How Gummy Vitamins Are Made | How It's Made

Gummy vitamins were invented in the late the 20th century by a couple looking for a way to entice their daughter to take her vitamins.
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[@l.p.7663]

Everything is fun and games until you overdose on Flinstone Gummies

[@feathertail6327]

Lustro wait what happened

[@stevethea5250]

@@feathertail6327 WATCH CHUBBY EMU VIDEO ABOUT THAT

[@tbhidk9378]

Oof that's a tuff sight

[@caljaysoc]

Bruh, that shit tore my stomach to shreds! (Thankfully not literally) you ever have a 2 day stomach ache so bad that you couldn’t sleep? Not fun.

[@ikeacat199]

When I was young I used to "steal" the bottle from the medicine cabinet and/or finish them throughout the course of the night and blame it on my brother (which completely worked by the way). I would get sick from how many gummies I ate, so that's why I now steer clear from any and all gummy vitamins... I can't control myself around gummies :'(

[@chinchin3274]

It's crazy how vitamin gummies taste better than normal gummies.

[@PlantKitty]

It's probably because they're good for you, so your body is trying to get you to eat more of them, kinda like how some things are suddenly delicious when you're sick

[@MrAgentTurner]

​@@PlantKittyI don't think that's it lol

I think is because the quality of the ingredients is better and not that mass produced

[@van4195]

@they literally are mass-produced wym

[@GAMEVIDSnorwegian422]

lmao, the robot arm at 3:09: I couldve worked at tesla... But here i am stacking gummy vitamins...

[@moonlightbae8994]

Hilarious 🤣

[@BrianYYH]

Let’s start a gofundme for the robot!

[@andypashalyan2866]

He should have paid more attention in robot school

[@delamonnangopi5737]

@@andypashalyan2866 xd

[@sushiibird7799]

@RyanJL337 or live below the minimum wage

[@Sabrinaaa36]

“specific amounts” *shows guy shoveling powder in*

[@kc8724]

Sabrina it’s pre weighted

[@internalandexternalcorrupt6203]

Yeah, its pre-weighted.

[@MewAesthetic]

heaven-pouring 😋😍🤣

[@VixeyTeh]

IKR .. it looked like "aabooout 2 shovels... ish..." to me.

[@aidenk7047]

@@VixeyTeh there was a cut and after that the bin he was scooping from as well as the scoop were gone.

[@vilouklmt]

I just love how clean this was.

[@chriswhite4408]

0:45 Don't know if this was sarcastic but

[@vilouklmt]

@@chriswhite4408 Why???? 😣

[@davidcolantuono3622]

This is what really made me like vitamins. We didn't have these fruit-flavored sugar vitamins when I was a kid. Back then, vitamins tasted bitter and I hated them. It was like, "Do I really have to take them, mom?" That said, the Flintstones chewables were fairly good at the time. But, these gummies taste so much better. I guess that's one thing I favor today compared to the "good old days".

[@DeeSnutts]

OK Boomer

[@marvinzimmerman1878]

@@DeeSnutts sus

[@daffers2345]

The "Flintstones" ones weren't bad, but the "Shamu" ones were HORRIBLE! I hated almost all the "chewable" ones. Folks who get these today are awfully lucky! (By the way, I am not a "Boomer," we had these in the early 1990s)

[@Amalvipls]

its interesting how the factory featured on this video is miles ahead more clean than others, including food factories

[@textliter]

Anything that is pharmaceutical grade is manufactured like this with GMP standards.

[@anonymousanonymous4690]

These are medicines basically if it was regular gummy stuff it’d be way dirty

[@obye]

Me and the boys taking 3 gummy vitamins instead of two

[@mikelong609]

very smart. lol

[@User-to7nb]

The meme hath been reviewed. It’s dead. MOVE ON

[@yoni5896]

But the directions say take only two! Man y'all wild

[@LAYLA-ub3xc]

Absolute mad lads

[@asdollas44]

Obye one time I took 8 lol

[@Exceltiaawesome]

The problem with gummy vitamins is that it’s hard to stop eating them… When I was a kid my parents had to keep them far from my reach so I didn’t just chow down.

