Jelly Belly Jelly Beans

The Jelly Belly Candy Company, or simply Jelly Belly, is a maker of jelly beans and other candy. Formerly known as The Herman Goelitz Candy Company,About Jelly Belly Jelly Belly produces more than 34 million pounds (15000 tonnes) of candy annually.Jelly Belly Candy Co. | SCORE The company is based in Fairfield, California and has nearly of production space between its Fairfield , North Chicago, Ill., and Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin facilities.

Jelly Belly makes many varieties of jelly beans, including Juicy Pear, Watermelon, A&W Root Beer, Very Cherry and Buttered Popcorn. The jelly beans were most famously endorsed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who kept a jar of them on his desk in the White House and on Air Force One, and who also made them the first jelly beans in outer space, sending them on the 1983 Challenger shuttle as a surprise for the astronauts.