Garudafood and Barry Callebaut sign a long-term agreement for the supply of an additional 7,000 tonnes of compound chocolate per year. Garudafood, one of the largest food and beverage companies…

Garudafood and Barry Callebaut sign a long-term agreement for the supply of an additional 7,000 tonnes of compound chocolate per year.

Garudafood, one of the largest food and beverage companies in Indonesia, and the Barry Callebaut Group, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, have announced the signing of an additional agreement for the long-term supply of another 7,000 tonnes of compound chocolate per year to Garudafood’s biscuit factory in Rancaekek, a sub-district of Bandung, Indonesia. Barry Callebaut expects deliveries of the additional volumes to start in mid-2019.

The concept of “plant-in-plant” will be implemented in the Garudafood’s Rancaekek biscuit factory with an investment of CHF 2.8 million (IDR 40 billion). The collaboration between the two companies will continue to be fuelled by joint innovation activities; further strengthening the position of Garudafood as a market leader in Indonesia.

This second long-term agreement is a proof of the commitment of the successful partnership between Barry Callebaut and Garudafood, which began in June 2015. As a result, Barry Callebaut has built its first chocolate factory on Garudafood’s Gresik factory premises and is supplying more than 10,000 tonnes of compound chocolate per year to Garudafood.