{"id":223385,"date":"2023-04-18T08:31:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T12:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=283870"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:29:00","slug":"haribo-and-their-jelly-beans-have-been-fooling-us-for-100-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/haribo-and-their-jelly-beans-have-been-fooling-us-for-100-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Deception: How Haribo&#8217;s Jelly Beans Have Been Fooling Us for a Century!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haribo was <strong>founded in Germany on December 13, 1920<\/strong>. That is why it is now a whopping 102 years old. And during all this time it has fooled us with the flavor of the green-flavored gummy bear.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"TikTok\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/25d01a14-3485-42e7-a253-e5050ac51dd1\/3735921813\/tik-tok-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">TikTok<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/tik-tok.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/tik-tok.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">this fact has haunted my brain for years <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJKBewm75u\">pic.twitter.com\/aJKBewm75u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; shehicular womanslaughter (@yanmeigoreng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yanmeigoreng\/status\/1639469831085858816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reddit-the-official-app.en.softonic.com\/android?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A post that has appeared on Reddit<\/a> shows a Haribo bag that identifies the flavor of each bear by its color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while most consumers would associate the green bear with a green apple, lime or even watermelon flavor, <strong>the reality is that this bear tastes like\u2026 strawberry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Sabores-de-Haribo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Sabores-de-Haribo.jpg 652w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Sabores-de-Haribo-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Sabores-de-Haribo-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Sabores-de-Haribo-150x166.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if that wasn&#8217;t enough, they also learned that <strong>Hans Riegel, who founded the company in 1920, named Haribo after the first two letters of his first name, his last name and the city where he was born<\/strong>, namely Bonn, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it is the surprising taste of the green gummy bear that has caused a sugar rush on social networks as we can see below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Haribo&#039;s Gold-Bears | &quot;Flavor&quot;\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5MgPnSffeAY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Twenty years of life and only now have I realized that the green Haribo jelly bean is strawberry flavored.&#8221; &#8220;No one has asked, but the flavor of green Haribo jelly beans is strawberry and I find it misleading.&#8221; &#8220;Am I the only one who didn&#8217;t know that green Haribo jelly beans are strawberry flavored and not lime?&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">we have Twitter up to the top<\/a> with these questions from fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But here comes the twist that no one saw coming: the green strawberry-flavored teddy bear only occurs in the United States<\/strong>. In England, Germany or Spain, the green teddy bear is for apple flavor. Why? Because we have to be normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@crawscreations\/video\/7220489284355198251\" data-video-id=\"7220489284355198251\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@crawscreations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@crawscreations?refer=embed\">@crawscreations<\/a> <p>In the USA, Haribo Green Gummy Bears are strawberry flavored <a title=\"gummybear\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/gummybear?refer=embed\">#gummybear<\/a> <a title=\"haribo\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/haribo?refer=embed\">#haribo<\/a> <a title=\"foodfacts\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foodfacts?refer=embed\">#foodfacts<\/a> <a title=\"funfacts\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/funfacts?refer=embed\">#funfacts<\/a> <a title=\"strawberry\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/strawberry?refer=embed\">#strawberry<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Robstercraw - Robstercraw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Robstercraw-7220489688057105198?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Robstercraw &#8211; Robstercraw<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this way, <strong>Americans have discovered that they live in a simulation or a lie, where the color green represents the taste of strawberries<\/strong>, while the rest of the world keeps the color red to reflect the taste of strawberries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We do not know if it is a cultural issue or because they do not like acidic flavors like apple<\/strong>, but the reality is that this discovery is ruining the lives of millions of American Haribo fans.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"TikTok\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/25d01a14-3485-42e7-a253-e5050ac51dd1\/3735921813\/tik-tok-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">TikTok<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/tik-tok.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/tik-tok.en.softonic.com\/?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Reddit thread has discovered the true taste of Haribo green bears. 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