• Barry Callebaut signs a licensing agreement with Naturex to market approved health claim on cocoa extract
• Launch of the HORIZONS sustainable products and the Cocoa Chronicles
• Barry Callebaut acquires Nyonkopa to cover growing customer need for sustainable and traceable cocoa from Ghana
• Barry Callebaut to partner with Mondelez to scale up their Cocoa Life program
• Launch of the Cocoa Horizons Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and their communities
• Announcement of a new partnership with the Hershey Company to improve the livelihoods of thousands of farmers in Côte d'Ivoire
• Opening of a new CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in Japan, the Group’s 19th training center in the world and its fourth in Region Asia Pacific
• GarudaFood and Barry Callebaut enter long-term supply agreement in Indonesia - Barry Callebaut’s first compound chocolate outsourcing agreement in Southeast Asia
• Announcement of Antoine de Saint Affrique to become the new CEO of Barry Callebaut as of October 1, 2015
• Signing of an agreement to acquire the customer portfolio, brands, recipes and manufacturing equipment from nut products manufacturer American Almond Products Co., Inc. (U.S.)
• Launch of new chocolate and compound recipes with a higher thermo-tolerance
• Barry Callebaut opens first Cocoa Application Center in Asia Pacific in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, to drive future growth of its customers
• Barry Callebaut joins leading industry initiatives to develop sustainable supply chains
• European Commission extends Barry Callebaut’s health claim on ACTICOA® products to cocoa extracts
• Establishing a Shared Service Center (SSC) in Lodz, Poland, for bundling transactional activities in Europe
• Inauguration of a new, modernized CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in Russia’s capital Moscow
• Barry Callebaut together with IB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and KU Leuven (University of Leuven) optimize the cocoa fermentation process with a newly developed yeast
• The Barry Callebaut Group awarded with a new patent on reduced fat chocolate
• Signing of a long-term outsourcing agreement with World’s Finest® Chocolate based in Chicago, U.S., including acquisition of their manufacturing assets
• Building of a new compound chocolate factory in Pune, India
• Opening of a new CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in Cologne, Germany
• Opening of the first CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in the Middle East in Dubai

• Official inauguration of Barry Callebaut’s first chocolate factory in Chile
• Expansion plans announced for the chocolate factory Lodz, Poland
• Announcement about the expansion of the Brazilian chocolate factory in Extrema
• Organization of 2nd international stakeholder conference Chocovision in Davos
• Opening of new Callebaut® flagship CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in Wieze
• EFSA approval to extend existing health claim for cocoa extract products
• Acting as leading force to form the “CocoaAction” strategy of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF)
• Acquisition of the remaining 51% stake of the Biolands Group
• Start of production in new, relocated chocolate factory in Tagasaki (Japan) 

• Inauguration of the 16th CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center on the premises of the Barry Callebaut Group’s EEMEA headquarters in Istanbul
• Inauguration of the Group’s first chocolate factory in Turkey located in Eskişehir
• EU Commission approves Barry Callebaut’s health claim on cocoa flavanols
• Opening of a cocoa factory in Makassar, Indonesia (with joint venture partner P.T. Comextra Majora)
• Inauguration of the first Cocoa Center of Excellence to promote advanced agricultural techniques in Côte d’Ivoire
• Acquisition of the cocoa business of Singapore-based Petra Foods
• Opening of an expanded state-of-the-art chocolate factory in Toluca, Mexico
• Acquisition of ASM Foods AB in Sweden and signing of first long-term outsourcing agreement in Scandinavia with Carletti A/S
• Signing of first long-term outsourcing agreement in South America with Arcor

• EFSA issues positive Scientific Opinion on Barry Callebaut’s health claim on cocoa flavanols
• Signing of long-term outsourcing/partnership agreement with Unilever, Grupo Bimbo (Mexico) and Morinaga (Japan)
• Purchasing Chatham facility from Batory Industries Company in Ontario (Canada) 
• Launch of new “Cocoa Horizons” initiative based on strategic pillar Sustainable Cocoa 
• Acquisition of the Spanish la Morella nuts 
• Acquisition of American chocolate decorations manufacturer Mona Lisa Food Products, Inc.

• Barry Callebaut and P.T. Comextra Majora enter into joint venture to form P.T. Barry Callebaut Comextra Indonesia
• Sale of European Consumer Products business to Belgian Baronie Group
• Signing of long-term outsourcing agreement with Chocolates Turín, Mexico
• Expansion of the existing supply and innovation agreement with Hershey’s
• Acquisition of remaining 40% stake in Barry Callebaut Malaysia Sdn Bhd, formerly KLK Cocoa

• Signing of a major outsourcing contract with Kraft Foods Inc.
• Opening of a chocolate factory in Extrema, Brazil

• Acquisition of Spanish chocolate maker Chocovic, S.A
• Acquisition of Danish vending mix company Eurogran
• Distribution agreement signed with Bunge Alimentos in Brazil
• Sale of Van Houten Singapore consumer business to Hershey's

• Opening of a chocolate factory in Monterrey, Mexico
• Outsourcing agreement with Morinaga in Japan and start of production in new factory
• Acquisition of IBC, specialist in decorations, in Kortrijk-Heule, Belgium
• Sale of African Consumer business
• Opening of CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ centers in Suzhou (China), Zundert (Netherlands), Mumbai (India), Chekhov (Russia) and Chicago (U.S.)
• Opening of a sales office and CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ center in Mumbai, India
• Acquisition of a 60% stake in KLK Cocoa in Malaysia
• Acquisition of a 49% stake in Biolands, Tanzania
• Opening of a chocolate factory in Suzhou, China

• Signing of major outsourcing contracts with Nestlé, Hershey’s and Cadbury
• Opening of Region Americas' headquarters in Chicago, US
• Divestment of Brach’s Confections Holding, Inc. in the U.S.
• Opening of a chocolate factory in Chekhov, Russia
• Acquisition of a cocoa factory in Pennsylvania, U.S.

• Opening of a chocolate factory in California, U.S.

• Acquisition of the vending mix business of AM Foods in Sweden

• Acquisition of Brach’s Confections Holding, Inc. in the U.S
• Acquisition of Dutch Group Graverboom B.V. (including Luijckx B.V.)

• Acquisition of the Stollwerck Group in Germany

• Acquisition of Carma AG in Switzerland

• Barry Callebaut (BARN) is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange

• Barry Callebaut grows through geographic expansion into strategic growth markets and outsourcing contracts

• The Belgian chocolate producer Callebaut and the French chocolate company Cacao Barry join forces, creating a new company called Barry Callebaut

History milestones 2017 - 2023