[@DannyCiez1945]

Addict *

[@deeziowa5521]

@@DannyCiez1945 bozo🤡📸 *

[@marypasco2213]

Like me when Bayer had orange flavored chewable kids aspirin. Had to be rushed to the hospital once, when I ate half a bottle. 🙃

[@monkey220ms]

0:45 there’s a hair in the jar 😂

[@asiandude3207]

Thats the secret ingredient

[@Andytlp]

looks like an eye lash or eyebrow hair but lets assume its a nether region hair.

[@wulvershon8948]

Looks like a smiley

[@chelseastevens1642]

Glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed 😂

[@reallyluckygirl1]

monkey220ms I noticed it before I even saw what was in the container.

[@RRaZoreDD]

A mouth full of sugar helps the Vitamins go down...

[@RRaZoreDD]

@@TheJester39 I wasn't singing the Mary Poppins song.

[@RRaZoreDD]

@@TheJester39 Sugar is sugar. Doesn't matter how much there is. Theres no reason why sugar is added. Vitamins are suppose to be good for you.

[@hi-nw7qy]

@@TheJester39 You shouldn't have any sugar in your diet. Sugar in no way is needed in any diet.

[@hi-nw7qy]

@@TheJester39 Explain to me right now why you need sugar if you know so much about it. Oh gosh do you actually think you eat fruit for the sugar? Please don't say that's what you actually believe.

[@hi-nw7qy]

@@TheJester39 Also this is refined sugar, not natural sugar so that already disproves your whole point regarding the gummy.

[@cureangelz]

Guy from the other section in my school brought a whole bottle of gummy vitamins and all of my classmates including me ate it like a snack. I'm still thinking about that day.

[@Based_Department]

If your gummy vitamins aren't in the shape of bears then wtf are you doing.

[@316bkeb]

They don't work they're waste of money

[@tui7980]

Chris Co. Ikr, I’m not eating that shit unless it’s bear shaped

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

You mean in the shape of Flintstones! These are vitamins after all. ;)

[@tui7980]

Christopher U.S. Smith Bear Shaped, Flintstone shape, All of them are fun except for *these* vitamins.

[@ohnonotjo]

Worm discrimination!

[@Mike__B]

2:27 big container that says "FLAVOR", that must be where they add "natural flavor"

[@user-ym1nf6el9m]

Seems about right

[@randybaker6254]

mike b. it is budy y the qoutes

[@randybaker6254]

黄煌 it is al so wut is ur name

[@justafranz]

It is natural flavour. Vannila extract is a natural flavouring, something with a name like Polyurethane Xenoquezilic Flavour (309) is artificial, made with chemicals.

[@justafranz]

@@randybaker6254 Huáng huáng. it is a Chinese name

[@kotelypiesely1268]

Starting my illegal vitamin gummy lab.

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

Ramune candies look like drugs but they only exist in japan for kids to use as pretend meds, was wondering how the world would react if they take one 😂😂

[@mateorios1636]

Breaking Bad

[@sanashi27]

Our mom gave us one piece a day but we sneak and take another while she was sleeping. These things taste good (especially the orange ones).

[@diane7352]

Some people get an upset stomach taking the hard pill vitamins so "gummies" can be helpful for them. I was told to buy and take Flintstones w/Iron during my pregnancies and avoided the stomach upset. I still want to know where each vitamin/mineral comes from, how it is measured and how it gets in each gummy (or tablet). Vitamin supplements are not FDA approved so are we basically just trusting that what is advertised is true?

[@sitcomchristian6886]

I mean, FDA approval doesn't hold much clout for me given how corrupt it is. But to answer your question, basically yes! We're unfortunately at the mercy of the integrity of the makers of the product.

[@dexdraws5931]

Vitamins don't need to be FDA approved, whether they be gummies or pills. The things that absolutely have to be approved are vaccines, medication, and food sold by businesses.

