GELITA, the leading manufacturer of collagen peptides and tailored gelatins, has launched a fast setting gelatin that enables a breakthrough in fortified gummy production.
Branded CONFIXX ® the new gelatin allows for the starch free production of gummies with a sensorial profile that has previously only been attainable with a starch basedmanufacturing process. This opens up opportunities for manufacturers of these on trendsupplements to work with different active in gredients, simplify the production process and makeconsiderable cost savings all the while confident in the knowledge that there will be no compromise on all important texture.
By moving away from starch based towards starchless manufacturing with CON FIXX ® manufacturerscan make considerable efficiency gains in the field of fortified gummies both in terms of cost and active ingredients Eliminating the starch preparation and gummy drying steps reduces productiontime from two days to just a few hour s and reduces the overall footprint of the process; Less space isneeded and the quicker, more streamlined process is far less energy intensive. CONFIXX® alsoenables GMP compliant production of functional and fortified gummies and rules out the risk of cross contamination through full separation of batches with different active ingredients.
With CONFIXX ® manufacturers have greater freedom to innovate too. The simplified process lends itself to production of small batches, with greater flexibility in ter ms of product changes and tighter control over ingredient dosing. This, coupled with the high tolerance of gelatin to formulation changes and the m ore gentle treatment of ingredients, makes it easy to accommodate a broader range of active ingredients inc luding difficult to work with and heat sensitive ingredients. And all this while delivering the chewy, jelly texture that consumers have come to expect from their gummies.
Dr Johanna Schmidgall, Global Head of Application Development at GELITA, comments “The market for functional and fortified fruit gummies offers exciting growth prospects. Until now, product developers in this space have had their creativity curbed by practical manufacturing limitations. With the introduction of CONFIXX ® it is possible to produce gelatin based gummies with virtually any activeingredient from collagen peptides to melatonin, vitamins and minerals. We can’t wait to see what new innovations this development will inspire.”
The popularity of fortified gummies has exploded in recent years as consumers eschew conventional pill and capsule based supplement formats in favour of soft and chewy ‘ According to data from Innova Market Insights, gummy supplements accounted for 9.4% of global supplement launches in 2 021 an increase of 70% since 2017, and between 2020 to 2021 alone, the number of gummy supplement launches globally rocketed by 81%. 1
