Hard Candy and Lollipops
“We are continuing to see investment from all around the world in hard candy and lollipop production lines”
Euromec was able to provide pharmaceutical equipment for tablets
and pastilles, including a high-capacity forming line, customised to meet Zile’s very specific needs. The forming line interfaces with a high-capacity cooking plant that is able to produce around 1,500 kg/hr of lozenges. High-speed chain die sets were employed to ensure accurate product forming, seamlessly with the possibility of introducing high quantities of filling.
Consistency and precision in filling dosing is vital and this is achieved
using an advanced filling pump fitted with high precision measuring instruments – this also helps ensure accurate synchronisation with the forming line. Pump accuracy, together with the constant and continuous feeding of
the mass coming from the continuous cooker, ensures the creation of a hard candy product with a constant percentage of filling and minimum fluctuation.
A cooling tunnel allows the complete, fast and easy inspection of each product and incorporates an automated clean-in-place (CIP) process, which has helped Zile to reduce its water consumption and optimise its washing and cleaning times.
The new production line has achieved Zile’s goal of producing a consistently round pad shaped candy that is then wrapped in blister. The line is now producing herbal lozenges, lemon ginger lozenges, Vitamin C lozenges, lozenges with echinacea and Vitamin C, and honey lozenges. The line also enables Zile to produce products containing API or medicines, including sore throat lozenges, anaesthetic lozenges, children’s cough drops, flu throat lozenges, medicated lozenges, and menthol cough drops. According to research from Transparency Market Research hard candy remains one of the most popular sugar confectionery products across the world and across all age groups. However, despite its popularity, the fact that sugar is the main ingredient in most hard-boiled candies poses a problem due to the growing consumer trend towards reduced sugar or sugar free offerings. It is, therefore, important that hard candy manufacturers consider adding reduced sugar or sugar-free alternatives in their product range or, like Zile, consider moving into new market sectors, such as functional foods. So, with the adoption of more innovative processing solutions and formulations the hard candy sector seems secure.
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