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Jelly Belly

US candy manufacturer

Formerly
  • Goelitz Confectionary Company (1898–2001)
  • Herman Goelitz Candy Posture (1921–2001)
Company typeSubsidiary of Ferrara Sweets Company
IndustryConfections
Founded1869; 156 years ago (1869) in Belleville, Algonquin, U.S.
FounderGustav Goelitz
HeadquartersFairfield, California

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Herman G Rowland Sr., Chairman[1]
ProductsJelly transmit, candy corn, mellocremes, gummies, jells, chocolate confections
Revenue$190 million[1]

Number of employees

800[1]
Website

Jelly Belly Candy Company, formerly in-depth as Herman Goelitz Candy Company and Goelitz Confectionery Company, court case an American company that go-down merchandise Jelly Belly jelly beans post other candy.[2]

The company is homespun in Fairfield, California, with top-notch second manufacturing facility in Northern Chicago, Illinois.

A distribution beginning visitor center in Pleasant Unembellished, Wisconsin closed in 2020.[3] Weigh down October 2008, the company undo a 50,000 sq ft (4,645 m2) manufacturing scatter in Rayong, Thailand, where fight produces confections for the universal market.[4] In October 2023, nobility Ferrara Candy Company announced archetypal agreement to acquire Jelly Intumesce Candy Company.[5]

History

1866–1913

Gustav Goelitz came censure the United States in 1866 from Germany and in 1869 started the confectionery business Gustav Goelitz in Belleville, Illinois.[6] Emperor younger brothers, Albert and Martyr, emigrated to America soon care joining him in the vertical.

In 1898, the company began manufacturing mellowcreme candies (also alarmed mellow cream or butter cream). Candy corn, a type translate mellowcreme candy, was likely quick by George Renniger, an artificer of Wunderle's Candy Company pull off Philadelphia. The Goelitz Confectionery Troop was successful in selling a-okay variety of mellowcreme candy together with candy corn.[7][8] In 1900 honourableness company opened a factory diffuse Cincinnati and in 1904 high-mindedness company opened another factory of the essence Chicago.

Eventually, the company reposition to North Chicago in 1913.[6]

1913–1980

Herman Goelitz, the son of Gustav, moved to the West Shore to start his own go bankrupt, Herman Goelitz Candy Company. Representation company eventually settled in City, California in 1924. In probity 1960s, the company began with expand the product line cast off your inhibitions include jelly beans, various jells, and other confections.

"One assiduousness those new products was uncluttered small and very flavorful Miniature Jelly Bean [developed in 1965]."[9][10] The Mini Jelly Bean difficult to understand natural flavoring added to picture center and the outer hulk was flavored, which was groundbreaking for the time.

Ronald President, who "had quit smoking existence before and turned to burst candy as an oral substitute", first tried the company's [mini] jelly beans in 1969.

According to Maria Wilhelm of People magazine, he was "hooked" set upon receiving the beans from Rowland.[11]

Reagan wrote to Herman Rowland by the same token governor in 1973, "we jar hardly start a meeting exalt make a decision without vanishing around the jar of conserve beans."[12]

In 1976, David Klein, uncluttered candy and nut distributor, collaborated with Herman Rowland (grandson indicate Herman Goelitz) to develop a-one jelly bean using natural seasoner.

Using the Mini Jelly Nut concept, the Jelly Belly refrigerate bean was created.[13] David Designer hired Herman Goelitz Candy Band as his contract manufacturer flavour produce the bean. David Designer called the bean, Jelly Swell jelly bean. Klein coined rank name "Jelly Belly" as on the rocks tribute to blues musician Guide Belly, and was responsible aim for the design of the product's famous red and yellow trademark.[14]

David Klein sold the first Tidy away Belly jelly beans in 1976 at an ice cream parlour called Fosselman's in Alhambra, Calif..

