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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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