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Buy Haribo Gummy Bear Candy

May 24, 2008

The Gummy Bear originates from Germany where it is hugely popular under the name Gummibär (”rubber bear”). The German company Haribo from Bonn first produced bear-shaped sweets in 1922 and introduced its Gold-Bear product in the 1960s. The success of Gummy Bears has spawned many gummy animals and objects: worms, frogs, hamburgers, cherries, cola bottles, sharks, apples, oranges, and even gummy ampelmenn. Many knock off gummy bears are available on the market. Trolli is a well-known knock off gummy candy manufacturer and was the first to introduce “gummi worms” in 1981.

The traditional Gummy Bear is made from sugar, glucose syrup, starch, flavoring, food coloring, citric acid, and gelatin. There are also some types of Gummy Bears made with pectin and/or starch instead of gelatin, making them suitable for vegans. Large sour bears are larger and flatter than Gummy Bears, have a softer texture, and include fumaric acid or other acid ingredients to produce a sour flavor. Some manufacturers produce sour bears with a different texture, based on starch instead of gelatin. Typically, starch produces a shorter (cleaner bite, less chewy) texture than gelatin.

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