[@ekstadropsen]

Jesus Christ I'm watching this to try to sleep but yet again I got distracted by the comments😅😂😂😂

[@elliottlee4488]

ekstadropsen same

[@BhudhaLovesBudlight]

So I’m not the only who watches How It’s Made to sleep lol

[@tejukanaparthy]

ekstadropsen THIS

[@thisamazingworldphotograph1466]

Thiettan same here 😅😅😅

[@METALMAN4Wii]

Try Some Coast To Coast Am!

[@stan254]

*Takes three gummy vitamins* Forty thousand years of evolution and we barely even tapped the vastness of human potential

[@Based_Department]

Bruh 💀

[@thatoneguy12ize]

I love Willam Defoe

[@ashoozq]

Don’t take em all it can be lethal 😐

[@CriscDogs22]

Pillerman Stan best quote on here! Classic!! Lol

[@KunstroPg]

Seriously not that long

[@aqilhomaili]

I dont mind ads I dont mind buffer But when ads buffer I suffe

[@burritocat23]

He died

[@CamoCollie]

suffe

[@stephenbrown5923]

YOU SUFFE WHAT?!

[@Alonefoible]

He bufferd

[@zer0synd1cate]

damn its not like I've heard that one 20 other times

[@Backyardmech1]

First, they take the dinglebop and they smooth it out with a bunch of schleem. They repurpose the schleem for later batches.

[@gayflower900]

The dinglebops are further refined on the bandersnatch line. After a hot bath in glomp, the dinglebops receive a coating of gigglebits. Finally, we move on to the Benedict Cumberbatch phase.

[@fuzzywuzzybunbun881]

Papa Shpee Oml you just made me die laughing

[@spider_plantt]

i think about that bit every single time i watch a how it's made. that show absolutely ruined me for how it's made in the funniest way.

[@qbcreamer4493]

Who else remembers their mommas gettin pissed because you ate them like candy?

[@cynoglav9665]

that's a legit concern though. You can get seriously poisoned if you overdose certain vitamins.

[@flamingosistersroblox5751]

My mom looks at me when I ask for more.

[@jameer8225]

@@flamingosistersroblox5751 overdose

[@sidthejovian5105]

Haha, what a childhood...

[@kaytlinpaige1057]

I legit did that but with tums and got grounded

[@jordyrizki6069]

I have a final test tomorrow, but watching gummy vitamins maker is my priority

[@MsNeelamma]

you need vitamins for the test, and everything to help you with the test.. lol

[@flame1527]

Priorities 🤣

[@keheungan]

Basically sugar+ gelatin +artificial flavor & color

[@robertehrnsten]

Exactly! 👍

[@yeahsure.6083]

So. More or less. Candy.

[@burritocat23]

Spoilers, man

[@catgirl7765]

Gummy Vitamins are naturally flavored!

[@thepaperclipcolossus_3515]

Yes

[@umbra9628]

Two things i dont trust.. 1 Vitamins 2 Robots

[@arlynnecumberbatch1056]

Anxiety level go brr

[@steelwitness]

its honestly so heartwarming that it was created by parents.

[@hwbfodnwbdu]

When I was younger I ate two of those packets in one day and had to go to the doctor

[@geraldtheseal6050]

@monika is best girl he was little and they tasted good leave him alone

[@geraldtheseal6050]

@monika is best girl r/wooosh

[@heronumbertwo3171]

Im 11 and finally i can eat 2. I eat 3 now

[@ty1olimmm751]

MORTALS I ATE 4 GUMMIES

[@Lexi-oq7wm]

*gerald the seal* Dude no one is saying anything

[@zed473]

Here my child take your vitamins, and tons of sugar.

[@UmarFarooq-yx7rw]

Sc47arface what you mean. Sugar is GOOD for you

[@Andytlp]

@@UmarFarooq-yx7rw not refined sugar. And even natural glucose in fruits/plants for example isnt that much better.

[@UmarFarooq-yx7rw]

I'm the captain now I know. I was being sarcastic lol

[@ekstadropsen]

@@TheJester39 explain to me why there should be sugar in vitamins at all

[@Tochinden]

1-2 pieces a day makes no harm, as it always says on the jar “keep out of reach for children” you properly consume more added sugar with a pice of bread for breakfast.

