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The Wybertjesfabriek N.V. Gaba stood in Hilversum until 1980 The diamond-shaped licorice in the blue tin boxes bear the name of the Swiss physician Emanuel Wybert (1807-1884). In 1846, together with a befriended pharmacist, he developed a throat lozenge of liquorice and sugar. Initially, the liquorice was made at home by the pharmacist family. For example, sheets of the crushed liquorice and sugar were rolled with a rolling pin, these sheets were dried and then cut into small diamonds. The Wybertjes were sold by the Goldene Apotheke Bazel, Gaba for short. When a flu epidemic broke out, the family could no longer cope with the demand and in 1862 a small pharmaceutical factory was built that also went by the name Gaba. Sources Regional Archive Gooi and Vechtstreek, Nuisance Act permits 1858-1997, inv. No. 132 and 356 http://www.gisjesvechthistorisch.nl/misjesbijzonder/thema-s/de-ybertjesfabriek-n.v.-gaba www.gaba.com
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