Candy applications
Flat lollipop manufacturing technology
Coperion offers fully integrated, flat lollipop production systems designed to deliver precise dosing, fast changeovers, and hygienic processing. Our advanced technology supports consistent quality and efficiency for flat lollipops used in food, health, and pharmaceutical industries.
Starch-free solutions for flat lollipop production
Flat lollipops, including varieties such as solid, striped, single-colour, multi-colour, and filled designs, are produced efficiently using advanced depositing technology, the industry-standard method for high-quality flat lollipops.
Coperion’s advanced equipment ensures precise control over lollipop size, shape, colour, and flavour, supporting both traditional and innovative recipes.
From classic single-colour lollipops to multi-layered or filled designs, our integrated lines provide consistent quality and smooth scalability from lab trials to full production. For enhanced product appeal, lollipops can incorporate inclusions such as toffee, chewy centres, or other confectionery elements, and feature vibrant colour and flavour combinations.
Typical applications:
Innovative flat lollipop product ideas
Are you ready to bring to market a new generation of flat lollipops? Embossed, filled, shaped, with or without inclusions, in single tones or up to four vibrant colors, these playful treats can even take the form of characters or brand symbols. Designed to delight both taste buds and social feeds, they’re as eye-catching as they are delicious. And with our global Test Center teams ready to support, every concept can be brought smoothly to market.
Embossed
Character designs
Shaped
Character designs
Striped
Four colours
Filled
Hard centre
Shaped
Profiles
Striped
Three colours
Filled
Soft centre
Solid
Single Colour
Striped
Two colours
Shaped
3D
Solid
with inclusions
The technology brands behind our flat lollipop solutions
How flat lollipop production works
(MIH systems)
Ingredient handling
Multi-Ingredient Handling (MIH systems)
Bag dump stations provide a safe, dust-free way to manually add dry ingredients such as sugar, while liquid ingredients like glucose syrup and water are stored in tanks or totes and delivered through pumps. These systems ensure safe handling and consistent delivery of raw materials for precise weighing and mixing.
Cooking
The cooking stage transforms raw ingredients into a precise sugar mass with the right moisture content and temperature for lollipop production. This step ensures consistency, flavor, and quality across both standard and sugar-free recipes.
For sugar-free and specialty recipes, the Microfilm™ cooker uses vacuum thin-film technology for rapid, gentle cooking of heat-sensitive ingredients, while the Autofeed accurately handles up to eight dry and liquid components with full batch control. This combination ensures an ideal sugar mass for hard candies and lollipops, with continuous operation maintaining precise control of moisture and temperature across a wide range of batch sizes and recipes.
For caramel-based products or recipes requiring pre-cooking, the Carablend™ cooker as option provides precise, controlled cooking and consistent results.
All systems are designed for hygienic operation, consistent quality, and seamless integration with downstream forming equipment.
Depositing
Flat lollipops are shaped and formed using ServoForm™ lollipop depositor. The depositor accurately fills starch-free moulds with syrup from the cooking stage, producing perfectly shaped lollipops with smooth surfaces and consistent size and weight.
The system can handle solid, striped, multi-colour, or centre-filled flat designs. Integrated cooling tunnels set the lollipops to the correct texture, while stick placement units insert sticks automatically for hygienic, high-speed production.
CFA Systems can be integrated for precise colour/flavour dosing minimizing waste and enabling rapid product changeovers.
Cooling tunnel
Cooling & finishing
The final step in flat lollipop production is cooling and finishing. Cooling tunnel lowers the temperature of freshly deposited lollipops, ensuring they set with the correct hardness, glossy surface, and stable shape.
Automatic stick insertion units then place sticks accurately and hygienically, preparing lollipops for packaging. These systems are designed for high-speed, consistent production while maintaining hygiene and minimizing manual handling.
See it in action
Discover how Coperion can enhance your flat lollipop production
Our starch-free lollipop line delivers precise ingredient handling, accurate depositing, integrated colour and flavour addition, and hygienic stick insertion — ensuring consistent quality, faster changeovers, and the flexibility to create innovative lollipop varieties efficiently.
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