7/26/2023 0 Comments Chocolate twizzle sticks![]() ![]() According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest licorice twist ever made measured 1,200 feet (370 m) and 100 pounds (45 kg) and was made at the Y&S Candy Plant in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1998. From 1970 through 1999, it was manufactured in Farmington, New Mexico, but relocated the operation to Memphis due to rising transportation costs. Since 1999, Twizzlers have been manufactured in Memphis, Tennessee, as well as Lancaster, in a Y&S plant that makes chewing gum and other candies. Y&S Candies was acquired by Hershey Foods Corporation in November 1977 in a pooling-of-interests, then merged into Hershey in January 1982. ![]() The company changed its name to Y&S Candies Inc. In 1908 a plant was opened in Montreal and in 1929 the Twizzlers brand was created. National Licorice Company was created in 1902 through the merger of three small firms: Young & Smylie, S.V. The company was established in 1845 as Young and Smylie, and adopted Y&S as its trademark in 1870. The manufacturer of Twizzlers candy is one of the oldest confectionery firms in the United States. ![]() Seventy percent of the annual production of Twizzlers are strawberry, the most popular Twizzlers flavor. Because only black Twizzlers contain extracts of the licorice plant, they are collectively referred to as licorice-type candy. Twizzlers ingredients consist of corn syrup, wheat flour, sugar, cornstarch, and smaller amounts of palm oil, salt, artificial flavor, glycerin, citric acid, potassium sorbate, Red 40, and soy lecithin. The licorice company was founded in 1845, making it one of the oldest confectionery firms in the United States. Twizzlers were first produced in 1929 by Young and Smylie, as the company was then called. Twizzlers are the product of Y&S Candies, Inc., of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. ![]()
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