Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut AG
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
SIX: BARN
ISINCH0009002962 Edit this on Wikidata
FoundedMerger of Cacao Barry and Callebaut in 1996; 28 years ago (1996)
HeadquartersZürich, Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Patrick De Maeseneire, Chairman
  • Peter Feld, CEO[1]
ProductsCocoa and Chocolate[2][3]
Revenue10,386,300,000 Swiss franc (2023/2024)
704,400,000 Swiss franc (2023/2024)
417,500,000 Swiss franc (2023/2024)
Number of employees
13,423 (2023/2024)[4]
WebsiteBarry-Callebaut.com

Barry Callebaut AG is a Swiss-Belgian cocoa processor and chocolate manufacturer,[5] with an average annual production of 2.3 million tonnes of cocoa & chocolate (fiscal year 2021/2022).[6] It was created in 1996 through the merging of the French company Cacao Barry and the Belgian chocolate producer Callebaut. It is currently based in Zürich, Switzerland, and operates in over 30 countries worldwide.[7][8] It was created in its present form by Klaus Johann Jacobs.[9]

Its customers include multinational and national branded consumer goods manufacturers and artisanal users of chocolate (chocolatiers, pastry chefs, bakeries, and caterers).[10]

  1. ^ "Barry Callebaut changes CEO and cuts sales guidance". Reuters. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Barry Callebaut confirms guidance after solid 9 months". Reuters. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Annual report 2020/2021" (PDF). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Annual report 2023/2024" (PDF). Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  5. ^ "What Cocoa Traders Need to Know as West African Harvests Begin". Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Annual report 2020/2021" (PDF). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Reuters: Barry Callebaut – Profile". Reuters. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  8. ^ Withnall, Adam (29 May 2015). "World's largest chocolate manufacturer adds voice to warnings of 'potential cocoa shortage by 2020'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Forbes: Chocolate King Jacobs Dies". Forbes. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  10. ^ "List of Chocolate Manufacturers". icco.org. International Cocoa Organisation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.