For some reason I always thought Haribo was a Japanese product because of the name.
Another funny thing is that as a vegetarian I realized quite late that this is a meat product (gelantine). It remains the only "meat" I eat kind of regularly because, as mentioned somewhere, they are still the best.
It is not too late though to give up gelatin based gummy bears and eat ethically the rest of your life.
Whether that effect is large enough to be noticeable is questionable, and I definitely agree there could be "better choices", but it's not exactly right to say that it has no impact.
Most chemists can read German as a result.
And the Japanese relationship to KitKat is pretty different from ours :) I agree it's quite peculiar :D
Immortalized in the name of the fictional chocolate bar company Riegel Klotz, where Riegel is the product, Klotz is the former family name (but describing the shape of the product just as well) while the current name of the family is Drögel with would roughly translate to "Bland Bar".
I just love how Loriot managed to combine immature puns and insinuations and profound character studies into surreal pieces of art that cause whole families to laugh until one cries. May he rest in peace.