our cocoa’s journey 


The 2 countries we operate in – Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire – work slightly differently concerning the governmental regulations of cocoa export. But generally speaking, the farmers deliver their cocoa beans to the cooperative’s warehouse, where the beans are put into sacks. The sacks are then transported by truck to the local exporter’s warehouse. From there, they make their way to our cocoa processors and into our bars. And the rest, as they say, is history.. 

scaling up-up-up 

The goal is to make BeanTracker a scalable solution that is not just for us but for the entire cocoa industry. This will hopefully lead to a system change by implementing an industry standard for the traceability of bean-to-bar to enable all cocoa companies to take full responsibility for the whole supply chain.

This is why setting the right example with Barry Callebaut, the world’s largest cocoa processor, is so important. The installation of our own cocoa butter tank in the factory in 2016 was a major milestone on this journey. This shows that other players in the industry have no excuse – if we can do it, other (large) companies that work with Barry Callebaut can do it, too. That’s a wrap!