Pez

PEZ is an Austrian candy brand.

The beginnings of PEZ

In 1927 invented the Upper Austrian Eduard Haas III. the PEZ candy. His idea was to offer a healthy alternative to cigarette smokers. Therefore, the first PEZ dispensers were also modeled a lighter in shape. He created this peppermint candies made ​​of pressed sugar and peppermint oil. Of these, the name of the brand is derived from: PEZ emerged from the first, middle and last letters of the word " mint ".

PEZ candies were first sold in small cans, took place in 1949, the invention of the PEZ Box: a donor with notch - out mechanism made ​​of plastic, then - according to the target group - in the form of a lighter. During the 1950s, Eduard Haas recognized the potential that has the product in children: Then he let develop fruity flavors and put the Pez dispensers the heads of cartoon characters on. The Disney characters Mickey and Donald made ​​it in 1962 to start with. PEZ Disney and have remained since then important partners.

Also known are the machines of PEZ. The first was erected in 1956 at Vienna's Westbahnhof.

The dispenser boxes as cult objects

Since the invention of a number of different donors was developed: the donor base remained always the same, the heads changed according to current trends. Over the years, PEZ has become a popular brand among collectors. Donors are traded at auctions.

From 1927 to PEZ was advertised by " PEZ Girls". In particular, the images of Gerhard shower, which until the 1970s was responsible for the graphic appearance of PEZ from the 1950s, are still popular today. PEZ was " no smoking, PEZen allowed" in the early years with the slogan Linguistically advertised.

PEZ is available in over 80 countries around the world today. Besides Europe, the U.S. ( market entry in 1953, its own branch in Orange, Connecticut ) and Japan ( market entry in 1972 ) the most important markets. Worldwide 730 employees are engaged, 80 million dispensers and 4.6 billion PEZ candies are produced annually. The PEZ Candies the boxes in Hungary and China are produced in Traun, Upper Austria, Hungary and the USA. Around half of all PEZ candy is thereby consumed in the United States.

2007 PEZ has bought the traditional Viennese Bonbon brand Egger. Egger produced alongside Austrian classics such as sports rubber, Hustinetten or Eibischteig also a number of other cough - and Biobonbons. With the purchase of Egger PEZ thus has greatly expanded its production know -how. Besides the classic PEZ candies and dispensers The product range therefore includes now also fruit jelly candies (PEZ soft), plush donor (PEZ friends ), various seasonal products, gift items, as well as licensed and unlicensed dextrose and fizzy sweets.

One ( disproved ) According to legend, the passion for collecting the wife of Pierre Omidyar is, who collected Pez dispensers, have led to the foundation of eBay.

Fruit jelly in PEZ form

Since August 2011, PEZ has expanded its range to another product: PEZ Soft. Both the candy and the donors differ significantly from the known products. Instead of sweets are available in this product range soft fruit gums. Instead of the famous PEZ dispensers, there are so-called " Action - donors", with which the fruit gums can be ejected. The fruit gums are available in two flavors available ( on the one hand and on the other hand tend to be classic Tropic fruits: strawberry, raspberry, cherry, orange, apple), are lactose and gluten free and are made ​​without artificial colors and flavors.

PEZ Dispenser Soft Neon Edition, 2013.

PEZ Soft Pouch: Fruit Gum from PEZ

PEZ Mint sugar free

Since autumn 2012 there PEZ as a sugar-free mint candy. The candies are available together with silver donors in the original form of the PEZ Box, or silver tins with retro prints.

PEZ Mint nostalgic dispenser with candies

PEZ Mint tins

Ingredients and nutritional values

According to the manufacturer PEZ are gluten free and contain no animal ingredients or raw materials from animal origin. 100 g PEZ include the following nutrients: 94.6 g carbohydrate (of which 94.6 g sugar), 1.6 g fat ( including 1.6 grams of saturated fat) and 330 mg of sodium.

Ingredients according to package information: sugar, glucose syrup, acidifier ( citric acid), acidity regulator ( trisodium citrate ), hydrogenated vegetable fat, emulsifier ( mono and diglycerides of fatty acids), flavoring.

Business

The company had 770 employees in 2007, in the 80th year of business, worldwide, of whom 105 in the headquarters in Traun in Upper Austria. Two-thirds of the company is owned by the founding family Haas.

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