In 1922, much of the German government and population was very concerned about how to make or how to get out of making reparation payments for World War I as outlined by the Treaty of Versailles. But not Germany's Hans Riegel Bonn. He was up to his elbows in gelatin, corn starch, corn syrup and sugar inventing the gummi bear and naming the company that would make them, Haribo, after himself (Hans Riegel Bonn). The first U.S.-made gummi bears would not hit the shelves until 1981, although gummi bears were imported for many years prior. Today, gummi worms outsell gummi bears.
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