Cocoa Academy

Barry Callebaut, a Switzerland based producer of cocoa and cocoa based products for over 150 years, is making strong headway in the US market by acquiring Food Processing International cocoa factory in Eddystone, PA. This past December Barry Callebaut signed a supply agreement with Hershey’s for production of 80,000 tons of chocolate per year in a newly constructed plant in Monterrey, Mexico (the home of La Popular Sweet Chocolate). With numerous confectionery companies seeking to outsource the chocolate production aspect of the business, Barry Callebaut definitely is capitalizing on this trend.

Recently, Barry Callebaut announced the creation of its 10th cocoa and chocolate academy in their future North American headquarters based in Chicago, Illinois. With academies in Europe, Canada, Singapore, China and India, the Chicago base education center will be their first in America. The training center is designed to educate and demonstration the how to create and work with chocolate.