Barry Callebaut
China's Chocolate Surge
Estimates put chocolate growth at 10.6 percent between 2008 and 2009. Molded bars will by far be the top performer, valued at almost $1.5 billion - nearly three times as much as the nearest category of chocolate straight lines.
Chocolate sales are holding up while consumption in China lower
Barry Callebaut says with sales volumes up 2.6% to 895,391 tons for the nine-month period under review, growth has resumed after reaching a low in November 2008.
Chocolate makers try to satisfy a picky Chinese palate
Hugues Pouget, the award-winning French dessert chef, has his work cut out for him as he tries to turn the Chinese into chocoholics.
China's taste for chocolate
Lured by growing market demand, Barry Callebaut opened its first Chinese plant in Suzhou, Jiangshu Province in east China and moved its Asian headquarters from Singapore to China in January to focus its development on the world's fastest growing consumer market.
China's Chocolate Market Dominated by Foreign Brands
Foreign chocolate brands such as Dove, Cadbury and Hershey's have now captured about 70% of the Chinese chocolate market.
