In addition to being little sweet treats, gummies can also enhance wellness or serve as medicine. Therefore you can add functional and active ingredients to your gummy mixture, such as vitamins, Omega-3, CBD, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), or even herbal extracts. Functional gummies can also promote hair growth or help you sleep better.

Producing them on an industrial scale requires precise gummy formulation, since the active ingredients can change the properties of the mixture. Adding an ingredient means balancing out the rest, and many functional ingredients, for example vitamins, require the addition of antioxidants, coloring agents, or buffer salts.