Gummy candies are high-moisture, soft, elastic and tough candies. Some are sticky, some are brittle, some are transparent, some are translucent and opaque. Gummy bears are very popular among consumers due to their unique taste and novel styles. Especially for children, they are a snack food that they love to eat. Little gummy candies are almost a favorite of men, women and children.

So, these look soft and springy, delicious and chewy, are they healthy? What ingredients do they contain? Is it meat or vegetarian? Let’s discuss this issue.

Let’s take a look at the main ingredients and characteristics of soft sweets. The main ingredients of gummy bears are gelatin, glucose syrup, concentrated fruit juice, spices, food coloring, etc. The main characteristic of soft sweets is that they contain different types of colloids, which make the sugar gelatinous. Because of its gum nature, it is also called jelly candy. Soft candies are named after the colloids used, such as starch jelly, agar jelly, and gelatin jelly. The following is a brief introduction to different kinds of soft sweets.

Types of soft candy:

1.Starch jelly is based on starch or modified starch as colloid. Starch soft candies are sticky in nature, poor in transparency, and have a water content of 7-18%. They are mostly made of fruity or refreshing flavors.

2.Agar jelly is based on agar as a colloid. This kind of soft candy has good transparency, good elasticity, toughness and brittleness. Most of them are made into fruit-flavored, cool-flavored and milk-flavored ones. Crystal jelly belongs to agar jelly. The water content is about 18~24%.

3.Gelatin jelly is based on gelatin as a colloid. The product is transparent and full of elasticity and toughness, and its water content is similar to that of agar fudge, and it is also made into fruit-flavored, milk-flavored, or cool-flavored flavors.

Is the jelly a vegetarian or a meaty one? can vegetarians eat gummy bears?

1.The energy of gummies is still very high, and its production has meaty ingredients.

2.Because there is milk in the gummies, vegetarians do not recommend eating gummies.

3.There is sugar in gummies, which is high in calories. Vegetarians will definitely not recommend you to eat them. Many vegetarians go vegetarian for weight loss.

4.Soft candy Q bombs are mainly made of gelatin. Generally, they are made from beef bones, some meat, and for the sake of deliciousness, a lot of them are added with milk, which is also meat.

Gelatin is a very common food additive. It is a partially hydrolyzed mixture of peptides and collagen. Collagen is usually extracted from the skin, bone pathways and connective tissues of cattle, pigs and fish. As a byproduct of the meat industry and leather industry, gelatin is a kind of animal protein, which is different from many other gelling agents used in the food industry.

Since gelatin is extracted from animal skin and meat tissues, foods with gelatin as additives are rich in 18 kinds of animal amino acids.From a nutritional point of view, eating some ice cream, yogurt, or even soft candy, marshmallows, will benefit the body a bit like eating skin care products such as pork skin or big bone soup. Gelatin is also widely used in the field of medicine and is the main ingredient of capsules.

Although most of the gelatin in Gummy Bear is extracted from pig skin, some are made of vegetarian pectin and provided to vegetarians. Vegetarians can still use vegetable gums such as agar as a substitute for gelatin. Plant-based gummies that tend to be of non-animal origin have a relatively soft and refreshing taste. There are also some nutritional gummies on the market that use pure plant-derived pectin as a base.

In addition to vegetarians, this product is also suitable for halal people. In addition, vegetable gum nutrient gums also have the advantage of high temperature resistance, while gelatin gums are chewy and chewy. Animal-derived gelatins are also divided into cattle and pigs. Some religious people can also choose gelatins from different sources.

The gummy bear machine is used in the processing of gummy bears. This is a machine specially produced for making gummy bears. It has many advantages such as high automation, simple operation, compact structure and stable performance. It can be produced according to the changes of the mold. Shaped candies are ideal equipment for producing high-quality soft candies.

The gummy bear making machine produced by our company can process different kinds of gummy bears, which realizes multiple uses in one machine.

So that vegetarians can also enjoy the deliciousness of gummy bears with confidence. If you need such a machine, please feel free to contact us and we will be happy. at your service!