gummy bear
Sign in to saveAlso known as gummi bear, gummy bears, gummi bears
fruit gum candy shaped in the form of a bear
Key facts
- Type
- Gummy candy
- Place of origin
- Germany
- Created by
- Hans Riegel Sr.
- Main ingredients
- Gelatin , sugar , glucose syrup , starch , flavoring , food coloring , citric acid
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Gummi bears
- different from
- Golden Bear
- inception
- 1922-00-00
- native label
- Gummibär
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Encyclopedic overview
Gummy bears (German: Gummibärchen) are small, fruit gum candies, similar to a jelly baby in some English-speaking countries. The candy is roughly 2 cm (0.8 in) long and shaped in the form of a bear. The gummy bear is one of many gummies, popular gelatin-based candies sold in a variety of shapes and colors by various brands such as Haribo.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “gummy bear” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.