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As I understand it, Black jellybeans are flavoured with anethol which is an oil derived from Anise, Star Anise and fennel. I'm fairly sure that Licorice does not contain this compound, though it is somewhat similar in taste if you have nothing to compare it to. KristiaanJ (talk) 03:50, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some information that I would like to see added to this (and *many* other pages): what are the machines used in making Jelly Beans? What do they look like? Who makes them? This might need to become seperate articles, but they should at least be linked from this page. In general there is a very little information on the web about such capital equipment. --David Battle 20:39, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This article is little more than an advertisement. -- Zoe

hey, i'm a jelly bean and my name is Margret. I have been a jelly bean for only two days now, and twice i have narrowly escaped being eaten. well i have to go now!! bibi -Margret —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.129.113 (talk) 16:19, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm.... I hadn't thought about it that way. I just did this up tonight because my friend and I made the jelly bean page and she used to work for the Jelly Belly company... perhaps the salient points might be moved to the jelly bean article and this page voided? -- Dante Alighieri

It does need more info for balance but it at least has a good definition and is on a topic we want to cover in Wikipedia. --mav

I moved most of the content about the specific company to Jelly Belly. -- Infrogmation 15:30, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I still say the pink jellybeans are some kind of floral, perfumey, flavoring, not strawberry. Rose would make the most sense because it tastes about right, and the original Turkish Delight was made with rosewater. Im talking about the bags of store-brand jellybeans that have been that way for as long as i can remember, not spiced or gourmet ones. This could, of course, be a regional thing. I'm in the Northeast US. Strawberry may be the default flavor for pink somewhere else. 141.154.25.95 01:35, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and the white ones are almost always vanilla unless its some specialty assortment. 141.154.25.95 01:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Coconut! 98.246.183.207 (talk) 09:18, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Doctor Who ate "jelly babies" not jelly beans. These are not just a UK version of jelly beans, but a different sweet, made of slightly different stuff and in the shape of a baby (yes, we eat babies :) - so that reference is incorrect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.22.89.2 (talk) 14:01, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Someone dropped a school essay into the article. Perhaps parts are useful, so I put it here: -SCEhardT 20:37, 29 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The shell of the jelly beans is made from a precess calle Panning. Panning, is a process that has been done the same way for over 300 years, even though, now a days it’s done by a machine. Rocking almonds back and forth, in a bowl filed with syrup, and sugar until almonds are coated in a candy shell does this process. (Jellybeans shells are done like this, almonds are just an example).

There’s a long process in which jellybeans are made. First, the jelly center is made. They make it by mixing all of the ingredients together, until it’s boiling. After that, they remove it from the fire, and set it aside so it can cool down. It takes 24 hours for the jelly center to cool. While waiting for the jelly to cool down, they start panning the candy shells. Once the shells are made, and the jelly is cold, they pour the jelly into the hard candy shells. After that they freeze everything and make the delicious jellybeans.

When jellybeans first came to America, they were just sold in San Francisco and they only had 8 flavors. Very Cherry, lemon, cream soda, tangerine, green apple, root beer, grape and licorice. When people started discovering them they started spreading throughout the U.S. Now a day, jellybeans are really popular there isn’t a single person who has not had a jellybean (that I know of).

One prominent maker of jelly beans and other confections is the Jelly Belly Candy Company. They make over 50 types of jellybeans. From bubblegum to margarita all the way to vomit!!! There are also sour jellybeans, sugar free jellybeans and even sport jellybeans! These sport beans are supposed to give you energy. Kind of like a power bar in jellybean form. Another interesting thing that prove how popular jellybeans have become is the Jelly Belly Cycling Team. It’s a cycling team that competed in the Tour de France. They are also coming out with this new product called Chocolate Beans. These Chocolate Beans are jellybeans with no jelly. So on he outside he might have something like caramel and on the inside it’ll be chocolate. Bernie Bott's Every Flavor Beans which in addition to more conventional flavors also include novelty flavors like vomit, earwax and Liver.When Ronald Reagan was President of the United States, one of his well known practices was keeping a jar of this company's jelly beans on his desk.

