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 The logo was designed by Eduard Haas. | |||||||
| Type | Candy | ||||||
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| Place of origin | Austria | ||||||
| Region or state | Traun | ||||||
| Created by | Eduard Haas | ||||||
| Invented | 1927 | ||||||
| Main ingredients | Sugar, corn syrup, plant-based fat, flavorings and colorings | ||||||
| Variations | Peppermint, Grape, Cherry, Orange, Lemon, Strawberry, Raspberry, Cola, Sugar Cookie, Fizzy, Sours, Candy Corn, Cotton Candy, Vanilla Cupcake, Banana, Lychee, Mango, Coconut, Chocolate, Dragon Fruit | ||||||
| 34.4 kcal (144 kJ) | |||||||
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| Other information | www | ||||||
Pez (English: /pɛz/, German: [peːts]; stylised as PEZ) is the brand name of an Austrian candy and associated manual candy dispensers. The candy is a pressed, dry, straight-edged, curved-corner block 15 mm (5⁄8 inch) long, 8 mm (5⁄16 inch) wide and 5 mm (3⁄16 inch) high, with each Pez dispenser holding 12 candy pieces.
Pez was invented in Austria and later exported worldwide. The all-uppercase spelling of the logo echoes the trademark's style on the packaging and the dispensers, with the logo drawn in perspective and giving the appearance that the letters are built out of 44 brick-like Pez mints (14 bricks in the P and 15 in each of the E and Z).
Despite the widespread recognition and popularity of the Pez dispenser, the company considers itself to be primarily a candy company, stating that "[t]oday, billions of PEZ candies are consumed annually in the U.S.A. alone".[1] Pez dispensers are a part of popular culture in many nations, an example being "Soul Candy" in the Japanese manga series Bleach.[2] Because of the large number of dispenser designs over the years, they are collected by many.
- ^ "About Us". Pez Candy. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- ^ "Bleach: 02 The Substitute". Game Vortex. Retrieved September 4, 2014.