Callebaut

Callebaut is a chocolate brand, owned by the Barry Callebaut group, and based in Belgium. It was founded in 1911 by Octaaf Callebaut in Belgium. About Callebaut is a Belgian coverture chocolate manufacturer. Coverture chocolate contains high amounts of cocoa butter. This chocolate is often used by gourmet and culinary professionals. Many professionals who use Callebaut coverture chocolate use it for its work ability and typical taste, which has remained consistent over the decades. The company's core chocolate range is manufactured in Belgium from bean to chocolate according to traditional recipes. Callebaut still applies the whole-bean roasting technique, rather than just roasting cocoa kernels, as it did over 100 years ago. This technique allows preservation of all flavors and aromatic oils within the cocoa husk and fully releases them in the chocolate. In recent times, whole-bean roasting has often been seen to be a technique used by artisan, small-batch chocolate makers though Callebaut has preserved this original roasting method.