
In 2006, Y&S introduced the Sweet and Sour Filled Twist. The company also manufactures a special 2-foot-long (61 cm) variety the regular length of Twizzlers is 8 inches (20 cm). In addition to the original Twists, Nibs and Bites of various sizes, Y&S introduced Pull 'n' Peel in 1994. Twizzlers come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
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Today all these flavors of "rainbow" Twizzlers are still sold in stores and movie theaters. Limited edition cherry cola and "rainbow" (fruit variety consisting of strawberry, orange, lemonade, watermelon, blue raspberry and grape) flavors were introduced in 2006. While the original flavor introduced in 1845 was licorice, in the middle 1970s the company began to expand its flavors to include strawberry, grape, chocolate, cherry, and watermelon flavors. Even though the company had sold nearly 50 million pounds of licorice products a year by 1975, in an effort to differentiate the Twizzlers and Nibs products, in that year Y&S turned to a Madison Avenue ad firm to separately promote the different products. Candy packaging collectors provide first-hand accounts of specific Nibs package features on specimens from the 1960s and 1970s. No one knows when Y&S introduced its Nibs to the Twizzlers licorice line, whether it was in the 1930s right after Twizzlers were first produced or some time later. Cocoa nibs have been used in the production of chocolate for hundreds of years and are also sold as a separate product. Cacao nibs and cocoa are loaded with nutrients and have the highest flavonoid content by weight of any food. The origin of the industry's use of the word comes from cacao nibs, which are the bitter but very flavorful chocolate bits made from the beans of the cocoa tree. The confectionery industry has long used the word nibs to describe small pieces of a product. Nibs are bite-sized licorice pieces made for nibbling. 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 at a plant in Farmington, New Mexico, but relocated the operation to Memphis because of rising transportation costs. Since 1999, Twizzlers have also been manufactured in Memphis, Tennessee, as well as the main Lancaster location, in a Y&S plant that also makes chewing gum and other candies. Y&S Candies was acquired by The Hershey Company in November 1977 in a pooling-of-interests and later 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 established. 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. 70% of the annual production of Twizzlers are strawberry, which is the most popular Twizzlers flavor. Because Twizzlers ingredients do not include extracts of the licorice plant (except for black licorice flavor Twizzlers), they are referred to as licorice-type candy. Twizzlers ingredients consist of corn syrup, wheat flour, sugar, cornstarch, and in smaller amounts palm oil, salt, artificial flavor, glycerin, citric acid, potassium sorbate, Red 40, and soy lecithin. The company itself 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 is the product of Y&S Candies, Inc., of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
