Enabling Data-Driven Value at Barry Callebaut

ChocoMake: The Backbone of Data Excellence

Learn about the complete journey, from strategy to design, build, and scale, showing how Barry Callebaut’s ChocoMake Platform reshapes data and analytics within the company by empowering decentralized ownership, introducing data as a product, automating operations, and enforcing robust governance. 

The ChocoMake Platform, co-developed by Barry Callebaut and PwC, is a next-generation data and AI platform designed to empower data teams to efficiently build value-driven, high-quality, well-governed data products at scale. Built on Microsoft Azure and guided by PwC’s Data Excellence Framework, ChocoMake provides a scalable, extensible, and future-ready architecture. As of Q3 2025, it supports over 40 data products across various domains ranging from advanced analytics for brand engagement and market research to AI-powered chatbots and recommendation models. This enables Barry Callebaut to respond swiftly to market demands, optimise production processes, strengthen sustainability efforts, deliver personalised customer experiences, and unlock new growth opportunities. Key features include automated infrastructure provisioning through ChocoMachinery, a self-service portal for managing data products, and embedded governance enabled by ChocoSync. With reusable blueprints, role-based training via ChocoMake Academy, and a clear roadmap for scaling, ChocoMake is not just a platform – it is the engine of data-driven innovation at Barry Callebaut.

• Discover the ChocoMake Platform's journey from strategy to scale.
• Explore the platform's vision, objectives, and future-ready topology.
• Learn about the scalable, modular architecture with centralized governance.
• See the technical setup, featuring automation and self-service capabilities.
• Explore impactful data products, from supply chain KPIs to AI-driven recommendations.
• Understand the platform roadmap for scaling, expanding capabilities, and developing training programs.