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| | Jelly Belly Factory Tour, Fairfield, California |
 | | Yes, I meant to say, "grows." Jelly Bellies, as we were fascinated to learn on our guided tour, achieve their adult size through a process called "engrossing." It takes a week to plump one up to the proper dimensions, and some flavors take even longer. |
 | | Two or three days later, the beans receive their official Jelly Belly tattoo, which is applied by a machine that does the job at a rate of 20,700 beans a minute. |
 | | Other fascinating features of the Jelly Belly factory are the robot room, where half a dozen multi-jointed, long-armed robots assist in the packing process, and the taffy cooker, which looks like something out of a Jules Verne novel. |
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