Gummi Candy

A Gummi bear (sometimes spelled gummy bear) is a small, rubbery-textured confectionery, roughly two centimeters long, shaped in the form of a bear. more...

Variations

The success of Gummi Bears has spawned many gummi animals and objects: worms, frogs, hamburgers, cherries, cola bottles, sharks, hippos, lobsters, octopuses, apples, peaches, oranges, and even Ampelmännchen and Smurfs.

History

The Gummi Bear originates from Germany where it is hugely popular under the name Gummibär (help·info) (rubber bear) or Gummibärchen (help·info) (little rubber bear). The German company Haribo from Bonn first produced bear-shaped sweets in 1922 and introduced its "Gold-Bear" product in the 1960s. Trolli is another well-known gummi candy manufacturer and was the first to introduce gummi worms in 1981.

Ingredients

The traditional Gummi Bear is made from sugar, glucose syrup, starch, flavouring, food coloring, citric acid, and gelatin. There are also some types of Gummi Bears made with pectin or starch instead of gelatin, making them suitable for vegans.

Gummi bears made with either bovine or porcine gelatine are not suitable for vegetarians and do not conform to kashrut or halal dietary laws. Those made with bovine gelatine are not suitable for Hindus.

Large sour bears are larger and flatter than Gummi Bears, have a softer texture, and include fumaric acid or other acid ingredients to produce a sour flavor. Some manufacturers produce sour bears with a different texture, based on starch instead of gelatin. Typically, starch produces a shorter (cleaner bite, less chewy) texture than gelatin.

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