Although ILS Gummies produces 60 million nutraceutical gummies monthly in McKinney, the demand is over double that amount, company officials said. A $6.5 million expansion project at the 70,000-square-foot facility began in 2024 and is slated for completion in July.

“We were capped at space. Our demand right now is for about 150 million to 200 million gummies,” CEO Dru Riess said. “As soon as we're done with this build out, we'll be going to about 200 million gummies a month.”

ILS Gummies was founded in McKinney in 2022 by Dallas-based Rosewood Private Investments, which is the private equity arm of the Rosewood Corporation, along with Riess and Chief Financial Officer Shane Davis.

What’s happening

Riess explains nutraceutical gummies as being “active loaded confectionary goods.”


Gummies manufactured most frequently by the company focus on gut health, beauty and greens. Other frequently requested health supplements include those for brain health, relaxation, energy, omega-3 and magnesium.

Riess said they don’t make “funny gummies,” meaning products containing THC, CBD, delta-9 or other THC compounds.

The specifics

All ILS gummies are pectin-based, which Riess explains is better for the digestive system. The products do not contain cane, corn or glucose syrup.


“The most generic syrup we have in here is organic tapioca syrup. There's constantly truckloads of that coming in,” Riess said. “There's also soluble tapioca fiber syrup, which is a sugar-free version that we bring in as well in truckloads every day.”

Ingredients are sourced from around the world, including turmeric from India.

“We are having a global impact on every economy by sourcing ingredients, bottles, caps, molds and equipment,” Riess said.

The conditions


A variety of brands of gummies are produced by ILS Gummies but formulas are not duplicated.

“ILS [Gummies] was birthed out of wanting to give unique and differentiated formulas to every customer,” Riess said. “We do not do stock formulas. We do not do stock formulas. We do not do stock formulas. You will not find us running a long run of multi-vitamins and then pushing it into every brand that we do. Every brand has something unique and differentiated.”

The company also offers a low minimum order requirement.

“We give a lower barrier of entry to the market for every customer, because we want more players in the market, rather than just leaning on one big customer,” Riess said. “We have a 300,000 gummy minimum, which is only 5,000 bottles in a 60 count bottle.”


In addition to receiving a custom gummy formula, customers can also choose to have a custom mold or use the standard gumdrop mold. Other customizable features include packaging, flavors, encrustation such as a sugar coating, as well as religion-based dietary requirements like kosher and halal.

The impact

ILS Gummies operates 24/7 with three shifts of duplicated positions including quality team members, machinists, sanitation teams and more.

Riess said he considers multiple factors when determining if ILS Gummies had a successful year, including human resources.


“Not all business owners look at it this way. Everyone's usually like, ‘Let's double sales, but let's cut the people’,” Riess said. “That's the last thing I look at. I really [ask] ‘Did we provide more jobs for that year?’”