Haribo Goldbears, the world’s first gummy bears

Re:Haribo Goldbears, the world’s first gummy bears by TedDoesntTalk on Monday May 30, 2022 @09:40PM (#31565355)

Is is somewhat remarkable how many successful candy companies are German or have German roots. I wonder why. My own great grandparents, who were German, worked as chocolatiers.

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Re:Haribo Goldbears, the world’s first gummy bears by pvg on Monday May 30, 2022 @10:57PM (#31565701)

It's certainly not the only thing but it helps to have developed things like an urban, non-agrarian middle class fairly early. It churns out more specialized artisans and the customers for their wares.

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Re:Haribo Goldbears, the world’s first gummy bears by Lio on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @03:05AM (#31566843)

I would guess that having an established pork processing industry also helped as a ready supply of gelatine byproduct.

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Re:Haribo Goldbears, the world’s first gummy bears by jamiek88 on Monday May 30, 2022 @10:42PM (#31565622)

Chemistry and food are very similar and Germany was/is the world leader in that.

Most chemists can read German as a result.

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Re:Haribo Goldbears, the world’s first gummy bears by pbj1968 on Monday May 30, 2022 @11:25PM (#31565821)

Lol no.

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