Post 1- History

Most people like gummy bears, but only some of those people think about the history of those tasty treats. Have you ever thought about how those yummy gummy treats were made? If you want to learn more about gummy bears, then please keep on reading.

The first gummy bear was made by a man named Hans Riegel who worked for a candy company called Kleutgen & Meier. When he was 27, he decided to quit and start his own company. He named his company Haribo. He thought of the name Haribo by taking parts of words and putting them together. The ha in Haribo came from his first name, Hans, the ri came from his last name, Riegel, and the bo came from Bonn, his hometown. Isn't that interesting?!

At first he started to make hard candies, but when the gelatin candy started to get popular, he thought about making his own. After that, Hans Riegel made molds of dancing bears, mixed together some ingredients, and the gummy bears were created! His gummy bears were selling really well and tons of people bought them. Unfortunately, later on, Hans Riegel died in World war 2 but the gummy bears still sold very well.

Today gummy bears are still very popular and the Haribo company is still making more and more gummy candies. The Haribo company is a very popular gummy bear company. It is probably one of the most popular gummy bear companies. Now a different gummy bear company sells the world's largest gummy bear which is about 10 inches tall and weighs 5 pounds. They also sell the longest gummy worm which weighs 3 pounds and is 2 feet long. The largest gummy bear was hand made in the USA. It is larger than a football and it is about 1,400 times bigger than a regular gummy bear. If you want to see a picture of it, then please scroll up.

Here are almost all of the colors of the worlds largest gummy bears:

Red=cherry

Orange=orange

Clear/yellow=pineapple

Green=green apple

Blue=blue raspberry

Astro=a combination of red, yellow, and green

These are almost all of the regular gummy bear colors and flavors:

Red= cherry
Orange= orange
Yellow= lemon
Light green= lime
Green= sour apple
Blue= blue raspberry
Dark purple= grape
Clear/light yellow= pineapple
Pink= fruity bubblegum

Another Pink= strawberry
Brown= cola
Dark brown= cherry cola

Here are almost all of the gummy bear on a stick flavors.

Red= cherry

Orange= orange

Pineapple= light yellow

Green= green apple

Blue= blue Raspberry

Astro= a mixture of red, yellow, and green

How People Make Gummy Bears Now

#1. First, people sketch the gummy bear shape which are later carved into molds.

#2. Then they the mold through the starch powder machines to make starch powder mold pans.

#3. All of the ingredients are stirred up in a big boilers. They add colors and flavors to it to make them more tasty and more colorful.
#4. Then some pipes send it to the production room.

#5. Some nozzles squeeze the mixture into the molds. They sit for 3-5 days.

#6. People coat the gummy bears with beeswax so they don't stick together and so they get more shiny.

#7. The gummy bears are put in boxes waiting to be sent away to some candy stores.

Some people also made the gummy bear on a stick. The gummy bear on a stick is gluten free, weighs 1/2 pound, and is 4 inches tall not including the stick. 1 gummy bear on a stick = 88 regular gummy bears. The worlds largest gummy bear is the biggest, the gummy bear on a stick is medium sized, and the regular gummy bear is the smallest. There is a picture of all three up above.

A person names Tina Roth Eisenberg also made a gummy bear chandelier. The photo is up above. She Made it by hand in the U.S.A.

Interesting facts:

*The Trolli company spells the name gummy bear, and the Haribo company spells it gummi bear.

*Some companies make chocolate covered gummy bears.

*Two gummy bears used to be sold for a penny.

*The gummy candy idea most likely came from cold medicines from a long time ago.

*The first gummy bears always stuck together so the candy makers covered them in beeswax to make them less sticky and more shiny.

*The gummy bear was originally called the dancing bear or the gold bear.

*The bear is the most popular gummy candy.