Talk:Gummy bear/Archive 1

Merges and redirects

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Gummi Bear has been merged with Gummy bear and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears. Averell 09:47, 11 Oct 2003 (UTC)

could start by discussing the nature of the material and THEN get into shapes, brands, etc. --Digitalgadget 04:40, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Not sure about this edit

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How does everyone else feel about this edit? Whilst not exactly POV, it somehow doesn't come across as being quite right in terms of its tone and viewpoint. I haven't removed it, as I'd rather hear what others think first. Fourohfour 19:37, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I think it's great! ;) j/k if you don't like the tone feel free to edit it, but the information is relevant so don't delete. Justforasecond 23:56, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd be more comfortable doing that if I could put my finger *exactly* on where I'm not happy with it. I'll probably leave it just now. Fourohfour 20:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

How about a source for verification that the gelatin in Gummi Bears contain prions, or that gelatin in general may contain prions? Just wondering. Ecophreek 05:14, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

added citation requests to body as everything I found states otherwise
[Asian Food Information center] Gelatin – Not only is gelatin derived from cattle hides and skin, which are considered low risk tissues for BSE transmission, but the manufacturing process for gelatin involves intense processing, which further reduces any BSE risk for humans to negligible levels. Also, as a further precaution, gelatin manufacturers have been advised against using bones and hides from cattle with any neurological disease and the heads, spines, and spinal cords of cattle from BSE countries. Worldwide, authorities have therefore continually attested to the safety of gelatin. It continues to maintain its 'Generally Recognised as Safe' status within the US. The Scientific Steering Committee of the Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General in the European Commission states that with appropriate sourcing of raw materials and using appropriate production processes, the BSE risk level of gelatin is close to zero. Hence gelatin can be safely used in food products, pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, cosmetics and other industrial applications. also ...
[FDA]Guidance on Gelatin - In 1994, representatives of the gelatin industry presented preliminary data to FDA staff concerning an experimental study of the infectivity of TSE-infected tissue that had undergone one of two processes (lime or acid) used to make gelatin. Based on these data, FDA decided not to include gelatin as part of its recommendations concerning other bovine ingredients in FDA-regulated products. A notice in the Federal Register of August 29, 1994, summarized FDA's recommendations to reduce any potential BSE risk and clarified that FDA's recommendations at that time did not extend to gelatin for human use produced from bovine materials from BSE countries... Ecophreek 00:32, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

If manufacturerd using just skin then gelatin is probably OK. But some gelatin is made with something other than skin, and skin and bones both have neural tissue, though only small amounts of it. I wouldn't want to eat gelatin made from a cow with BSE. The first google hit to "gelatin prion" says "Gelatin Without BSE-Infectivity can Only be produced From healthy animals" [1] also see the gelatin article Gelatin#Safety_concerns Justforasecond 01:07, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

The very site Gelatin#Safety_concerns referenced is the same site I referenced. Further down the page of the reference it gives the recommendations made to manufacturers of gelatin containing items.

The following sites all have articles stating the safety of gelatin with regards to prions if manufacturers follow guidelines:

• [World Health Organization] 10 articles
• [USDA Report] 7 articles
• [Australian Government DHA] 4 articles

Further the first hit on google is a mad-cow watchgroup, that collects information from various sources to disseminate to the public, it is a clearing-house of information (if you will), like wikipedia is. Not that it is a bad thing but I think the original documentation needs to be found and sourced in order to lend credibility to the inclusion of this information in the article. If the FDA (not that they're always right) says gelatin is safe if recommendations are followed then I think the section should be annotaded with this information (with sourcing). Ecophreek 03:17, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Sounds reasonable to me -- let's put both in here. Justforasecond 15:01, 19 April 2006 (UTC)fgsdfgsfan article itself yet. → _ΣcoPhreek^Δ 16:16, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Just give it a try. Use facts and cite them as much as possible, try to follow the wikipedia "neutral point of view" WP:NPOV policy, etc. This is a pretty apolitical article so I wouldn't worry about not doing it the right way. You could do something similar to "There has been some concern that gelatin may harbor the infectious agent responsible for BSE ('mad cow' disease). Based on studies xxxxxx, the United States FDA considers the risk of BSE transmission through gelatin to be relatively small." with citations in the right locations. Justforasecond 00:07, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay done, hope it reads and flows well. → _ΣcoPhreek^Δ 21:37, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Gummi bears!

