The brand name Haribo may not immediately ring any familiarity alarm bells, but you've probably sampled some of its product, even unknowingly. This German candy company began in 1920 when Hans Riegel ...

Matthew Beverley, an electrical engineer in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada, is known to keep a bag of Haribo gummy candy on his bedside table. There is usually a bag or two in his desk at work.

In 1920, Hans Riegel got into the candy business, and borrowed his name for his new company — Haribo (HAns RIegel BOnn). In 1922, Haribo launched the Dancing Bear gummy, and the rest became a super ...