Our vitamin gummies are made with natural, particularly aromatic fruit juice concentrates and fruit purees. The careful concentration process is critical to the gummies' characteristic fruity flavour and soft bite. The Bacillus subtilis Berry Gummies are characterised by their fruity berry flavour of blackberry, raspberry, strawberry and cherry. Each gummy contains 1 billion CFU of B. subtilis.
The production process requires gelling agents that guarantee sufficient firmness and the characteristic bite, as well as coating agents that prevent the gummies from sticking together. We use the pure plant-based gelling agent pectin, completely avoiding animal gelatine and modified starches. The latter are often used as a plant-based alternative to gelatin, but these are often chemically modified starches. We use coconut, canola fat and carnauba wax as coating agents so that our vitamin gummies are 100% vegan.
The use of artificial sweeteners or sugar substitutes is common in the production of vitamin gummies. However, our gummies are made completely without artificial sweeteners, sugar substitutes or added sugar. Legally, the term "no added sugar" may also be used for products containing sweeteners such as maltitol syrup, although this is a type of sugar. The fruity sweetness of our vitamin gummies comes exclusively from the fruit ingredients and the fructose naturally contained therein. Note: For production reasons, up to 20mg of rice dextrin is used as a carrier per gummy. We take advantage of the full natural flavour of fruits. In many cases, cheap synthetic flavours or "natural" flavours obtained with the help of molds or genetically modified microorganisms are used; the same applies to the colourants used to enhance the colour of the fruit ingredients. We do not add any colourants to our gummies; their colour comes from the natural fruit concentrates and purees.
So-called acidity regulators are also required. Citric acid, which is also obtained with the help of molds, or genetically modified microorganisms or phosphate compounds such as tricalcium phosphate, are often used for this purpose. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and citrate compounds such as tripotassium citrate are better alternatives, which are used in our vitamin gummies.
In addition, our vitamin gummies are 100% gluten- and soya-free.
For the packaging we use light-resistant and environmentally friendly amber glass instead of plastic.