These 19 strange GIFs go behind-the-scenes and show how our food is actually made in factories

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If you've ever wondered how these are folded, keep scrolling. Shutterstock

Have you ever wondered who folds fortune cookies? How pasta is cut? What Jelly Beans look like before they're coated?

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The subreddit /r/OddlySatisfying is dedicated to posting perfectly looped GIFs. Some of the best ones focus on how food — especially mass-produced snacks — is made.

Keep scrolling to see some of the most fascinating GIFs that take you inside the process.

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This expert watermelon chopper can skin a watermelon in under 30 seconds.

 

Submitted by HoodieHollowDickieRP and full video here

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Honey is heated to 130°F before it's jarred. Then the jars are vacuumed sealed and sent off to grocery stores.

 

Submitted by Improved-Liar and full video here

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This machine ices a cake to perfection.

 

Submitted by Wisdom4Less

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Watching these ice cream sandwiches being assembled is transfixing. The filling machine feeds the chocolate cake wafers towards the vanilla ice cream slab.

 

Submitted by i_look_like_you and full video here

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Once Jelly Beans have been coated, they are dyed with a hot syrup in the mix that polishes the candy. Since the Jelly Beans rub off on each other, they're evenly colored.

 

Submitted by ThisIsAMormon and full video here

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Stilwells is a Montreal based candy company that makes "candy humbugs." Watching them fold the molten candy is really fun.

 

Submitted by Vixen-Cat and full video here

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This GIF was looped perfectly to make the apple de-coring and peeling machine look like it endlessly loops. Apple pie lovers everywhere wish this was in their kitchen.

 

Submitted by Nouv

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Ice cream cones are shaped by a spinning machine on the factory floor. It twists the patties into the perfect ice cream holders.

 

Submitted by MrMikeHunt and full video here

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The factory that makes pretzels has a machine dedicated to folding the dough. It's pretty fun to watch in action.

 

Submitted by odell555q

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Who knew this was how fortune cookies are folded?

 

Submitted by meme-com-poop

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This is Italian cheese master Carlo Guffanti cracking open a parmesan cheese wheel.

 

Submitted by Kookrach and full video here

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This cook knows how to make the perfect crepe — you'll keep thinking it's going to fall off the edge, but it never does.

 

Submitted by Vancha and full video here

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This is how they make ribbon candy at Hilliards House of Candy in Easton, Mass. It looks delicious.

 

Submitted by SlimJones123 and full video here

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Pasta being mass-produced is fascinating to watch. Here, rotini is cut into perfect pieces as it "grows" from a machine.

 

Submitted by JDPK77 and full video here

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Or watch this machine cut the twisty fusilli pasta. I could watch this GIF all day.

 

Submitted by ThisCharmingMan96

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These pasta shells all get ribbed, curled, and cut by one machine.

 

Submitted by ehtio

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It's satisfying to watch Thai ice cream rolls made by a vendor. The best part is when they scrape it off the freezing surface leaving nothing behind.

 

Submitted by a_simple_lampoon and full video here

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It's also hypnotizing to watch ice cream pops cut on the conveyor belt.

 

Submitted by orbojunglist

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No wonder there's never enough filling in your pop tarts. The machine gives a tiny dollop before the breakfast snack is folded shut.

 

Submitted by ImmaGrownAssPigeon

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