Jelly beans 300g

lly beans are fruit-flavored, bean-shaped candies with a chewy texture, consisting of a hard, colorful shell and a flavored center. Key ingredients include sugar, glucose syrup, starch (like maize starch or wheat starch), citric acid, flavorings, and fruit/vegetable concentrates for color and flavor. Common ingredients that give them their distinctive characteristics are glazing agents like carnauba wax or shellac, and varying amounts of colours derived from plant extracts. 

Typical Ingredients 

• Sweeteners: Sugar, Glucose Syrup

• Thickener/Starch: Starch (Maize Starch, Wheat Starch, or Roasted Starch)

• Acids: Citric Acid, Fumaric Acid

• Flavors: Natural flavorings and fruit juice concentrates

• Colorants: Fruit and plant concentrates (e.g., spirulina, carotene, anthocyanin, safflower,hibiscus)

• Glazing Agents: Beeswax, Carnauba Wax, Shellac

• Other: Acidity regulators (like trisodium citrate) and vegetable oil (like coconut oil) may also be included.

How they are made

• Shell: The candy maker creates a hard, often colorful shell using a process that involves starches and glazing agents. 

• Center: The shell encases a flavored, chewy center. 

• Intense flavor: Modern jelly beans, like those from Jelly Belly, aim to provide intense flavors in both the center and the shell.