I've complained about the fake consistency of Haribo (Hans Riegel, quick Bonn) liquorice before (thi

I've complained about the fake consistency of Haribo (Hans Riegel, quick Bonn) liquorice before (this has been followed by the reshaping of one kind of Cadbury's Dairy Milk in diarrhoea-like blobs - see pictures in the Daily Mail here ). It may seem churlish quick to repeat it after the death of Hans Riegel, the founder of Haribo, this week. But immediately I saw the heading in the Guardian online: ' Haribo: an addict's story ', I knew there must be a German behind it. And of course, it is Philip Oltermann, apparently quick now living in Berlin. I've written about Oltermann's book here before too. I think it is all very well for him to write about Germany for the Guardian, but should he be praising a firm that has taken over some confectionery it doesn't understand? I don't mind the gummy bears (although it seems Haribo actually has the temerity to produce jelly babies). The story does have a legal aspect, though, since the yellow gummy bear is called the Goldbär and Lindt tried to enforce this name for their gold-foil bear . The German confectionery giant has managed to engrain itself in Britain's sweetshop psyche in a remarkable way. Unfortunately. I wouldn't have minded eating the jelly Holy Family, though.
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