Alke Machinery

Hard Candy Production Lines

Semi-Automatic & Full Automatic Hard Candy Manufacturing Solutions

Our Hard Candy Production Lines are designed for efficient production of high-quality boiled sweets with controlled cooking technology, consistent shaping, and long shelf life.

Products You Can Manufacture

  • Classic hard candies
  • Fruit-flavored candies
  • Milk and butter candies
  • Filled hard candies
  • Sugar-free candies
  • Vitamin or functional candies
  • Lollipops
  • Multi-color and striped candies
  • Custom molded candy shapes

Raw Materials Supported

  •  Sugar and glucose syrup
  •  Isomalt and sugar-free sweeteners
  • Fruit flavors and colors
  • Milk and butter ingredients
  • Citric and malic acids
  • Functional additives and vitamins

Production Process

1. Sugar Cooking

Sugar and glucose syrup are cooked under controlled temperature to reach the correct moisture and texture.

2. Cooling & Conditioning

The candy mass is cooled to a workable consistency.

3. Flavor & Color Mixing

Ingredients are added and evenly distributed.

4. Forming & Rope Sizing

Candy mass is shaped into ropes or deposited forms.

5. Cutting & Shaping

Products are formed into final shapes using molds or forming dies.

6. Final Cooling

Cooling tunnels stabilize hardness and surface quality.

7. Packaging

Candies are transferred to wrapping and packaging systems.

Semi-Automatic Hard Candy Production Line

Line Equipment Includes:

  • Sugar boiling boiler
  • Cooling table
  • Pulling machine
  • Roll machine
  • Roving machine
  • Automatic cutting machine
  • Cooling bands
  • Different candy molds

Full Automatic Hard Candy Production Line

Line Equipment Includes:

  • Continuous vacuum cooker
  • Automatic ingredient dosing and feeding system
  • Candy cooling conveyor or cooling drum
  • Batch roller and rope sizer
  • Servo-controlled forming machine (die forming or depositing system)
  • Automatic lollipop or candy molding system
  • Cooling tunnel / cooling conveyor bands
  • Automatic candy transfer systems
  • High-speed wrapping and packaging machines
  • Central PLC control panel

Production Capacity

150 kg

/hour

300 kg

/hour

600 kg

/hour

1000 kg

/hour and above

Turnkey solutions are available for both startup producers and industrial confectionery factories.

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