"When meeting colleague-professionals all over the world, I am often asked the question: "which dark chocolate couvertures are the perfect choice for me?". In the Callebaut range of chocolate couvertures, you have a great variety in colour, taste, cocoa content, liquidity... So let me try to guide you in selecting the most suitable ones. Or better: let me try to point the direction, since selecting the appropriate chocolate is a question of taste in the first place. And taste and colour can be very personal of course. Your applications will also determine the chocolate you need. I wish you a lot of inspiration and fulfilment from working with the Callebaut couvertures...and endless compliments from your customers. Isn't that the biggest reward after all?"
(Jean-Pierre Wybauw - Callebaut Technical Advisor)

"What is the best milk chocolate couverture?" "What are its possibilities?" or "How does it taste when processed in desserts or confectionery? These are the questions I get asked a lot at trade fairs and exhibitions. In the Callebaut range of milk chocolate couvertures, you have great variety in colour, taste, cocoa content, liquidity etc. Of course, not every milk chocolate couverture is perfect for every application. But there are some simple guidelines for selecting the perfect ones for your creations. The first rule is to trust your own taste, since selecting the appropriate chocolate is above all a question of taste. You'll find other guidelines in this folder. You will get lots of inspiration and fulfilment from working with the Callebaut couvertures... and lots of compliments from your customers. After all, isn't that the biggest reward?"
(Philippe Vancayseele - Callebaut Technical Advisor)

"Callebaut offers an extended choice of white chocolate couvertures, all different in taste and liquidity. Of course, not every white chocolate couverture is perfect for every application. In selecting the best match in white chocolate couvertures for your applications there are some simple guidelines to follow. The first rule is to trust your own taste, since selecting the appropriate chocolate is above all a question of taste. You'll find other guidelines in this folder. Working with Callebaut couvertures will give you lots of inspiration and fulfilment... and compliments from your customers. After all, isn't that the biggest reward imaginable?" (Alexandre Bourdeaux - Callebaut Technical Advisor)

Welcome to the Chocolate Academy! With the seminars and courses organised by Callebaut in 2007-2008, we offer professionals in all fields the opportunity to expand their knowledge of chocolate and further develop their chocolate skills. You can choose from introductory, advanced and specialist courses in chocolaterie, confectionery or catering. In addition to theory there's plenty of hand-on, practical experience, so by the end of the course you will be able to do a whole lot more with chocolate - guaranteed!

In this brochure, we give answers to the following questions:
* How to store chocolate and why.
* How to melt chocolate.
* How to temper chocolate. What is tempering for?
* What is the ideal temperature for workshops, moulds and fillings?
* How to cool chocolate.
* How to store finished products.

Callebaut’s chocolates are not only the result of a great tradition, but also the fruit of nature’s best. In each of our chocolates you can taste the finest grades of cocoa beans, a select choice of ingredients and 100% pure cocoa butter. Today, Callebaut takes its chocolates even a step beyond…

Callebaut has dedicated an entirely new line of chocolate decoration products to your talent. The quality, taste and refinement of these items are specially designed to complement your ideas and creativity. They add to your personal signature.

When they discovered Callebaut Origine, the Chocolate Ambassadors were more than thrilled with this range of extraordinary chocolates. For them, Origine is the range of chocolate to make the difference with. It's the most personal way for artisan professionals to add a distinguishing signature to eachcreation.

Cocoa butter in powder form. The gateway to convenient, tastier, cost-effective and hygienic frying.

The fruit of the finest blends of cocoa. Experience the exceptional taste sensations offered by Callebaut’s Finest Selection. This new generation of dark and milk chocolates promises an unequalled intensity in taste and a truly exciting variation of fine aromas. Especially for its Finest Selection, Callebaut has blended aromatic cocoa beans from different plantations into unique chocolate recipes. Explore these chocolates with the most refined character you have ever experienced. Callebaut’s Finest Selection is a dream to each professional… and to the true chocolate lover.

Callebaut selected 13 of the world's most renowned and sought after cocoa bean varieties and dedicated to each an exclusive Origine chocolate. In the taste and aromas of each variety, you will discover the expression of the soil on which the cocoa was grown: hints of flowers, fruits, herbs,... Explore Origine, discover how different chocolate can be. Explore chocolate that carries the soul of the cocoa bean.

An overview of the taste profiles of all Origine chocolates.

Specially for tasting purposes, Callebaut offers each Origine chocolate in 10 g neapolitans. They are beautifully shaped, ideal for serving with coffee or tea and ready for resale.

Callebaut is about more than quality chocolate. It is about offering perfect solutions for chefs and caterers too! Whether you're looking for true and noble ingredients that allow you to make a difference. Or whether you aim for a dessert range that guarantees a great taste, yet can be prepared with a maximised convenience, Callebaut offers a perfect match.

Callebaut presents a new range of ready-to-use Dark, Milk and White Chocolate Mousses! Rich in Callebaut chocolate, their taste and texture are beyond any comparison: true and authentic, just like home made desserts! And imagine the gain of time they can offer you! Wouldn't it be perfect?

Callebaut presents a ready-to-use Chocolate Sauce! Rich in Callebaut chocolate, it tastes and feels beyond any comparison: true and authentic, just like home made sauce. Chocolate Sauce comes in 2 handy packagings: a 1 kg-bottle for easy dosing and serving bigger volumes; 50 g-sachets for conveniently serving individual portions. Imagine the gain of time and convenience you will soon experience.

The hot or cool finishing touch in three natural and delicious flavours!

From now on pastry making can even go beyond your imagination! With Callebaut’s White Icing & Decor Paste, you can realize all your amazing ideas. From snow white dream wedding cake to adventurous colourful birthday cake... anything goes!

One glance at the Callets sensation is enough. Made of 100% Callebaut chocolate, they have the looks and taste. In short: they will seduce every chocolate lover!

One glance at the new Callets sensation is enough. Made of 100% Callebaut chocolate, they have the looks and the taste. In short: they will seduce every chocolate lover!

Is there anything more delicious and indulgent than warm, melted chocolate? Callebaut offers the perfect dark and milk chocolate for chocolate fountains! What a thrill for dessert buffets!

The Callebaut range of small chocolate cups are the ideal for your creative ideas. They are available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes so, no matter how fanciful your ideas, there's bound to be a Callebaut cup that complements them perfectly. Made from Callebaut's finest couverture chocolate, they're perfect for filling with ice-cream, mousses or fruit.

Callebaut not only offers a wide choice of chocolates that are simply made for ice cream. There's a lot more that becomes possible: tastes from hazelnut to strawberry and textures from soft to crunchy... Your ice cream preparations and Callebaut are simply made for each other! And of course all Callebaut products are of guaranteed superior quality, made with premium ingredients. Callebaut is made to complement the unique skills of the artisan ice cream maker.

Discover the new taste sensation in Callebaut's Coloured & Flavoured callets range. Honey callets: creamy milk chocolate with sweet honey! With this novelty you will bring a ray of sunshine into your creations and give your clients a surprise with this totally original chocolate flavour!

Give your confectionery an exciting new dimension with striking colours and tasty flavours. Try Callebaut's latest user-friendly and time-saving solution.