[@getonmanuttz]

Oh wow. Never even thought I wanted to know where these came from. Thank you for the great vid!!!

[@AllRandomized]

So basically the Ingridients are sugar, sugar, sugar based syrup, sugar, 2% vitamin, oh and sugar

[@if860]

Love that one of beakers with "key ingredients" is labeled "HNO3" :)

[@anguskeenan4932]

2:10 it turns them into atoms as if they weren’t atoms before going in 😂

[@AEKing-rx4uq]

Was looking for this comment!!!

[@soulassassin0g]

For heavy metal testing the machine asks the solution a question; "Name all of Metallica's bass players?" If it gets it right, it moves on to the next step otherwise it's discarded.

[@serraramayfield9230]

😂 This got me

[@carboncoloredconquistador1249]

Underrated comment 😂😂

[@Toobula]

"Gummy vitamins are designed to be a more palatable (read: sweeter) alternative to regular vitamins in the hopes that people will be more inclined to take them. But when it comes to health benefits, they’re nowhere near a 1:1 swap. Gummy vitamins actually have fewer vitamins and minerals than regular vitamins." -- Dr. Neha Vyas, Cleveland Clinic

[@cbob7423]

gummy vitamins taste better

[@comradegarfield3771]

i mean yeah its probably by weight/volume rather than per gummy/pill, the gummies are gonna have more fillers in them than regular pills

[@some1156]

Take a shot every time he says “Gummy Vitamins” 🤣

[@Ohio-gx2eo]

Holy crap these cameras make me feel I’m there watching it’s amazing now a days

[@nate0765]

‘Turns the metal contaminants into atoms” Uh ok?

[@wheel00fah]

Sometimes this show dumbs stuff down so much it's actually more difficult to understand... They're running the sample through a mass spectrometer which measures the amount of elements/molecules both to ensure the formula is correct and check for contamination.

[@Muonium1]

@@wheel00fah It's not a mass spectrometer. It's an inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy machine. you can see the RF coil used to generate the hot argon plasma at 2:10

[@oron61]

That is just a different kind of mass spectrometer.

[@Muonium1]

@@oron61 no it definitely is not. a mass spectrometer has totally different function than an atomic absorption spectrometer.

[@wheel00fah]

@@Muonium1 Ah, cool! I thought something didn't quite make sense for it to be a mass spectrometer, but I couldn't come up with anything else that made sense. You learn something new every day...

[@jay-tbl]

I used to think memes about eating too many edibles were referring to these

[@littlemichu6869]

I overdosed on gummy vitamins and it started to taste like medicine. But you can't blame me bc those gummies were bussin.

[@likethiscomment.4802]

This wasn’t well explained AT ALLL from the moment the video started.. where do you get the powdered calcium? How are all these nutrients made in the first place?

[@nekochadechu]

Humans 👀

[@makayladelile-mintywishes7221]

*SSSH SHHHH!! The government doesn't want us to know that!*

[@layahYasharahla]

How do they check to make sure someone hasn’t accidentally put too much of a mineral in the batch ? I thought that it would be a computer weighing out each component much like other factories . It seems as if one could make each batch a bit different since it’s just a person scooping . I know I sometimes scoop super big or the way it should be sometimes when I cook . Do they check each batch for potency? To make sure someone didn’t accidentally throw two bags of iron in instead of zinc ?

[@ibetrollintheybehatin6857]

I guess it's like how you typed this without smashing the keys with your face?

[@sitcomchristian6886]

Yeah, it's not exact. But if they're water soluble vitamins, it almost doesn't matter how much or little they put in, since we pee it out anyways.

[@IamHueGraves]

each batch makes thousands, you'd have to mess up pretty bad for it to matter

[@corycarpenter4218]

Sugar, glucose, sugar substitute, and sugar coating... just call it candy with minerals smh

[@ekstadropsen]

@@TheJester39 that depends on the quality of the product as the cheaper they are the more fillers there are, but as a rule, yes

[@corycarpenter4218]

@@TheJester39 3g? Lol notice how the vitamins are measured in mcg... there's more sugar than vitamins so yea it's candy with vitamins and minerals.

