ABOUT US

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, the Barry Callebaut Group is the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa. We are the heart and engine of the chocolate industry and our mission is to be number one in all attractive customer segments. We are a business-to-business company, fully vertically integrated with a strong position in cocoa-origin countries. 

• Barry Callebaut Group was founded in 1996 by the merger of the two chocolate companies with over 150 years traditions: the French company Cacao Barry and Belgian Callebaut.

• We employ more than 11,500 people operating out of more than 30 countries.

• We are inside 25% of all consumer products around the world containing cocoa or chocolate.

• We operate about 60 production facilities.

• The Barry Callebaut Group is organized into different Regions: Region EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Region Americas and Region Asia Pacific. The globally managed Global Cocoa business is reported as a separate segment like a Region.

• Barry Callebaut meets the needs of the entire food industry focusing on food producers, artisans and professional users of chocolate such as confectioners, bakers, hotels and small catering. Barry Callebaut is the world leader in innovation, cocoa and chocolate, offering a full range of services in the field of product development, manufacturing processes, training and marketing.

• Our portfolio features a wide variety of chocolates, semi-finished products, fillings, decorations. In response to the current needs of the market, the company also offers a chocolate without sugar, lactose-free chocolate or chocolate vegan.

• We are present in all stages of the industrial chocolate value chain.

Our goal is to be in the first place in all the segments of the food industry and in all major world markets. Our experience and knowledge of the chocolate business - from the cocoa beans to the highest quality product on the shop shelf - and our innovation, make us the preferred partner for the entire food industry, from confectioners to the industrial producers.

Barry Callebaut aims to outperform the global chocolate market. Our ambitious growth strategy is based on four pillars:

Expansion

Innovation

Cost Leadership

Sustainability