Yummy Dough

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Yummy Dough (also known by its original German name Essknete) is a baking mixture, which requires addition of water and is then kneaded into a smooth dough. [1] It was invented in 2005 and was first introduced to the market in 2007. The product's consistency is similar to that of a modeling clay such as Play-Doh. It is edible raw and can be baked. Yummy Dough contains colouring agents which are vegetable-based. [2]

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Yummy Dough was invented by Stefan Kaczmarek, an IT worker from Idstein, Germany, in 2005. [3] Kaczmarek credits his two daughters as having the original idea for the product because they "wanted to finally have dough they can play with as well as eat". [4] It was first mentioned in a radio broadcast by the Hessischer Rundfunk, which drew significant attention towards the product. [3] Kaczmarek reportedly had not planned to market the product, but decided otherwise following the positive reaction the broadcast went on to receive. [3] It was premiered as a commercial product at Anuga Alimentary Exhibition in 2007, [4] where it won the "Taste 07" award for innovation. [5] This sparked the interest of several large grocery and toy chains; [5] Kaczmarek declined an offer by German food manufacturer Dr. Oetker, [5] instead founding his own company, 123 Nährmittel GmbH, to distribute the product nationwide. [5] Yummy Dough was first sold by supermarkets in 2007, beginning with the German grocery chains Hit and REWE. [3] The product is produced by the RUF Lebensmittelwerk in Quakenbrück. [6]

In 2009, Yummy Dough became available in North America [7] and is distributed by Canadian-based toy distributor PlaSmart Inc. [8] The product was featured in season 4 of the Canadian version of Dragons' Den, in which Kaczmarek and his Canadian partner, Timothy Kimber of PlaSmart Inc., received C$500,000 from investors Kevin O'Leary, W. Brett Wilson and Jim Treliving, in exchange for a 3.5% cut of revenues, once the investment has been recouped. [9] [10] [11] Further plans also include marketing the product in Asia. [7]

Yummy Dough was pulled from the market and taken over by a German company with new branding and is only available in the EU marketplace.[ citation needed ]

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