Cocoa prices have more than tripled over the last year as disease and adverse weather in Ghana and neighbouring Ivory Coast, the world's top two producers, have hit production. CEO Peter Feld said Barry Callebaut was well covered with cocoa beans thanks to its competitive edge in sourcing.

For over 100 years, Callebaut has used the whole-bean roasting technique, rather than just roasting cocoa kernels. This technique allows preservation of all flavors and aromatic oils within the cocoa husk and fully releases them in the chocolate.

The Barry Callebaut Group is the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products.

Barry Callebaut confirmed Salmonella Tennessee in the lecithin system of the site and in samples of the raw material. The implicated batch came from a lecithin manufacturer in Hungary and was transported by another company. Production was stopped and no affected products entered the retail supply chain.