The Jelly Belly Candy Company is a prominent maker of jelly beans and other candy. It was formerly the Herman Goelitz Candy Company before being renamed for their most popular product, "Jelly Belly" jelly beans. Goelitz was also the inventor of candy corn. The company is based in Fairfield, California.

Jelly Belly makes many naturally flavored beans, including pear, watermelon, root beer, and (their most popular flavor) buttered popcorn. The success of their brand led to a jelly-bean rennaissance, particularly when Ronald Reagan began keeping them on his desk in the White House.

Bernie Bott's Every Flavour Beans

Another Jelly Belly product of note is Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, which are named after a product featured in the Harry Potter series of children's books. As in the books, the jelly beans are in many unlikely flavors, including sardine, spinach, earwax, black pepper, horseradish, vomit, dirt, grass, and "booger" as well as more conventional flavors like green apple, chocolate, and watermelon. Additional flavors of the Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean mix have included soap, earthworm, and spaghetti.

Marinus van Dam

The person responsible for the creation and formulation of the Jellybelly brand of jellybeans was Marinus van Dam. He was born in Ooltgensplaat , Holland on October 24, 1929. He immigrated to the United States after obtaning a candy manufacturing degree in Holland. Soon went to work for the Herman Goelitz candy company after arriving in the U.S. and rose to the level of vice president before moving on to other companies and finally starting his own business Marich Confectionery.

When Marinus was asked how he developed the Jellybelly he answered that most jellybeans at the time were cheap candy that had a 56% sugar content and where sold as penny candy. All jelly beans started out wiht plain uncolored starch centers that were merely sweeted with sugar. Only the outer candy coating was colored and flavored. He though "How can I bring this candy to the adult market?" The solution was to greatly enhance the jellybeans so that they would appeal to everyone. The centers for the new jellybean were colored and flavored with real fruit juices and natural flavors. This flavor enhancing process was also used on outer candy shell. The finished Jellybelly contained about half the sugar of the regular jellybean, was more flavorfull and consequently helthier than the generic jellybeans sold at discount stores. Marinus passed away on January 6, 1997 but the company he created continues the legacy President Reagan loved so much.

Jelly Bellys

Jelly Belly gourmet jelly beans are made by the Jelly Belly Candy Company. First released in 1976 by the then Herman Goelitz Candy Co., the jelly beans used natural flavors. The first flavors included Very Cherry, Tangerine, Lemon, Green Apple, Grape, Licorice, Root Beer, and Cream Soda. Currently, there are 50 flavors which are as follows:

• A&W® Cream Soda
• A&W® Root Beer
• Berry Blue
• Blueberry
• Bubble Gum
• Buttered Popcorn
• Cafe Latte
• Cantaloupe
• Cappuccino
• Caramel Apple
• Caramel Corn
• Chocolate Pudding
• Cinnamon
• Coconut
• Cotton Candy
• Crushed Pineapple
• Dr Pepper®
• French Vanilla
• Grape Jelly
• Green Apple
• Island Punch
• Jalapeno
• Juicy Pear
• Kiwi
• Lemon
• Lemon Drop
• Lemon Lime
• Licorice
• Mango
• Margarita
• Orange Juice
• Orange Sherbet
• Peach
• Peanut Butter
• Pina Colada
• Pink Grapefruit
• Plum
• Raspberry
• Red Apple
• Sizzling Cinnamon
• Strawberry Cheesecake
• Strawberry Daiquiri
• Strawberry Jam
• Tangerine
• Toasted Marshmallow
• Top Banana
• Tutti-Fruitti
• Very Cherry
• Watermelon
• Wild Blackberry

JBz

JBz are a candy manufactured by the Jelly Belly Company. They are chocolate candies with a flavored shell, similar to M&Ms. The shell flavors are all based on Jelly Belly jelly bean flavors.

JBz Shell Flavors

• Apricot
• Blueberry
• Buttered Popcorn
• Cappuccino
• Coconut
• Cotton Candy
• Grape
• Green Apple
• Honey Graham Cracker
• Ice Blue Mint
• Juicy Pear
• Licorice
• Orange Juice
• Raspberry
• Sizzling Cinnamon
• Strawberry Cheesecake
• Toasted Marshmallow
• Top Banana
• Tutti-Fruitti
• Very Cherry

External link

• Jelly Belly Candy Company