Todd Siwak, ceo of Ferrara Candy Co., says bringing the former Nestlé brands under Ferrara’s wing offers the perfect growth opportunity for his company and their retail partners.

Mexican entrepreneurs Roberto Arreguin and Leslie Norton, co-owners of Virc LLC, were joined by the Free Trade Alliance San Antonio and city officials for the grand opening of its new gummy manufacturing plant in Selma, Texas, a suburb of San Antonio. The plant will manufacture gummy candies ranging from traditional varieties to low sugar, sour and spicy types.

Mount Franklin Nutritionals, a manufacturer of gummy nutritional supplements, organic gummies and fruit snacks and a subsidiary of El Paso, Texas-based Mount Franklin Foods, says its new 100,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in Sumter, S.C., is primed to serve the “rapidly growing,” $2.7-billion nutraceuticals industry.

Free From Fellows, the latest brand introduction from London-based Bravura Foods, has added three items to its range of clean-label gummies.

Gummy vitamins are continuing to gain traction, according to a new report from Albany, N.Y.-based research firm Transparency Market Research.