date:Feb 20, 2014
Barry Callebaut, the worlds leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, acquired the remaining 51% of Biolands Group, its long-time supplier of certified cocoa beans from East and West Africa. Barry Callebaut has been purchasing 100% of Biolands top-grade cocoa since 2000 and acquired a 49% stake in Tanzanian-based Biolands International in 2008. Since then, the model has been replicated in Sierra Leone and Cte dIvoire through the establishment of Bio-United and Biopartena