I add any liquids I want to include and then pour on enough boiling water so as to just wet all the Vitalin and then a little bit more. I then leave it to stand for a while until the liquid has been soaked up. If any of the Vitalin is still un-swollen and hard I add a little bit more water and allow this to be soaked up. This is repeated until I am happy that all cereal is completely swollen and soft. At this point the Vitalin should still essentially be particle but just starting to get a little doughy and clump together. I then take an handful and see if it will ball up, if it won’t ball up I add a tiny bit more liquid and repeat the process until I am happy that it will ball up and withstand a cast. I try and aim for a situation where the Vitalin will crumble if rubbed between my fingers but it will ball up easy with a little squeeze. It sounds like a lot of messing about but it is fairly easy to achieve you just have to be a little patient between each step. You could even do the first couple of steps at home so as to have the minimum of messing about upon arrival on the bank. Please don’t take this as the correct way of preparing Vitalin I have only dabbled with the stuff. This just felt like the right approach to me and produced a very stable method mix that could withstand a fairly hefty cast and produced fish the first time of asking.

Been using a fair bit of it on a prolific 30 acre local venue.
Tend to stuff it full with the same goodies that i put in my base mix and then load it with enough particles so it`ll bind and still withstand pulting out but breakdown quickly.
As Andy has stated above it won`t keep for very long during the warm summer months so i`ll be mixing it all up on the bank this summer as the syndicate leader has banned me for nipping home to make fresh batches up each day....

I used vitalin a lot, in fact I don't very often go without it.
Always mix it fresh on the bank( I take a small caravan washing up bowl which fits nicely in the bag) and I've never had a problem with breakdown as I add as much corn and hemp to it as it will take. Also usually add plenty of mixed halibut pellets.
If you can, pile a bit in a margin and keep checking it. It attracts everything that swims nearly not just Bream.
As said above it goes rancid really quickly, just make small batches to avoid this.
Both types work ok but the gravy added one smells quite different.

In my fishing over the last two years , I have always fished one rod with a Korda method feeder.Vitalin is a vital ingredient I always use.
If mixed too dry it is difficult to bind so does need a bit of experience/experimentation.Experience will tell you the correct concistency.
It will bind at about 50/50 with anything you put with it.It is cheap so a bag will last a while depending on how much you use.
It does break down pretty quickly but a ball in the margins will tell you exactly.
I tend to cook some particles(hemp,tiger nuts, maize,)and add pellets and vitalin to bind into balls of method mix/groundbait.
If you use anything with a colour in(robin red/super red), the vitalin takes this very well.
It if is too difficult to bind it needs more liquid but should not be stodgy, although it does break down quite quickly anyway.
Give it a try with a small bag(2/2.5kg) and take it from there.

Regards,
Rob.

its worth it! all the pros above are good advice!works a treat!everything has its disadvantages,unfortunatly! sinmply,carp love it ,\its fact!