The Jelly Belly Candy Company, or simply Jelly Belly, formerly known as The Herman Goelitz Candy Company, makes the Jelly Belly jelly bean and other candy. The company is based in Fairfield, California, and produces more than 37 million pounds (17,000 tonnes) of candy annually at its Fairfield, North Chicago, Illinois, and Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, facilities, which have nearly 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) of production space among them.
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