[@a7med228]

I get my vitamins from real fruit and vegetables, more expensive but totally worth it.

[@scslre]

Congrats

[@reggieshmeggie4219]

You think you get it from fruit and veggies. Just like vegan thinks that consuming flax seeds for omega 3 is enough.

[@TheJosiahTurner]

Inaccurate, they didn’t trancend into the 4th dimension when eaten

[@Durrpadil]

"Gummy vitamins have been around for thousands of years." - Dr. Steven Brule

[@sarcasticeggs8998]

I think he said they were made in the late twentieth century at 0:04

[@garydodson6737]

I like the sweet berry wine flavored ones.

[@Durrpadil]

@@garydodson6737 lmao

[@misschris325]

For your health!

[@Durrpadil]

@@misschris325 lol

[@andrewmoe7078]

I never thought it was a good idea to have gummy vitamins. I'd be perfectly happy if they tasted terrible. This is not candy.

[@imagineexistance4538]

Taking two gummy vitamins is not a lot of sugar, imagine eating a few gummy bears, you don’t eat all of that sugar used in preparations for them, and you don’t have more than 2-4 a day, its not too much sugar.

[@mrslaharris7128]

Ty

[@mrslaharris7128]

Make sense

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

Gummi bears are more carnauba wax than sugar, too.

[@flamingosistersroblox5751]

My mom say one or else I get toxic in my body, What does that mean?

[@imagineexistance4538]

Seo 98z Everything is “toxic” if eaten enough or drank enough in a short time period. Too many vitamin gummies means too many vitamins in your body, thats not good for health. You would need to eat a bunch of them to feel sick though.

[@teeganschuler9139]

Me watching this while eating the whole jar of vitamin gummies: interesting

[@ameliathehedgehogfairy9386]

please don't do that

[@electrix10]

i used to eat those at a hand when i was a child in the 90's!! Thank god i ain't sick now!!

[@MAFiA303]

how do you make concentrated dark matter?

[@Mint_P_Cane]

oh thx for making them, now i can feed my loomians some gummies that are vitamins

[@mmabagain]

Would have liked information about what is used to color them.

[@NPGLAMB]

I used to eat a ton of them and I’m still here

[@RaulYatraMartinez]

Same

[@Melissa0774]

They always put an odd number of gummies in each bottle so you're left with half a dose. I think they do that on purpose so you're more likely to buy the same brand next time so you won't have a mismatched pair.

[@MrAgentTurner]

That's a conspiracy theory lol You're allowed to do half a dose

[@Chance57]

Odd? My bottle says only take one gummy per day so whether the number is even or odd doesn't really matter, you'll eventually just take your last one and need to get a new bottle.

[@Melissa0774]

@@Chance57 It depends what type of gummies you have, obviously. I was talking about Vitafusion vitamin gummies, where the recommended does is two per day. It's funny now, that I'm getting a response to this - a few months ago, I actually got a job at the company that makes those vitamins. So I can just ask one of my co-workers.

[@McGussen]

I remember that day in college when a student said "quick! Let's go check the test tubes!" And how life choices became altered right then and there about how I'd prefer to live my futures.

[@mauricioalvarez3]

This is way to sophisticated. I'm just going to eat the whole container

[@ChairmanMeow1]

One time as a kid I ate an entire bag of gummie vitamins. My mom took me to the prompt care she was so scared lol.

[@sc1030]

😊 wow the cleanliest making machines i have ever seen from places with their machines showing how what evers were made

[@60sSam]

"Sugar substitute"...what a nice way of saying high fructose corn syrup.

[@arctistarfox]

I miss taking gummy vitamins. I was like 12 when I was switched to all-pills/capsules by my parents. (And I am watching this as I am taking said vitamins, lol)

[@dame1846]

Eating these were like taking steroids back then.

