The brand name Haribo may not immediately ring any familiarity alarm bells, but you've probably sampled some of its product, even unknowingly. This German candy company began in 1920 when Hans Riegel ...

In 1920, Hans Riegel got into the candy business, and borrowed his name for his new company — Haribo (HAns RIegel BOnn). In 1922, Haribo launched the Dancing Bear gummy, and the rest became a super ...

Matthew Beverley, an electrical engineer in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada, is known to keep a bag of Haribo gummy candy on his bedside table. There is usually a bag or two in his desk at work.

Haribo has been making candy for over a century, so they've had a long time to get it right. The German company expanded to the U.S. in the 1980s, and by 2022 were selling $449 million worth of gummy ...