Here are some cool facts about Jelly Beans. "Did you know that Each year, U.S. manufacturers produce more than 16 billion jelly beans for Easter? That's enough to completely fill a plastic Easter egg 89 feet high and 60 feet wide (about the height of a nine-story office building)” www.candyusa.org. April 22 is National Jelly Bean Day. “On October 15, 1999, the world’s largest jar of jelly beans was unveiled, it weighed 6,050 pounds” www.candyusa.org.

this is a child's article, who appears to think that harry potter is real. no way, dude. riana 04:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree, even if it's a child's essay, it has some interesting info about the history of this candy...I think we could definitely use it in the article with some editing.Rosa 04:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is right off the show "How it's made" where they show you how Jelly Beans are made, some of it seems almost word for word. Including the Jelly Belly "vomit" bean!

What are the primary ingredients, not flavoring or coloring but the other ingredients besides sugar? RJFJR 14:17, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, that's pretty much it. Sugar. Jelly Belly uses sugar, corn syrup, modified food starch, and various flavorings in their beans. --Brandon Dilbeck 21:40, 10 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone added "baby pig toes" to the ingredients list. I removed it. (My first wiki edit, yay!) 207.251.193.222 23:55, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the Ingredients section appears to be lifted from this page: http://www.gale-edit.com/products/volumes/jelly_beans.htm. This might be a copyright violation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.103.99.104 (talk) 03:25, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"For example, the 741 might be considered a jelly bean opamp"

maybe this could be changed to something that more people would be familiar with. I know I had to read what an opamp was to know what they were talking about, maybe change this.

What is an 'opamp'?

Jellybean is a drink, that actually tastes like a jellybean. Added a "were you looking for" thing to the top of the page JayKeaton 19:16, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question: Does anyone know if the actual word "Jelly Bean" has a trademark or copyright applied? How would I find out?

In Australia, atleast, the blue beans are commonly bubblegum or similar flavoured. Should i add this to the common assortments, as it mightn't apply internationally? 202.7.183.131 10:09, 26 May 2006 (UTC) Sure, there are blue beans in the pic of the article too.Rosa 10:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I dont see blue beans too often in the common assortments (in the US). If its a bag of "spice" jellybeans usually blue is mint, but they usually dont have blue ones in the "fruit+licorice" ones. But if blue is almost always bubblegum in Australia thats interesting to have on the chart. Though if it turns out several of the flavors dont apply internationally maybe we could add UK, US, AUS, etc. 151.203.53.13 04:03, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the United States, Pink beans are bubble gum, and Cotton Candy, with the latter usaully being a little darker. Can someone edit this? --68.186.119.106 10:06, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, that sounds Jelly Belly-specific. In most of the store-brand assortments ( in the United States ), pink is either a flowery taste or wintergreen. Squidfryerchef 14:33, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What are Jelly beans called in Spanish?--70.112.108.51 17:24, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe that's worth including on this article, as there are many languages and Wikipedia isn't here to provide translations. I believe it's either "gominola" or "frijol de jalea" if you just wanted to know. --Spellling (talk) 16:49, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Several people have listed Skittles under "See also", claiming that Skittles are a type of jelly bean. They're not jelly beans, are they?! They don't even have the distinctive shape. I've removed it at least once before, believing that Skittles aren't jelly beans, but I want to reach a consensus here before I remove it again. --Brandon Dilbeck 19:08, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was the one who put Skittles back. While I've never heard anybody refer to Skittles as jellybeans, they do fit the definition. They have a hard candy outside and a "jelly" inside, so other than having a slightly flatter shape, they qualify as jellybeans. But, the article doesnt actually claim that Skittles are jellybeans, it just provides a mention under "See also". So, we don't need to prove that they are bona fide jellybeans to keep that mention, just that Skittles are relevant enough to mention. It's a useful connection to make, which I'd never thought of before reading this article. Squidfryerchef 22:33, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's orignal research to make that connection and post information that might influence the reader to infer that Skittles are jelly beans. Unless there's a good source (like the Skittles website) that shows that Skittles are actually jelly beans, we can't have that in the article. --Brandon Dilbeck 02:44, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree with that interpretation of WP:OR, but I have resolved the "Skittles" issue in a different way. Squidfryerchef 19:27, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Twice in the last couple days it looks like someone's come and vandalized this entry. Weird. The most recent edits were made by 24.128.212.236. I have reversed them. --Writer@Large 21:09, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I found another rather juvenile bit of vandalism. I just reverted back to the last good version. --Calladus (talk) 22:10, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The first photo on the page works when you click into it, but looks like a broken image red-X otherwise...Terukiyo 22:04, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"In the 1980s, when Ray Rotell was President of the United States, he was known for keeping a jar of Jelly Belly jelly beans on his desk, which was credited with helping to increase the candy's popularity in the U.S."

