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History

The Henry Heide Candy Company was founded in 1869 by Henry Heide, who immigrated to the United States from

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Jujyfruits Jujyfruits are a chewy, gumdrop-like starch-based candy, manufactured by Heide Candy Company, a subsidiary of Ferrara Candy Company. Jujyfruits began production in 1920. They were popular in movie houses along with Heide's other gummy candy, Juj ...

began production in 1920. Original flavors included lilac, violet, rose, spearmint, and lemon. Rose and spearmint have been changed to cherry and lime, as a result of flavor availability." The current flavor lineup is lemon (yellow), anise (black), orange (orange), lime (green), and raspberry (red). They were popular in movie houses along with Heide's other gummy candy,

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. On December 13, 1931, Henry Heide died in

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. Henry's son, Andrew Heide, took over the business and became the company's fourth president in 1957. He moved the production facility from Hudson Street in New York City to New Brunswick, New Jersey. Andrew died on December 23, 1995. Andrew's son, Philip Heide, joined the company in 1964, rising through the ranks from sales manager/bakery and marketing and merchandising manager to executive vice-president. Philip sold Henry Heide, Inc., to

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in 1995. In 2002, Farley's & Sathers Candy Co., Inc. acquired the Heide brand and its products, including

, from Hershey Foods. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Farley's & Sathers merged with Ferrara Pan of Chicago in 2012, forming the

Products

* Sour Jujyfruits * Red Hot Dollars * Red Raspberry Dollars * Black Licorice Dollars * Gummi Bears * Chocolate Babies * Buck Private candy bar

External links

Ferrara Candy product page
Farley's & Sathers Candy Company brands Candy {{Confectionery-stub