1) HARIBO was founded by Hans Riegel in Bonn, Germany in 1920.
2) HARIBO is the acronym that comprises the founder’s name and the city in which the company was born (Bonn, Germany): HAns RIegel BOnn.
3) HARIBO invented the gummi bear in 1922.
4) HARIBO gummies were first created in a small, family kitchen using a sack of sugar, a marble block, brick oven, copper kettle and a rolling pin.