Ray Rotell who? user:cecikierk

The article mentions that The Beatles used to be pelted with jelly beans during U. S. performances; this was because George Harrison liked jelly babies, a similar (but softer) British confection. If anyone wants to cite a reference for this bit of jelly bean trivia, I think it was mentioned in Philip Norman's 1982 book Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation (which might have itself cited a magazine interview or something). B7T (talk) 19:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article says the standard flavor for white jelly beans is vanilla. I would have to disagree--in "standard" bags of jelly beans, the white ones usually are coconut (at least that's what they taste like). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.33.174.133 (talk) 14:02, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What? Every bag of standard jellybeans I've had have been vanilla. Never any other flavor. --Hurd Hatfield (talk) 00:31, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The one's I've had actually tasted like lime. I never tasted coconut or vanilla before :O--62.209.29.0 (talk) 17:55, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think we probably need a source for "standard flavors of jelly beans", anyone have that? Dreadstar ☥ 01:30, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Citation please.

While we're at it, I'm rather disappointed that the yellow jelly bean I'm eating right now tastes like banana. I hate banana. 121.74.153.249 (talk) 02:40, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure Black is not licorice either - it's supposed to be aniseed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.19.175.113 (talk) 03:42, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct, I know that this article has been corrected to that effect in the past but has for some reason been changed back — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.2.52.98 (talk) 05:39, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at an old version of this entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jelly_bean&oldid=413914220) I noticed the following text which is missing from the current version. I think it should be re-added. Kevink707 (talk) 01:51, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

History

The earliest known appearance of the jelly bean was during the American Civil War when William Schrafft of Boston promoted sending the candy to soldiers in the Union Army.[1] It was not until 1930 or so that jelly beans became an Easter candy, presumably from their resemblance to Easter eggs.[2]

Is this a page for jelly beans or for Jelly Belly the company? The caption for the first photo reads: "Jelly Beans manufactured by Jelly Belly come in more than 50 flavors, each one marked by a different color". Is this really necessary? I note looking at older comments this isn't the first time that creeping marketing from Jelly Belly has inveigled it's way onto this article. I'm going to amend the caption to "Jelly beans come in a multitude of flavours & colours". If someone disagrees, please explain why when reverting, thanks. 62.255.248.225 (talk) 10:20, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

While your point is certainly valid, "Jelly beans come in a multitude of flavours & colours" is a complete sentence. Therefore it needs a period at the end as seen in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions. I have added this period. --Spellling (talk) 18:26, 22 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that lots of nifty(useful) information has been removed over time. It was probably removed for a good reason, maybe because of a lack of citations or country specific details. I don't know. But if we're going to get this article up to the B-Class, we're going to have to start improving that old data and bringing it back. For example: Ronald Reagan's jar of jelly beans or the chart of common color/flavour combinations. Go out there, and get some citations!--Spellling (talk) 17:25, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That line saying jelly beans "first surfaced..." is really awkward. What does that mean? Other articles I've seen claim jelly beans were popularized by Schrafft, but in existence long before. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomaso (talk • contribs) 14:14, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The suggestion that jelly beans achieved "fame" just because Ron Reagan once said he like them is absurd and unencyclopaedic.Royalcourtier (talk) 06:09, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

--unencyclopedic.

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