When was jelly belly invented

What comes in a nearly endless supply of flavors and colors, contains about 4 calories, has two days named after it, and has been an important part of Easter baskets, holiday gifts and other events for decades? Jelly beans are made primarily of sugar and corn syrup, thickened with cornstarch. No one really knows when jelly beans were invented, but the idea has its origin in Turkish Delight.

Also known as lokum loh-KOOM , this Middle Eastern jelly candy covered in powdered sugar or cornstarch has been around since biblical times. Over time, jelly beans would become more popular than their predecessors…but not until , when Boston confectioner William Schrafft urged people to send his jelly beans to soldiers in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In , jelly beans were advertised in the Chicago Daily News at 9 cents a pound. Jelly beans eventually become associated with the Easter holiday in the s, probably due to their egg-shaped appearance.

The array of flavors expanded to 40 in the s, as America discovered its now-President Reagan was a fan. The Herman Goelitz Candy Company relocated to Fairfield, California, in and began offering public tours shortly thereafter. This was around the time the company opened a second public tour at its plant in Pleasant Prairie, just outside Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the company itself was renamed Jelly Belly Candy Company. The inauguration featured red, white, and blue Jelly Beans in fact, a blueberry flavor was created for the very occasion , and that was just the start.

Regular Jelly Belly shipments went to the White House during Reagan's two terms, and he was known to pass a jar around before meetings. It was as much a welcoming gesture as an information gathering one, by some accounts. The relationship was good for the Jelly Belly sellers, too. More and more were added over time, as well as more categories of flavors. Buttered Popcorn, the first savory flavor, came out in , and a series of sour beans were released in The total number of flavors created over the years tops , according to the company.

Today, there are around 50 official flavors. It appears there's always room for more, however, and collaborations are fair game as well. Jelly Belly has made flavors with the likes of Dr. To keep fans in the loop, the company has a " new flavors " page on the Jelly Belly website to let fans know about any new additions.

The Goelitz family included the family name when they opened their first candy company at the turn of the 20th century.

That name stayed for more than a hundred years through mergers, changes in location, and split headquarters. Then, in , the two merged and took on the name of their most popular product to officially become the Jelly Belly Candy Company, according to the company history.

The change in name didn't necessarily mean a change in focus — the company notes that the Jelly Belly Candy Company made more than types of candy at the time — but it did reflect what product most of the brand's sales came from. Herman G. Rowland Sr. Rowland was the chairman of the board at Jelly Belly Candy Company when he made the donation.

The donation came back to haunt the company in after actress Anna Kendrick tweeted , "Just randomly discovered Jelly Belly donated to anti-trans-students campaign in Know any good alternatives for my jelly bean cravings? The backlash never caused a big enough reaction for any business changes to take place, however, as Rowland is the chairman of the board to this day. When you think of what a Jelly Belly can do for you, "increase athletic performance" probably isn't what first comes to mind.

But that just means you aren't eating the right Jelly Belly jelly beans. Sport Beans jelly beans are designed for athletes and are filled with carbohydrates, electrolytes, and vitamins B1, B2, B3, and C. There are more than 20 different types of Sports Beans with different attributes, including Energizing Jelly Beans that are loaded with caffeine "to help fuel the body during intense exercise.

The company had a long-running cycling team up until Not everyone is going along with the health aspects of Sport Beans, though. Jelly Belly's response: "This is nonsense. Reagan's love for Jelly Bellys didn't just put the candy in the White House, it put them in space, too.

A stockpile of jelly beans was loaded on the space shuttle Challenger in along with the first American woman astronaut, Sally Ride, by request of President Reagan, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The red, yellow, black, and white beans came straight from the president in a plastic zip-lock bag with "Compliments of the White House" written on it, according to a UPI news report at the time.

It was great publicity for Jelly Belly and also appeared to be great fun for the astronauts. Television cameras caught the astronauts tossing the beans into zero gravity and catching them in their mouths. Official photos from the trip captured the beans in the hands of the astronauts as well.

Co-pilot Frederick Hauck reportedly tossed them to Ride and astronaut John Fabian, and the UPI story details that Hauck was photographed making a "famous grab" out of the air as well. Jelly Belly isn't alone in candy space endeavors.

There's just about every flavor of Jelly Belly imaginable, but it took until for the company to release a beer flavored bean. Corporate Members receive a listing in our Member Directory, the right to nominate up to 10 representatives, and 8 vouchers that may be used at our Monthly Luncheons a value of THB 8, Members are entitled to one vote. Associate Company Status is available for companies without registration in Thailand.

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