Syrup preparation
Define the recipe and ingredients, then discuss weighing, mixing, dissolving and feeding.
Process planning · METHENA
From syrup preparation,
to the finished product.
Explore how syrup preparation, cooking, depositing or forming, and cooling connect around the candy you want to make.
Candy Processes
Connect the stages around your product.
An illustrative process plan. Confirm the stages and equipment configuration against the product, recipe and project conditions.
Cooking
Discuss the cooking approach for hard candy, gummies, toffee or milk candy.
Depositing or Forming
Discuss mold depositing or other forming methods for the shape, filling and finished product.
Cooling and Conveying
Coordinate cooling, demolding and conveying with the forming process and factory layout.
Candy routes vary by product. Confirm additional stages such as gummy gelation and marshmallow aeration or cutting against the recipe and product requirements.
Product application examples
Let the finished product
guide the process.
Images illustrate application categories. Discuss your specific product and process with our team.
Product application examples
Equipment & production lines
From equipment to a complete line.
Browse equipment by process stage, then explore the relevant production lines.
Servo hard-candy depositing line
For hard-candy cooking, depositing and cooling.
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Vacuum cooking & servo gummy depositing line
For gummy cooking, depositing and cooling.
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Automatic toffee depositing line
For toffee depositing, cooling and demolding.
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Rotor-cooked milk-candy chain-forming line
For milk-candy cooking, pulling and forming.
View equipment detailsProject brief
Prepare your brief,
clarify the next step.
Discuss the product and factory conditions together to plan a suitable process and equipment configuration.
Discuss your plan with MethenaProduct & recipe
Share the product type, shape, filling, finish and ingredient or recipe conditions.
Target output
Describe target output, production schedule and existing equipment to discuss integration.
Factory & installation
Share available space, layout and on-site utility conditions.
Project stage
Tell us whether you need one machine, a line extension or a complete production solution.
Frequently asked questions
Understand first. Plan next.
Do hard candy, gummies and toffee use the same route?
Different recipes, textures and forming requirements affect cooking and forming equipment. Define the product before discussing the equipment combination.
Can I start with one machine?
Start by discussing one machine and its feeding, discharge and links to your current process. For a complete line, plan the stages together.
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