Have you ever wondered how your favorite gummy supplement goes from a tiny test batch to thousands of identical pieces on store shelves?

For many startup confectionery and nutraceutical brands, this is where momentum stalls.

In our experience working with emerging gummy brands, we’ve seen strong formulations struggle not because the recipe wasn’t good, but because the production process wasn’t ready to scale. Inconsistent deposits, temperature swings, and manual workarounds can quietly undo months of R&D.

Scaling gummies isn’t just about making more. It’s about making the same product, every time, at higher volumes.

In this article, we break down what that journey actually looks like and how brands can grow without sacrificing the quality that made their gummies special in the first place.

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👉 Read on to learn how successful brands scale their gummy production step by step.

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Start Small – But Start Right

When you're tinkering in a lab, consistency is everything.

When you’re formulating in a lab or test kitchen, consistency matters more than speed. You may not need a large-scale line yet, but you do need equipment that behaves like one.

Evocan’s Tabletop Depositor was designed for this stage. It fits on a bench and holds approximately 12 litres of syrup, but it utilizes the same servo-driven pumps found in larger machines. That means every deposit, whether it’s 2 grams or 10, lands exactly where it should.

Trust us! Nothing kills a fledgling brand faster than gummies that vary wildly in size or texture.
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Growing Pains and the Pilot Phase

The moment your samples start selling, scaling becomes a happy problem.

One of the biggest mistakes we see is sticking with tiny kettles and hand-poured moulds for too long.

The Mini Depositor with Cooker bridges that gap by combining a small cooking kettle with a depositing station. Because it holds the syrup at a controlled temperature and dispenses it automatically, you avoid the drips and temperature fluctuations that plague manual setups.

It’s also portable, so you don’t need to build a new facility to increase output.
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When Demand Explodes

Maybe your gummies get a social media shout‑out from a celebrity or a big retailer calls.

A retailer call. A viral post. A sudden spike in orders.

If you’re still relying on small kettles or manual depositing, this is where bottlenecks appear fast.

The EVOMini can produce up to 100,000 pieces per hour, while the EVO300 integrates cooking, depositing, and cooling to produce approximately 120,000 pieces per hour.

We’ve seen companies triple their capacity overnight with equipment like this, without adding dozens of new employees. The key is that each machine in the Evocan range uses the same core technology, so scaling feels like turning up the volume, not learning a new instrument.

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Keeping Quality Front and Center

Scaling isn't just about producing more; it's about control. 

Bigger batches mean longer cook times and different cooling profiles. Pilot trials allow you to tweak gelling agents, sugar concentration, and pH while preserving texture and flavor.

Stainless-steel equipment with removable parts also simplifies sanitation and changeovers, helping teams meet FDA and cGMP requirements without unnecessary downtime.

Ready to Scale Without Guesswork?

The path from lab-scale to full production doesn’t have to be risky. With flexible equipment and a phased approach, scaling becomes a controlled evolution not a leap of faith.