The manufacturing of chewing-gums

It was Thomas Adams who, by mixing chicle (latex from the sapodilla tree) with resin and syrup to obtain a paste, manufactured and then marketed the first chewing gums in 1872, called “New York Chewing Gum”, which is a gum to be chewed rather than swallowed.

The manufacturing

Today, chewing gum is made up of around 30% elastic gum and natural resins that are insoluble in water and especially in saliva.

Natural gums come from plants of various botanical families, mainly Sapotaceae, Apocynaceae, Moraceae and Euphorbiaceae.

Gum base is a complex product to manufacture: ingredients are carefully dosed to obtain gums with varying degrees of elasticity.

This gum is mixed with mineral fillers to give it a certain consistency when chewed. It's all about finding the right balance between elastic gum and mineral fillers.

In our calorie-free chewing gums, sugar (glucose) is replaced by undigested molecules that give structure (polyols), as well as by molecules that give the sweet taste with specific sweeteners.

The gum base is kneaded with its additives (flavoring, coloring...), heated, then the resulting paste is cut into small strips or put into a tabletting machine, depending on the desired shape.

IRATI INTERNATIONAL has incorporated active ingredients such as plants, minerals, probiotics, flavors and fragrances into Chewing Gums to create a food supplement with recognized claims.

Our expertise in incorporating active ingredients into confectionery products to create dietary supplements is world-renowned.

Our customers include some of the world's leading pharmaceutical laboratories, supermarkets, Internet retailers and other distribution channels.

Today, we're putting our 20 years' experience in the development and white-label manufacture of the personalized, innovative chewing gums of tomorrow at your disposal.

Located in BORDEAUX and SAUMUR, our Research and Development laboratories are at your service for all your Chewing-Gum projects.

Our production site in SAUMUR, with its latest-generation machinery, and our Quality department, guarantee the traceability of raw materials from receipt to finished product.

Our quality approach includes compliance with the ISO 22000 standard.

Chewing gum production is a delicate, time-consuming and rigorous process, combining science and technology to produce stable, effective, high-quality products.

Our teams are at your disposal at every stage of your project to manufacture your dietary supplement or food product in the form of CHEWING-GUM on a white-label basis.