NEW PRODUCTS AND PROMOTIONS

Ragold Inc. NEW PRODUCTS Ragold Inc. has introduced -Mints intense pep- permints and Gummy-Berts fruit gummies. AND PROMOTIONS Available in collectors’ tins illustrated with Dilbert, Ricola USA Dogbert, or The Boss, the 1.5 oz of pepper- Ricola USA Inc. has added a new flavor to its line of mints are secured with a Echinacea Herb Throat paper insert that doubles as Lozenges — Sugarfree Echi- one of eight Dilbert comic nacea & Green Tea. strips. Each has a suggested Ricola natural herb retail price of $1.79. lozenges are also available in Gummy-Berts, fruit-fla- other natural flavors including Original Herb, vored gummies shaped like Lemon-Mint, Orange-Mint, Menthol-Eucalyptus, familiar characters from Dilbert come in flavors of Cherry-Mint and Honey-Herb. pineapple, lemon, peach, cherry, apple and orange. The Fax: +1 (973) 984 6814. backs of the 3.5 oz windowed pegbags feature one of three Dilbert cartoons. Gummy-Berts have a suggested Harmony Foods retail price of $1.39. Fax: +1 (312) 917 0912. Harmony Foods has intro- duced a number of mer- chandising aids for its Planet Herman Goelitz Candy Company/ Harmony line of natural Goelitz Confectionery Company gummies and fruit snacks. Herman Goelitz Candy Company and Goelitz Con- Counter top boxes, trial fectionery Company announced three new Jelly Belly sizes and prepacks have been jelly bean flavors. developed. There are peg The spearmint Jelly Belly bag fixtures which display eight facings and hold four bean, made with real cases of Planet Harmony spearmint oil, is green in product. Shelf caddy displays are available in twelve the center and covered with count standard shippers or master cases holding 48 bags. a white shell speckled with Peg bags are available retail for a suggested $1.49, green sugar crystals. while the trial size is offered at $.50. Passion fruit juice concentrate flavors the center of Fax: +1 (408) 457 3437. new Passion Fruit Jelly Belly beans. The new bean is yellow and speckled with tiny black spots, reminiscent of seeds in the real fruit. Hershey Chocolate U.S.A. Tabasco-flavored beans Hershey Chocolate U.S.A. has introduced Hershey’s are cinnamon Jelly Belly Bites: unwrapped, bite-size candies available in four fla- beans with a splash of real vors: Reese’s peanut butter, Hershey’s milk chocolate Tabasco Pepper Sauce and with almonds, Cookies ‘n’ real red peppers. Creme and Almond Joy. Hershey Bites are avail- In addition, the popular able in 12.5 oz reclosable Jelly Belly Menu, a guide to the 40 official flavors of pouches, 5.3 oz peg bags Jelly Belly beans, has been shrunk into a new minia- and 30 oz reclosable whole- ture version and is being inserted with all packaged sale club bags. Jelly Belly beans. Fax: +1 (717) 534 7104. Fax: +1 (707) 423 4436.

82 February 1999 • The Manufacturing Confectioner