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can you tell me more information about the scale?
Assumption: The manufacturing methods you use produces homogeneous units.
If the weight of each lollipop is uniform, then weighing them is a good idea. Let’s say one lollipop weighs .03 kilograms. If your scale accuracy is .05 kilograms (or higher) your process is likely to be way out of control, as in your description. A scale with an accuracy of 4 times greater (I’m sure some will say 10 x) than the weight of the item you are measuring would be more appropriate.
Such a scale can be used to better determine how much the weight varies from pop to pop, providing you with the proper range of weight to use as the weight requirement needed to equal 50 lollipops.