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Tapping into the growing consumer need for healthier indulgence and plant-based products

In tune with consumers’ turn to tasty and nutritious food and drinks that also do good for the planet, Barry Callebaut created a new brand: Cabosse Naturals.

In this interview, Angela Gubser, Managing Director, Ecuador describes how Cocoa Horizons has been successfully introduced to the world’s third largest producer of cocoa.

Barry Callebaut laid the foundation for future growth of the cocoa value chain in Ecuador in a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new, state-of-the-art, cocoa facility in Durán.

By publicly sharing the geographic location of the cooperatives and districts we source from we are contributing to transparency and traceability in our cocoa supply chain.

Barry Callebaut’s Forever Chocolate has been ranked by Sustainalytics as the #2 sustainability strategy, out of 182 assessed companies in the packaged food industry.

As part of our Forever Chocolate commitments, we aim to be carbon and forest positive by 2025. Working with Quantis, we have developed an innovative assessment which will help us and our customers link forest protection activities with carbon reduction goals.

The largest industrial chocolate factory in Singapore has added a 4th chocolate line that will boost the volume of chocolate for the Asia Pacific market. That’s more chocolate for all as this factory in Singapore keeps the industry growing, bringing good news to our customers in the region.

Africa is the largest cocoa producing region in the world. So how has Barry Callebaut managed business continuity during COVID-19? We ask Jo Thys, Vice President Cocoa Africa, to explain the priorities, unique challenges and efforts to ensure ‘business as usual’ operations during this time.