{"product_id":"haribo-berries","title":"Haribo Berries","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"content-element\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch1\u003eHARIBO gummies: Happy, chewy and delicious!\u003c\/h1\u003e\r\\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003eWhen it comes to the invention of confectionery, people have always been full of bright ideas. But the road to the invention of the first gummies was a long one. The ancient Greeks and Romans valued, in particular, baked goods sweetened with date juice or honey or laced with grape juice. In the Middle Ages, aromatic spiced breads and gingerbreads of all kinds were favored. Finally, in the 16\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century, seafarers brought the cocoa bean from Central America to Europe and this was soon developed into a refined ingredient for the manufacture of sweet things.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-element\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch2\u003eCane sugar – a luxury product\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003eThe appearance of sugar in the list of European ingredients was of course the decisive milestone in the history of sweets. The cane sugar imported at the turn of the first millennium from the Arabic countries via Venice to Europe was, however, initially an expensive luxury good. Only the nobility and the rich were able to use it as a sweetener or as medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-element\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch2\u003eBeet sugar brings luxury and democracy\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003eIt was much later that the wider population gained access to the luxury of sugar. At the beginning of the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century the recently developed beet sugar production process began to take off. As of the middle of the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century, (beet) sugar increasingly became an affordable daily foodstuff.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-element\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch2\u003eGummi arabicum – the key gummi ingredient\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003eIn the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century, smart confectioners discovered that it was possible to mix sugar with Gummi arabicum, the resin of a particular acacia tree. The raw resin was boiled up with sugar and fruit and other flavorings to create the first soft gummies – the predecessors of the famous HARIBO\u003csup\u003e® \u003c\/sup\u003egummies.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-element\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch2\u003eGelatin and starch – the alternatives to Gummi arabicum\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003eThese ingredients have long since changed and for many years, gummi products like the famous GOLD-BEARS\u003csup\u003e®\u003c\/sup\u003e from HARIBO\u003csup\u003e®\u003c\/sup\u003e have contained gelatin rather than Gummi arabicum. This ingredient achieves a softer consistency and a more enjoyable chewing experience and flavor. Some gummi products are also made with starch.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-element\"\u003e\r\\n\u003ch2\u003eIngredients\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003eHARIBO\u003csup\u003e®\u003c\/sup\u003e has high demands with regard to the quality of basic ingredients used in their products. Only absolutely perfect raw materials are used in HARIBO products. Gummi products are made from a mixture of glucose syrup (makes them transparent), sugar and dextrose (for sweetness) and gelatin (for the “chew”). Added to this mixture are fruit and plant extracts, flavors, colors and a little citric acid.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\\n\r\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Haribo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48231836221676,"sku":"ca70522","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0846\/8083\/5308\/files\/HariboBerries5x5.jpg?v=1787671484","url":"https:\/\/yummygift.com\/products\/haribo-berries","provider":"Yummy Gift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}