page_title: Haribo
section_title: UK presence
hierarchical_section_title: Haribo / UK presence
caption_attribution_description: English: Haribo Sweets Factory - Sessions House Yard
context_page_description: Haribo is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr. It began in Kessenich, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The name "Haribo" is an acronym formed from Hans Riegel Bonn. The company created the first gummy candy in 1922 in the form of little gummy bears called Gummibärchen. The current headquarters is in Grafschaft, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  The Landesmuseum Koblenz created a travelling exhibition about the history of Haribo in 2006. The Haribo Licorice A/S founded in 1935 in Faxe in Denmark, 1935, 85 years ago.
context_section_description: Haribo's key brands in the UK are Starmix, Tangfastics, Supermix, and Maoam, with Maoam being its own line of chewy sweets. They were once the distributor of Pez products in the United Kingdom, but this is no longer the case. Haribo makes Pontefract Cakes at their factory in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, and other locations.
caption: Haribo factory in Pontefract.
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