat transfer and setting time?

When scaling a syrup batch from 500 kg to 1000 kg, the primary rheological change is an increase in apparent viscosity due to the longer time under shear...

July 16, 2026•Q&A•3 min read

#Scale-Up #Viscosity & Set Time #Equipment & Line Setup

Manufacturing & Process

What can gummy manufacturers learn from the pharmaceutical industry's use of fluidized bed drying to achieve uniform moisture content in tablets?

The pharmaceutical industry has long relied on fluidized bed drying to achieve precise, uniform moisture content in tablets-a critical factor for stability,...

July 10, 2026•Explainer•3 min read

#Drying & Curing #Moisture Control #Equipment & Line Setup

Manufacturing & Process

What manufacturing defects become visible only when production exceeds 1 million gummies per hour, and how do those defects differ from those at smaller scales?

When production scales to over 1 million gummies per hour, unique manufacturing defects emerge that are rarely seen at smaller scales. At KorNutra, we’ve...

July 10, 2026•Q&A•2 min read

#Equipment & Line Setup #Scale-Up #Quality Control

Manufacturing & Process

How does the optimal drying temperature change when the gummy size is increased from a bear (2g) to a worm (5g) to a giant bear (20g)?

Drying temperature is a critical parameter in gummy manufacturing, but it does not scale linearly with gummy size. Instead, the optimal drying temperature...

July 6, 2026•Q&A•2 min read

#Drying & Curing #Scale-Up #Texture