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Why is this article spelled Gummy bears? I always thought it was spelled gummi bears, like in german, since they ARE german

yes and made by TROLL-i -Justforasecond 16:33, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

absolutely wrong! made by haribo... --129.13.72.153 19:43, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

All article history moved to gummi bear as that's the original spelling, gummy bear also redirects here. Benjiboi 23:55, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Another Gummy Bear Image

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What do you all think of the use of Image:Gb1b.jpg instead of the current top picture with the plate? ~Linuxerist L / T 20:46, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Go for it! Do you have a higher res version? Justforasecond 21:10, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

It's not mine, I just think it would suit the article better than the plate image. ~Linuxerist E/L/T 11:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Other images since introduced. Benjiboi 23:57, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

On screen

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The whole section on Disney's Gummy Bears is covered under the article [Adventures of the Gummi Bears], is there any reason it has to be repeated here? To me it throws off the flow of this article and is clumsy. Could we not just mention the series and provide the link? →ΣcoPhreek_Δ 15:58, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Justforasecond 17:06, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Gelly Beans?

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I was unable to verify the existence of "Gelly Beans" at all, much less as the thing Haribo makes with its excess gummi bear mix, which seems dubious anyway, since why not make more gummi bears out of it instead. Can anyone actually verify that this wasn't false information slipped into the article for a laugh? --Kaz 22:03, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree, this sounds a bit dubious. I looked into Haribo "Gelly Beans" and didn't find much, although Haribo "Jelly Beans" do exist. Still, though, they are hard candy, and not of the gummy variety at all. Accordingly, I'm going to remove the entire section, but feel free to reintroduce it if it can be sourced. Nicolasdz 14:46, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Wine gum

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How do these differ (if at all) from wine gum? Badagnani 21:11, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Gummi Bears are fruit gum, made with fruit acid, wine gums are made with wine acid.

Suggest we add a see also link and call this resolved as well. Benjiboi 23:59, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Health issues

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This part seems to have seen several iterations, but the current state is just bizarre. Flatly stating that "Bowel obstructions ... are extremely rare", with one case linked to gummy bears (and nothing) else is more of a non-information. Even if bowel obstructions may occur in rare cases, the fact that these are high-calorie sweets with no real nutritional value would probably still be the most important health issue. Averell 14:57, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I took the liberty of removing the bowel obstruction issue. It should only go back if there is any evidence that it is actually important to the topic of gummy bears. Averell 17:25, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Reinstated Ingredients/Health issues

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All right, I actually went back and checked the history of the article a bit. Both the "Ingredients" and the original "Health" section disappeared not because of discussions here, but because of vandalism (where only the obvious vandalism was removed, without restoring the actual content that had been replaced five revisions earlier...)

Both contained useful information, so I restored those sections to the state where they were before the original vandalism. They may not be perfect, but at least the information is back. Averell 17:25, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Ringtone

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I removed the ringtone session. Quite frankly, I believe that this ringtone is not noteable enough to be included at all.

If it is, this page is about the food product, which has nothing to do with that ringtone whatsoever. Maybe in that case it should be on it's own page, or on the Disney bears page or ... Averell 19:01, 28 October 2007 (UTC) gummi bears give cancer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.97.123.237 (talk) 00:18, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I started an article that addresses the song and ringtone and the article can be found by following the other uses link at the top of this article's page. Benjiboi 05:42, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Gummi Bear

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Unless anyone has any valid objections, i plan to change the entire page to the spelling "Gummi Bear" as all of the sources i can find spell it that way, and that is how it is spelled by the company who originated it (Haribo). As far as i can tell, Trolli changed it to avoid legal confrontation. German food means German spelling. Darkage7 (talk) 09:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC) I've moved it all over now... Darkage7 (talk) 18:46, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

As long as both spellings are addressed in the article seems fine to me. Benjiboi 05:47, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I'm afraid you may have botched the move a bit as all the page and talk page history is gone. Please ask an admin to help you get this restored and post here so we know the status. If I don't see anything in a day or so I'll work on it when I have time. Benjiboi 05:53, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't know how to move a history over... Darkage7 (talk) 06:07, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

It was the method you used, honest mistake and can be fixed. On the upper left side of most pages under the History link of an article is "Move" that one uses for renaming, when you use that it will automatically move the talk pages and all the history with it. I'll see if i can find an admin who's experienced in moves to help us fix. Benjiboi 07:43, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Looks like a specialist was brought it to help with the splice issues. Benjiboi 03:28, 16 December 2007 (UTC)