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It has been built with state-of-the-art technology to offer maximum food safety and full production flexibility. The plant has a total surface area of 34,000m² and the production building has an area of 10,000m². ”The food service market in Brazil is estimated to be 60,000t a year.” Bunge serves about 25,000 points of sale in Brazil every day and is considered to be a first-choice partner for Brazil chocolate products. In April 2009, Barry Callebaut signed a distributive agreement with the agribusiness company Bunge to commercialise the products from the Extrema chocolate plant. The products will be distributed in the form of blocks of 1kg and up to 5kg and liquids will be delivered in tanks. The plant produces white, milk, dark chocolate and compound and will supply them for industrial and artisanal supply, targeting the growing food-service sector in Brazil. The factory created employment for 70 people in Extrema and 23 jobs for sales and administration in São Paulo. The total investment in the Extrema chocolate plant is estimated to be about $15m (R$28m). The plant has a capacity of 20,000t per year and is designed with the potential to double this using the same infrastructure. It is Barry Callebaut’s first chocolate factory in South America and built as part of its strategy to supply the fast-growing food services industry in Brazil. The plant is strategically located in Extrema, about 110km from São Paulo. Production from the chocolate factory commenced in June. The cocoa and chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut opened a new chocolate manufacturing plant in Extrema, the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil on. The company has developed several processing technologies such as ACTICOA cocoa and chocolate. The plant produces semi-finished products such as cocoa powder, liquor and butter used as ingredients in food and chocolates.
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The new Barry Callebaut plant is constructed on a greenfield area in Extrema, a municipality and a town in the southeast region of Brazil. Extrema's first chocolate factory in South America.