(EMAILWIRE.COM, January 21, 2002 ) Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. is memorialized in a portrait made from 10,000 Jelly Belly jelly beans that is on exhibit at Moscone Center, San Francisco, at the International Fancy Food Show & Confection show Sunday through Tuesday in booth #4105. The portrait is one in the Jelly Belly Collection of American icons permanently rendered in Jelly Belly beans. The collection includes Abraham Lincoln, Amelia Earhart, Ronald Reagan, the Statue of Liberty, Benjamin Franklin, Joe Montana and 60 other original jelly bean mosaics. The King portrait was made at the suggestion of Jelly Belly employees who work at the candy company in Fairfield where many of the jelly bean portraits are on public display seen on the company(1)s factory tours. A portrait of former President Ronald Reagan is currently on display at the Reagan Library in Simi, Calif. A portrait of the Statue of Liberty was included in an national tour of confectionery art by the American Crafts Museum of New York. A dual portraits of President Reagan and Vice President George Bush was displayed at the Republican Convention in San Francisco in 1984. Jelly Belly jelly beans, known worldwide as an American confection, are crafted in 50 official flavors. More than 14 billion beans will be eaten worldwide in 2002 according to Jelly Belly Candy Company. Information on Jelly Belly at www.jellybelly.com -------------------Produced for Jelly BellyContacts: Tomi Holt 415/884-8077 -------------------

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