[@soggyprogram1529]

LoL 😂

[@ehab1300]

When I was a kid I would take some to school and before a sports match I ate some like steroids. 😂

[@noodletribunal9793]

its so cool how much of this is automated

[@woodscriatures5636]

That is very very good to healty There is trees where that shings grow ...

[@Swim2TheMoon]

The vats labeled COLOR and FLAVOR look like they could be in a segment of The Simpsons.

[@rxnnie_]

Thank you for this! It helped our research a lot! ❤️

[@funkyparticles]

take a shot every time he says gummy vitamins

[@annoymousperson2811]

Dear person reading this you are so smart!😀

[@mikeskadi]

you too 😊

[@kittyman7015]

Never had this... Will search for it though...

[@roxcyn]

I love these episodes! 😍

[@destinycoleman1167]

Me too love them

[@bmo14lax]

Good tutorial for edibles just add your distillate near the end when it's not too hot

[@mrspliffie3572]

The extra gummy is the key to fighting COVID-19

[@alyssam8550]

The machine turns the heavy metals into atoms... i wonder what they were before....

[@iadtag1853]

Now I want one.

[@Hondeer]

Anyone else play, 'The Incredible Machine!', back in the 90s at school?

[@mohammadshehzaad8550]

Mashallah fabulous bro

[@debbralehrman5957]

So how much sugar did they put in there? Because after they added the Ingredients they still added glucose (.ie sugar) and water. I know it is for the whole mix but what % is sugar?

[@gooseglowacki3496]

I never knew this information. Thank you for postivng. Have a good night.

[@Its_Sebas_Yk]

I watched too many How it's actually made and now i'm getting actual how its made

[@andytheaardvark1]

Something about calling gummy vitamins 'pills' is very funny to me

[@centralnewyorkresponses7887]

Guess how to never let kids find out: *Tell them that it’s candy they can have everyday*

[@thegamingkid6374]

When you take 4 gummies instead of 1

[@annamarie7597]

What is in the sugar coating? Sugar is water soluble. So what stops the sugar from melting the gummy

[@MariaOrtiz-gt5hh]

Love your work it’s so cool

[@budgie_tv]

i have the gummies that are shaped like gummy bears.

[@friendofp.24]

So much effort is put in to make vitamins taste better, and they throw it all away by picking the most disgusting abhorrent flavors known to man.

[@Simba______]

I hate that creepy Google "Mom how far are we from the moon?" ad.

[@googol181]

J s they are the internet😈

[@B.McMillan93]

Tis but a glimpse into the millennial future

[@yeahsure.6083]

Good thing there is so much sugar in it. That's America's favorite vitamin

[@bazookallamaproductions5280]

when youd rather eat gummy vitamins than candy

[@daffers2345]

I always had to eat those horrible hard kids' vitamins when I was little. They may have said "chewable" but they sure weren't chewy! Folks who take vitamins today are lucky to have these!

[@leolockhart2793]

As someone who works in a factory, man, what are they doing with that sugar substitute at 1:16?? Big ol scoops from the bag straight into the tank? They don't weigh or measure first? That's worrisome 😳

[@Jkizzle4996]

Imma be honest this is exactly how I imagined it

[@dreadnought5680]

Oooh it's proper how to........

[@prizmarvalschi1319]

I can't unsee Aaron eating melatonin gummies He ate a whole jar

[@OmerPlayz]

Bout time someone makes a vid bout this

[@cranberryjuice9768]

1:50 reminds me of Resident Evil 2 remake when you make the herbicide

[@niblet8308]

If I had to overdose, it's gotta be on these

[@asiandude3207]

I watch a video about a dude eats too much of these for a couple months and his bones breaks easily like a toothpick.

[@DOC7ORT]

We need an episode about how #gelatin is made

[@flamingosistersroblox5751]

I have to eat one a day. They are so good!

[@robotpanda77]

Now im looking at the how orange juice is made episode and imaging what 15 giant machines are prob used to make it. lol

[@stevenm3141]

What are the safeguards of a child eating too many of these? And how many would you have to eat before you needed medical attention?