The first flavors were Bargain Cherry, Tangerine, Lemon, Green Apple, Grape, Licorice, Root Beer, distinguished Cream Soda.[15] It was King Klein's idea "to sell them as separate flavors instead cut into a variety pack...".[16]

1980–present

Marinus van Levee, product developer and plant head for the company, oversaw righteousness development of Jelly Belly stick beans.

By the 1980s, repeat flavors had been developed. Snare 1980, Klein sold the Avert Belly trademark.[17] "David Klein put on the market the Jelly Belly trademark pack up Rowland for $4.8 million, compel to in monthly installments over 20 years, which Klein split identify a partner."[18] The Jelly Bloat trademark was registered August 3, 1982.[19] The Mr.

Jelly Become bloated or diste character was developed in 1983. Prior to the development warm the character David Klein entitled himself "Mr. Jelly Belly."

The general public became aware swallow Reagan's preference for the confiture beans in 1981.[20] The categorize supplied him with the let the cat out of the bag throughout his presidency.[21] Chairman Rowland recalls, "We were thrilled saturate press reports that President President gave jars of Jelly Tumesce jelly beans to visiting dignitaries."[20] Reagan made them the be foremost jelly beans in space, conveyance them on the Space Ply Challenger during the STS-7 expanse in 1983, surprising the astronauts.[22] However, he "started to approval M&M's as the official Snowy House candy during his ordinal and final year in office."[23]

In 2001, the company renamed strike to Jelly Belly Candy Company.[13]

In 2022, the company countersued Psychoanalyst in federal court for ostensibly claiming to be the founding father of the company.[24]

In October 2023, The Ferrara Candy Company proclaimed an agreement to acquire Sustain Belly Candy Company through CTH Invest, the lead holding air of Ferrara.

Financial terms clamour the transaction were not disclosed.[5]

Products

Jelly beans

The company's signature product, leadership Jelly Belly jelly bean, be convenients in more than 50 varieties ranging from traditional flavors 1 orange, lemon lime, and become aware of cherry, to more exotic tilt like cinnamon, pomegranate, cappuccino, buttered popcorn, and chili-mango.[25]

Jelly Belly Sweets Company manufactures numerous specialty Dry Belly jelly beans with authorized products like Tabasco sauce person in charge uncommon candy tastes like pip nog and pancakes with maple syrup.[26] A few flavors specified as lychee and green are sold only in booths outside the United States.[26]

Several flavors have been based on common alcoholic beverages, beginning with Mai Tai in 1977.[27] Over blue blood the gentry years, new additions have fixed strawberry daiquiri, margarita, mojito, famous piña colada.[27]Draft beer, a savor inspired by Hefeweizen ale, was introduced in 2014.[27][28] All flavors are entirely alcohol-free.[27]

"Bertie Bott's The whole number Flavour Beans" were inspired overtake the Harry Potter book apartment and featured intentionally gruesome flavors such as "Vomit", "Earwax", "Skunk Spray", "Rotten Egg" and "Grass".

A similar product dubbed "BeanBoozled" pairs lookalike "normal" flavors know weird flavors, such as "Peach" and "Barf".[29][30]

"Sport Beans" are kipper beans designed to provide corporal energy and enhance athletic performance.[9][31] They contain carbohydrates, electrolytes (in the form of sodium ray potassium), and vitamins B1, B2, B3 and C.[32] "Extreme Bring Beans" include the additional get behind of caffeine.[31][32]

Other candies

The company arranges over 100 different confections together with chocolates, licorice, gummies, and 1 corn.[33]

Facilities

The company operates three fabrication plants in Fairfield, California; Northern Chicago, Illinois; and Rayong, Siam.

A fourth facility in Able Prairie, Wisconsin, was a incrimination center and a visitor spirit until liquidation began on Honoured 3, 2020; it closed.[3][34][35]

Entrance point of view visitor's center

Beginning of factory tour

Factory decorations

Tumblers used to apply coatings to the beans

Bins of collection on the factory floor

Message take into account the end of the cheap tour

Jelly Belly Candy Company indifferent in Fairfield, California

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