Haribo’s popular soothers in the sour cola flavour.

Did you know this about Haribo? Haribo was originally a small sweets company and it’s started by Hans Riegel. Haribo name actually comes from his name HAns RIegel BOnn. Born in Friesdorf near Bonn in 1893, Hans Riegel trains to be a confectioner and becomes a partner in the Heinen & Riegel company. He founds HARIBO on 13 December 1920 and launches his sweets production in a small kitchen with nothing more than a sack of sugar, a marble slab, a stool, a stove, a copper pot and a rolling pin. His wife Gertrud was the company’s first employee in 1921.