Jelly Belly, also known as the weird jelly bean, was named one of the 100 largest confectioners in the world in 2019 by trade magazine Candy Industry. Born in 1869, Jelly Belly is an old American gel bean, wrapped in sugar coating with an inner sugar heart, shaped like a bean, and has a gelry feeling in the mouth, while Chinese consumers' impression of its quirky hunting comes more from "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
There are hundreds of flavors of Jelly Belly Jelly Beans around the world, and its unique kidney bean shape and soft texture are praised, and the Hunting Taste is even more impressive, realistic and even disgusting, which is the main reason why Jelly Beans are called weird jelly beans. For special flavors of gel beans, a separate configuration is required, and the boogers gel beans, which are famous for the Harry Potter films, have a unique earthy flavor of Northern California. This particular smell is analysed by gas chromatography, simulated by the R&D team, and finally verified by tasters before it can be released to the market.
Jelly Belly is not only exquisite in taste, but also very strict in the process of jelly beans, each process needs to stand for a total of 7 to 14 days to complete. Fruits and vegetables are extracted to blend the taste and color of the syrup, such as the peach pulp used in the peach flavor, and the color is natural and pure. The mixed candy mixture is solidified in the mold, and after the mold is demolded, the jelly bean candy core with different flavors is evenly spread by the sugar maker with syrup and white sugar to form a soft candy coating to protect the candy core from leakage. At this time, the gel beans are about 1.5 cm long, fluffy on the outside and soft on the inside, and finally sprayed with the "Jelly Belly" logo. Each gel bean contains 4 calories, and each serving (25) has about 100 calories, with a variety of funny flavors, perfect for party fun.
At President Reagan's inauguration, about 2.5 tons of jelly beans were consumed, and even became Reagan's quit smoking substitute in the office, once nicknamed "Reagan beans".
The most popular among Chinese consumers are the Bewildered Strange Beans and Harry Potter Bibi Multi Beans, the former is a tricky version, replacing the normal and weird taste of the gel beans with the same appearance, which is incomprehensible, and the latter has the blessing of the Harry Potter series of movies, including vomit smell, boogie smell, earthy flavor and other flavors, the price of a single pack of 56 grams is 26 yuan, which is not cost-effective, but full of fun.
In China, Jelly Belly Jelly Beans are generally produced in factories in Thailand and sold through e-commerce platforms, while in the United States, you can choose your own flavors in physical stores.