Ever since I can think back , I have been a confirmed gluey bear addict . I love gummy bear , particularly Haribo ’s Gold Bears and Happy Cola ( it does make me happy ) , but I ’ll even deal in Trolli in a pinch . Of course , that the little , yield - season gelatine bear are habit-forming should n’t be surprising — after all , in 1997 , tobacco White House James Morgan , principal of Philip Morris Co. , claimed that tobacco is no more addictive than gummy bear .
But what do we really know about these tasty habitant of a gummy candy worldly concern ? Here ’s a quick and contaminating on gummy bear :
In the Beginning"¦
In 1920 , a poor confectionery factory doer in Bonn , Germany , decided that it was high meter he struck out on his own . Armed with nothing but a bag of sugar , a marble slab , a timpani , an oven and a rolling pin , Hans Riegel began whipping up hard candies in his kitchen , which his wife would then deliver from the basketball hoop of her bike . The new party was call Haribo — a smash up of Hans Riegel of Bonn .
By 1930 , the two - man category operation had evolved into factory of 160 . By the starting time of World War II , Haribo had more than 400 employee churn out 10 lashings of candy each daytime . World War II was a disaster for the company — Hans Riegel , Sr . pop off , his two sons were prisoners of war , and Haribo was down to 30 employees — but the ship’s company limped on . When the two sons returned , they bring the company back from the boundary and repair it such that by 1950 , they utilise more than 1,000 workers . From there , the humans : Haribo consumed its confectionery competitors and built more factory in marketplace across Europe , shift its bear shape to the now classical , smushy Gold Bear shape , and entered the US in 1982 .
The Secret Recipe
The exact recipe and method acting of production of the Haribo bears persist a closely guarded enigma . And although there are many pseud to the throne who ’ve tried to usurp the gummy top ( Trolli , German discoverer of the gummed worm , are a notable example ) , Haribo remain one of the largest manufacturers of gummy in the domain , if not the biggest , producing more than 80 million bear a sidereal day for distribution the globe over .
The Bears Go Big Time
The bear had been pop in Germany and Europe for generations , but it was n’t until the 1980s that American market catch on the gummy craze . Soon , everything from dinosaur toDungeons & Dragonsfigures was being roll in gummy , although the bear stay the philia of the diligence .
The Gummi Bears , bounce here , there , and everywhere , were a folk of six bear , the lone survivor of the once great Gummi airstream wipe out and pull into exile by humans overjealous of their magical gummi powers . survive beneath a mediaeval human kingdom , the bear are discover by a kind human boy who promises to keep their enigma , but are constantly troubled by an evil Duke who know of their being and wants to slip their Gummiberry Juice , which was the arcanum to their bound and was like PCP for humans . The show premiere on NBC in 1985 , paving the manner for the aliveness gold rush that was the Disney Afternoon , and lasted until 1991 .
The Bears Go Even Bigger Time
This September , the world ’s largest sticky bear went on sale online at VAT19.com . Weighing in at 5 pounds and suffer 9 - and - a - half inches tall , one undivided bear is the combining weight of 1,400 regular - sized bears . A diabetic nightmare , the bear offer five times your day-after-day caloric intake in one go , with 12,600 calories . It comes in three flavors , downhearted raspberry , red cherry , and immature apple , and is handcraft in the USA . Should you be unable to take the integral viscous animal in one sitting , it can last up to a twelvemonth in plastic wrap in the fridge . For $ 30 , that ’s almost deserving it .
The Bears Go Boob Time
Ever squish a gummy bear between your digit and though , " Hmm " ¦ feels like boobies?“ No ? Well , me either , but evidently someone has—“gummy bear" breast implants have actually been on the market place since 2005 , FDA - approved since 2006 . They ’re not existent gummy bears , but they are made of a silicone polymer gel material that mimics the unfluctuating but diffuse texture of the gummy bear .
Bear as Meme
In 2007 , a green , squishy bear that trip the light fantastic in its orange underwear and sneakers to over - synthed techno muzak take YouTube by storm . Despite its mincing bizarreness , the bear ’s first Sung dynasty , " I Am Your Gummy Bear,“ actually cracked the singles charts of Australia , Germany , Sweden , and a few others before its cuteness finally wore itself out . Of naturally , that did n’t stop the manufacturer of the Gummy Bear from making more vocal boast the jiggly tool , hawking ringtones , and splashing his ditzy mug on t - shirts ( available in grownup and baby sizes ) .
Gummi Light ikon courtesy ofJellio.com .
