Gummy Day

 

‘Named after its founder and his home town – HAns-RIegel-BOnn – Haribo, inventor of the “gummi” candy is in many ways the ultimate family business. Hans Riegel inherited the recipe from his father, who created the first gummy bear (originally known as the “dance bear”) in 1922, a year before Riegel junior was born.

‘Legend has it that Riegel senior came up with the first part of the company slogan (“Haribo macht Kinder froh” / “Haribo makes children happy”), and his son completed it several years after his death (“… und Erwachsene ebenso” / “… and adults too”).

‘Even after expanding abroad in the 60s and cracking America in the early 80s, Riegel continued to operate at the heart of the business, seeking inspiration for new confectionery creations by reading comic books, watching kids’ TV and playing PlayStation in his 80s. Management advisers were frowned upon and rumoured interest from Warren Buffett in 2008 was never pursued. In one of his last interviews, Riegel said: “No investor. No shares. No bonds.”

‘Economically, his reign has been a success. According to Haribo’s estimates, the company’s 15 factories in nine European countries produce around 100 million gummy bears a day. The company logged a turnover of just under €620m in 2011. Until his death, Forbes listed Riegel as Germany’s 32rd richest man.

‘But such an autocratic business model had downsides, too. Riegel was known for opening and reading his managers’ letters, sometimes in front of the entire assembled staff. His desire to remain in the driving seat was symbolised by the fact that he continued to drive his own liquorice-black helicopter deep into his 80s.

‘Not all Riegel’s creations will find their place in the Candy Hall of Greats next to the humble gold bear, the sinful red cherry and my seedy Piratos coin. A liquorice spinning top that excited its inventor was a flop with the kids in the company-run kindergarten where Riegel liked to test his products. A Christmas-themed holy family made from gelatine was condemned by the Catholic church. And Riegel’s one-off gum for the 2006 carnival season, the “arse with ears”, remains a collector’s item only.’ — Philip Oltermann, The Guardian

 

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How Gummi Worms are Made

To make gummy candies, they use what are called “printing boards”, large sheets with raised shapes.

To make these gummy candies, they melt the board on a stamping machine.

The machine then stamps the worm shape on trays made of corn starch.

This creates a series of corn starch molds for the gummy worms.

While that’s going on, another machine mixes gelatin, sugar, corn syrup, color and flavor and cooks the mixture at 240 degrees.

A machine called “the Depositer” pours the mixture into the corn starch board molds.

The molds then go into a refrigerated room.

In 12-15 hours, the candies cool and solidify.

A machine then flips the candies out of the trays. The corn starch molds disintegrate. As they fall downwards, the machine sifts out the lumps, then recycles the used corn starch into new corn starch trays for the next batch.

The candies go through a cleaner. As they spin, air nozzles blast off the excess corn starch.

Onto the next drum.

The next drum coats the candies with mineral oil to make them shiny.

Believe it or not, some fisherman actually use these candies as bait.

Before packaging the candy, the workers weed out any that are stretched out or stuck together.

 

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As of August 28th, you can now use a 3D printer to produce custom candy gummies in Berlin. The world’s first 3D candy printer, “Magic Candy Factory,” had been in development for over a year through German company Katjes Fassin’s UK subsidiary, and can print gummies in 3-10 minutes; competing machines take up to an hour. The machine uses fruit puree and vegetarian gels to produce 12 shapes in 10 colors and flavors, weighing between 15g and 20g.

 

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Who doesn’t love gummy bears? That feeling when the edible kicks in like a bat of hell and the tiniest of grins whips across your face like a soft breeze. Most folks fill their belly’s with chocolate, cookies, and brownies, so Dablione figured lets switch it up with some Rockstar gummy bears. Lets break it down on how to make some cannabis infused gummy bears. Ingredients and items required: 4 packs of unflavored Gelatin, 1 package of flavor gelatin, 3 Gummy bear molds – (found at local candy store), Water, 1/4 cup coconut oil, 12 grams of rosin chips, Coffee Filter, Double boiler (2 small pots that fit snug and boiling water), Glass measuring cup, PAM.

 

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Gummi Bath

 

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At 8.5 inches tall and 4.5 inches wide, these adorably morbid Gummi Bear Skeleton Candles go from “cute” to “fuzzy” to “fierce” to “pure evil,” as designer Robert Scott, founder of San Francisco-based company Skeleton Candles, puts it. Their lifespan is 100 hours of burning. The fate of the remaining charred skeleton is up to you.

 

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Dicks By Mail is similar in concept to the ‘Ship Your Enemies Glitter’ site that took the world by storm earlier this year and then sadly turned out to be an elaborate joke. The site explains how it works: ‘Once your order is processed an anonymous package will be sent to your target containing two things; A 5oz bag of delicious gummy candy penises, and a note exclaiming ‘EAT A BAG OF DICKS’. Nothing More. Nothing Less.’

 

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Many women today are excited to learn more and more about the breakthroughs in the cosmetic industry, helping them looking younger and beautiful. The new kid on the block, Gummy Bear breast implant, is a unique type of silicone breast implant. It has the ability to form with your breast, giving you natural looking results when receiving a breast augmentation. The Gummy Bear implant is currently made by three different companies, Allergan, Mentor and Sientra. These unique form holding implants were approved by the FDA after eight-year clinical trials with each company. The testing included over 1,800 women from each trial, some of which Dr. Schwartz was involved in.

 

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The internet is full of many a weird thing. One of these weird things is the trend of re-creating bottled beverages in gummy candy form and slowly slicing them up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Belgian filmmaker Alina Kneepkens created the short film below that shows ― in grim detail ― the way many gummy candies are made. Kneepkens unrolls the footage in reverse, starting with the finished candy before revealing its gory inception.

 

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