BARRY CALLEBAUT NORD CACAO

Listed in a source registry

France INSEE Sirene / INPI RNE state register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr)

What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 20 official records from 11 official sources are on file. 3 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. The manufacturing role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes: a facility registration or licence is not an observation of current production. Nothing here confirms ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.

Facts on file, each with its evidence type

• Certifications verified (record type: certs-verified) [official record; status green] Certificates were matched against the issuing register. checked 2026-09-07. Agence Bio, registre officiel des operateurs bio (open data)
• The inspection report describes the site: BARRY CALLEBAUT est un fabricant suisse de chocolat, né de la fusion en 1996 par KLAUS JOHANN JACOBS de la société belge CALLEBAUT et de la société française CACAO BARRY. Le site Gravelinois est spécialisé dans le traitement de beurre et de masse de cacao. Ses activités comprennent notamment une installation classée sous la rubrique 2240 « extraction ou traitement d'huiles végétales, huiles minérales, corps gras ». Les activités sont réglementées par l'arrêté préfectoral d'autorisation du 14 octobre 1998 et par l'arrêté préfectoral complémentaire du 25 juillet 2014. Le site comprend : (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: BARRY CALLEBAUT est un fabricant suisse de chocolat, né de la fusion en 1996 par KLAUS JOHANN JACOBS de la société belge CALLEBAUT et de la société française CACAO BARRY. Le site Gravelinois est spécialisé dans le traitement de beurre et de masse de cacao. Ses activités comprennent notamment une installation classée sous la rubrique 2240 « extraction ou traitement d'huiles végétales, huiles minérales, corps gras ». Les activités sont réglementées par l'arrêté préfectoral d'autorisation du 14 octobre 1998 et par l'arrêté préfectoral complémentaire du 25 juillet 2014. Le site comprend :. A state inspector wrote this after standing on the site, so it describes what the plant actually does, not what its own website claims. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 2006. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-08-10. OpenSanctions
• No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-08-10. OpenSanctions
• No insolvency proceedings on record (record type: insolvency-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] We searched the official bulletin and found no insolvency proceedings on that date. checked 2026-08-10. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2024: revenue €6.2M, profit €294.4K. Lets you size the supplier against your own volume: the figure comes from accounts filed with the state, not from a claim on a website. effective since 2024-08-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
• Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-establishment) [official record; status green] The place of business the company itself declared when it registered. The register records the declaration; it does not inspect the site or show that anything is made there. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Shows the register lists the registration as active on the date we read it. It does not show how busy the business is. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 10.82Z. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• Organic certification in the state registry (record type: organic-certified) [official record; status green] Issued by an accredited body. We show the expiry date because a lapsed certificate proves nothing. checked 2026-08-30. EU organic operator register (TRACES NT), European Commission
• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status green] Inspection 2026-04-22: 2 control points, 0 with follow-up: Récollement APMD du 15/07/2024: proposed Levée de mise en demeure (lifting of the prior formal notice; the prefect decides by a separate act, not in this report); Récolement APMD du 15/07/2024: proposed Levée de mise en demeure (lifting of the prior formal notice; the prefect decides by a separate act, not in this report); capacité 90 tonnes/jour : une fonctionnant en traitement continu et l'autre tr. The inspector checked each regulatory point and wrote down which ones need a follow-up. A request for documents is an open question, not a proven breach; the report does not say how it was resolved later. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• Listed in the national industrial register as an industrial site (record type: industrial-site-registered) [official record; status green] The country's industrial register lists this company as holding a working industrial establishment, with its own registry number and activity code. A trading office does not get one. Open the source for the entry. effective since 2024-12-31. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
• Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-address) [official record; status green] The address the company itself gave the register, so post and inspectors reach it there. checked 2026-08-10. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. checked 2026-08-10. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 3 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-08-10. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• EU customs identifier (EORI) active (record type: export-registered-eori) [official record; status green] An EORI number identifies the company to EU customs for imports, exports and transit. A valid number does not show that any shipment took place and is not a licence to export a particular product. checked 2026-08-10. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-08-10. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• A change to the company's registration was published on the official record (record type: registry-change-published) [official record; status green] Indicates the register still receives filings from this company, so the record is maintained rather than abandoned. checked 2026-08-10. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 20 and 49 employees on the state record. One indication of the company's size as the register records it; it does not establish production capacity. effective since 2026-07-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-08-10. VIES
• Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. checked 2026-10-14. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2026-07-02. An inspector came to the site on that date, so the site existed then and was not only licensed on paper. The visit itself does not show what was being made there. checked 2026-10-23. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Government supervision

Supervision records found: 1 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 12 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.

Relationships

4 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.

Recorded in a source

• 3 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• BARRY CALLEBAUT NORD CACAO: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
• Port 7522 - 7522 Route du Développement, 59820 Gravelines: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• RUE DU DEVELOPPEMENT 59820 GRAVELINES: Site named in the record. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)

Import rules for these goods

• US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA

Check independently

• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)
• VAT number check (EU VIES)