{{Short description|German candy manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = Mederer GmbH | logo = Mederer.gif | caption = | type = GmbH & Co. KG | traded_as = | genre = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies --> | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = <!-- {{Start date|1948|MM|DD}} --> | founder = Willibald "Willi" Mederer<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://candyhalloffame.org/inductee/herbert-w-mederer/ |title=Candy Hall of Fame - Hebert W. Mederer |access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | location_city = Fürth | location_country = Germany | location = | locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Herbert Mederer<br /><small>CEO (1981-Present)</small> | industry = Confectionery | products = Produced by Trolli, '''Efrutti''', '''Gummi Bear Factory''': Gummi Candy, Marshmallows, Liquorice | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = <!-- Only used with financial services companies --> | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 2´500 (2010) | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = <!-- {{URL|www.trolli.de}} --> | footnotes = | intl = }}

'''Mederer GmbH''' is the fourth largest manufacturer of gummi candy in Germany behind Haribo, Storck and Katjes. Mederer´s most popular brand is Trolli, a brand launched in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |last=confectionerynews.com |title=Trolli candy range set for UK entry |url=https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2017/03/27/Trolli-candy-range-set-for-UK-entry |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=confectionerynews.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> Mederer GmbH also owns several other brands, notably '''Efrutti''', '''Sugarland''' and '''Gummi Bear Factory'''.

The company was founded in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.trolli.de/history.php |title=Trolli - history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095717/http://www.trolli.de/history.php |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-07-02 |title=Earth-shaped gummies a hit among youngsters in Japan thanks to social media |language=en |work=Mainichi Daily News |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210702/p2a/00m/0li/020000c |access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref>

Altogether, these brands produce gummi candy, licorice and marshmallows in more than one hundred shapes, sizes, and flavours.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://trolli.de/produkte.php |title=Trolli - produkte |access-date=2011-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609004608/http://trolli.de/produkte.php |archive-date=2011-06-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mederer employs roughly 2500 people in factories and offices located in Germany, China, Spain, Czech Republic, United States.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091020200623/http://www.trolli.de/index.php]</ref>

== References ==

http://www.wer-zu-wem.de/firma/mederer.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20110810143429/http://firmeneintrag.de/einkaufen-bestellen/suesswaren/907-fuerth/mederer-suesswarenvertriebs-gmbh

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== External links == * [http://www.trolli.de www.trolli.de] * http://www.efrutti.com/

Category:Confectioners Category:Confectionery companies of Germany Category:Food and drink companies established in 1948 Category:Companies based in Bavaria