Haribo ( ) is a German confectionery company founded by

Hans Riegel Sr. Johannes "Hans" Riegel Sr. (4 April 1893 – 31 March 1945) was a German confectioner who invented the gummy bear in 1922 and founded the Haribo Haribo ( ) is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr.. It began in Kessenich, B ...

. It began in

Kessenich, Bonn Kessenich is a district of the former German capital city Bonn. It is best known for the German confectionery company Haribo. Geography Kessenich is one of the southern districts of the Stadtbezirk ''Bonn'' in Bonn, with Venusberg and Poppelsdor ...

, Germany. The name "Haribo" is a

syllabic abbreviation An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbrevia ...

formed from Hans Riegel Bonn. The company created the first

gummy candy Gummies, gummi candies, gummy candies, or jelly sweets are a broad category of gelatin-based chewable sweets. Gummi bears, Sour Patch Kids, and Jelly Babies are widely popular and are a well-known part of the sweets industry. Gummies are availabl ...

in 1960 in the form of little

gummy bear Gummy bears (German: ''Gummibär'') are small, fruit gum candies, similar to a jelly baby in some English-speaking countries. The candy is roughly long and shaped in the form of a bear. The gummy bear is one of many gummies, popular gelat ...

s called ''Gummibärchen''. The current headquarters are in

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, Germany.

History

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