ZAN Licorice - ZAN Liquorice Beginning in 1862 ZAN made liquorice sweets in the South of France. Ricqles was founded in 1938, and specialised in the production of peppermint, menthol extracts, etc. In 1970, Ricqles merged with the ZAN liquorice works to form Ricqles Zan. 1985, HARIBO also acquired the shares of Ricqles Zan. At the end of
1987 this company was then merged with HARIBO France to create HARIBO Ricqles Zan, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the HARIBO Group. the brand name Zan was retained because of its great popularity and high brand awareness level in France. Information source: http://www.haribo.fr/_english/international/europe/f/index.html The package is green with diagonal strips. The candy is about a 2 in by 2 in wafer 3/16 in thick an small red or green or blue lables. |