Including its raw materials
Raw materials
M&Ms' have two main components, The
chocolate center and the sugar coat on the
outside.
 The chocolate comes from cocoa beans
found in south and central America.
 The sugary coat comes from a mix of sugar
and corn syrup.
 Other ingredients are: whole milk, cocoa
butter, sugar, and chocolate liquor, ect.
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The making process: Molding
The liquid chocolate is poured into tiny
molds to create the chocolate centers of
the candy. For peanut butter chocolate
M&Ms‘ the peanut butter center is made
first, and then surrounded by the chocolate.
Same process applies for Peanut M&ms
 After the candies are formed, they are
“tumbled” to make the chocolate center
smooth and rounded. After they are
allowed to harden.
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Coating
When the chocolates are hard, they are
transported to the coating area, where
panning is performed.
 During panning the harden candies are put
in a big drum and sprayed with the sugary
coating evenly at timed intervals.
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The color is applied as the final coat and
each batch is a different color. After the
sugary coat dries it is moved to printing.
Printing
In this process all the M&ms colors are
combined and taken to a special
machine that imprints the M on all the
M&ms candies.
 The machine is very gentle so it wont
crack the soft sugary coating.
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Packaging
A machine packages the bags according
to weight and pours the proper amount
into individual bags and heat seals
them.
 The finished packages are moved into
boxes by conveyor belt and fills properly
with the right amount of candy packs
and then the box is shut and put into
trucks to distribute.
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Bibliography
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How M & M® Candy Is Made Manufacture, Making, History, Used,
Components, Product, Machine, History,
Raw Materials, The Manufacturing
Process, Quality Control." How Products
Are Made. Web. 20 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.madehow.com/Volume-3/MM-Candy.html>.