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# Steve's Story: 8 Years of Making Gummies by Hand In 2016, when most people still thought CBD was some kind of niche health food trend that would fade by summer, Steve was already elbow-deep in gummy molds. He didn't have a manufacturing partner. He didn't have a co-packer or a contract facility. He had a recipe, a facility in Louisville, Kentucky, and a belief that if you were going to put something in people's bodies, you should know exactly what was in it — and exactly how it was made. Eight years later, nothing about that belief has changed. --- ## Where It Started Steve started Steve's Goods in 2016 with one product and one standard: organic ingredients, honestly sourced, hand-poured in small batches. No corn syrup. No artificial fillers. No shortcuts. The base recipe — organic tapioca syrup, distilled water, natural flavors — was developed to be as clean as the hemp extract going into it. Every gummy that left the facility was something Steve would put in his own mouth without reading the label first. That's still the standard today. --- ## The 3,700 Square Feet That Changed Everything The facility in Louisville isn't massive. It's 3,700 square feet — enough to do things right, not so big that corners get cut for efficiency's sake. Hand-pouring isn't faster than machine manufacturing. It's slower, more deliberate, and requires more attention per batch. But it also means every gummy gets made the way the recipe was designed — not optimized for throughput. Small-batch production means: - More consistent cannabinoid distribution per gummy - Tighter quality control at every stage - The ability to change and improve formulations quickly - A finished product that reflects how it was actually made Steve has run this facility for eight years. The people who work there know the product. That matters more than most manufacturers will admit. --- ## What "Honest Ingredients" Actually Means A lot of brands say they use quality ingredients. Very few will tell you exactly why they chose each one. At Steve's Goods, the ingredient decisions are formulation decisions — not marketing decisions. **Organic tapioca syrup** instead of corn syrup: tapioca processes cleaner, carries less residual flavor interference, and it's the right choice for a product that's supposed to complement what you're putting in it. **Distilled water** instead of tap: consistency. Water quality affects gummy texture, and distilled is the same every time. **Hemp-derived cannabinoids, third-party tested**: the extract is the product. Everything else is there to carry it cleanly. When you read the label on a Steve's Goods gummy, you're reading the actual ingredients — not a cleaned-up marketing version of them. --- ## Eight Years In The industry has changed dramatically since 2016. There are thousands of CBD brands now. Most of them don't make their own products. Most of them couldn't tell you the difference between isolate, broad-spectrum, and full-spectrum if you asked. Steve's Goods has watched every wave — the hype, the oversaturation, the regulatory uncertainty, the consolidation. Through all of it, the answer has been the same: make a product you're proud of, be honest about what's in it, and let the quality speak for itself. That's not a marketing strategy. It's just how things get made here. --- ## What's Coming Steve turns 37 on April 2nd, 2026. To mark the occasion — and to say thank you to the customers who've been here since the beginning — Steve's Goods is running its biggest sale of the year: **37% off everything on StevesGoods.com for one day only.** April 2nd. One day. Everything. Eight years of gummies, one birthday, one sale. [Shop the Birthday Sale → StevesGoods.com]