CHAPTER 1
The Problem and Its Background
Introduction
Gummy candy represents a more recent advance in candy technology. The technology, derived from early pectin and starch formulations, was first developed in Germany in the early l900s by a man named Hans Riegel. He began the Haribo company, which made the first gummy bears in the 1920s. While gummy candy has been manufactured since this time, it had limited worldwide distribution until the early 1980s. It was then when Haribo began manufacturing gummy bears in the United States. The fad caught on, causing other companies to develop similar products. The gummy bears led to other types of gummy candy entries from companies such as Hershey, Brach 's, and Farley 's. Now, the candy is available in various different forms, from dinosaurs to fruit rolls. According to one gelatin manufacturer, nearly half of all gelatin made worldwide currently goes to making gummy candies.
Catmon fruit is a medium sized evergreen tree 10-14 m high, bole erect to contort with apparent buttressing,
branching starts midway; bark smooth with shallow fissures. Leaves leathery, shining, ovate, elliptic or oblong-ovate, 12 to 25 centimeters long, and coarsely toothed at the margins. Bark is dark brown. Economic Importance: Fruits are edible, wood for light construction. Ecological Status: Depleted due to logging ang kaingin-making. Cultivation: Catmon is quite sensitive to cold and should not be planted at locations where the minimum temperature can reach 10 C. The tree seems to require locations which receive enough sunlight. The fruit is sour but refreshing - my tastebuds likened the taste to kamias with hints of green apple and like the pomeloit becomes sweet at some certain points.
The sepals are rounded and yellowish green, while the petals are white, free, obviate, and 5 to 7.5 centimeters wide.
The fruit, which is made of ripened carpel’s and enclosed by
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