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Food Ingredients

Corbion to expand sour-candy-coating capacity

by Craig Bettenhausen
July 16, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 23

 

Gummy candy dusted with powder.
Credit: kwelsey/Flickr
The sour coating on gummy candies is often malic acid.

The ingredient maker Corbion is adding a production line for sour-candy powders at its facility in Montmeló, Spain. The food-grade malic acid powders are a popular coating and ingredient for gummy and jelly candies, a sector the company says is worth more than $17 billion per year worldwide. Corbion says that sour varieties lead the gummy category in new product launches and overall growth and that acid-powder supplies are tightening.

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