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Does Haribo support Israel?
HARIBO
We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Haribo. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.
Filed under: Food & beverage brands · Companies that support Israel
Background
HARIBO is a privately held German confectioner owned by the Riegel family, and no donation, investment, statement, or other act of support for Israel by the company has been documented. Social-media posts calling to boycott HARIBO circulated after October 2023, but none of them points to a verifiable corporate action, and no independent fact-checker has corroborated any donation claim. What is verifiable is purely commercial: HARIBO produces a certified-kosher line at its Austrian plant, sold exclusively through the US kosher distributor Paskesz, and HARIBO sweets are sold in Israel through importers; kosher-certification bodies have even flagged fraudulent kosher stickers applied to non-kosher HARIBO packs in the market without the company's knowledge. Selling candy through third-party importers is market presence, not political or military support.
HARIBO (official FAQ — kosher line via Paskesz) Kashrut.com (kosher alert on HARIBO packs in the market)
What we checked
- News & official statements — 2026-07-29No news report documents a HARIBO donation, investment, or statement concerning Israel; coverage found is limited to product, kosher-certification, and boycott-chatter items with no corporate action behind them.
- Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-29ProPublica nonprofit search returns no HARIBO corporate foundation in the US (candidate results are unrelated 'Harbor' organizations); the family-owned German group's giving leaves no US 990 trail to review.
- SEC filings — 2026-07-29HARIBO is privately held and not an SEC registrant; no US securities filings exist to review.
- Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-29FEC committee search returns no HARIBO PAC; neither the German parent nor HARIBO of America operates a US political committee.
- Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-29No Snopes/AFP/Reuters fact check substantiates viral 'HARIBO supports Israel' posts; boycott lists reviewed in both directions offer no sourced corporate action, and HARIBO does not appear on the BDS movement's official targeted-boycott list.
- usaspending — 2026-09-25Queried the USAspending.gov award API on 2026-09-25 for US federal contracts, grants and other awards to this company whose award text mentions Israel. It returned no awards.
- lobbying — 2026-09-25Searched the US Lobbying Disclosure Act database at lda.gov on 2026-09-25 for filings naming this company as the client whose reported lobbying issues mention Israel. No filings matched.
- ohchr — 2026-09-25Checked the UN OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, report A/HRC/60/19, on 2026-09-25. This company is not listed in it.
- whoprofits — 2026-09-25Searched the Who Profits company index on 2026-09-25 — the research centre that documents corporate involvement in the Israeli occupation. This company has no profile there.
- hebrew-arabic-press — 2026-09-25Searched Hebrew and Arabic news for this company on 2026-09-25 via Google News and Bing News. No headline mentioned a donation, aid, the war, an investment, an acquisition or a boycott.
Frequently asked questions
Did Haribo donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
No records found. We searched 10 public source types — news and official statements, nonprofit tax filings, SEC filings, and federal election records — and found no donations from Haribo. The dated search log on this page shows exactly where we looked.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 2 distinct sources are cited for Haribo. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-25