Carambar & Co, or CPK (Carambar Poulain Krema), is a French confectionery company founded in 2016. It brings together confectionery brands such as Carambar, Terry's, Lutti, Kréma, La Pie qui Chante, Malabar, Vichy Pastilles, Suchard chocolates, and Poulain chocolate.
Carambar & Co is owned by Ferrara Candy Company, which is owned by Ferrero SpA
History
In 2016, an investment consortium led by French investment firm Eurazeo bought a set of confectionery brands from American multinational food conglomerate Mondelēz International, and on 2 May that year they were formally amalgamated to form Carambar & Co. The consortium also included Patrick Mispolet and Matthieu Maillot, former president and former CFO respectively of Orangina-Schweppes France, and Pierre Le Tanneur, former director of Spotless Group. The brands purchased by the investors were:
As well as these brands, the consortium bought five French factories, each making products for different brands:
This allowed all production to be moved to France—beforehand under Mondelēz, production had been exported throughout Europe, including in the Czech Republic, Poland and Spain.[1][2] Since 2018, all Carambar & Co products have been manufactured in France.[3]
In late August 2018, the company announced its acquisition of Lutti, subject to approval from competition authorities.[4] The acquisition of Lutti, the third-largest confectionery company in France, by Carambar, the second-largest, was finalized in October 2018.[5]
In 2025, Ferrero SpA bought Carambar and Co from Eurazeo and merges it with Ferrara Candy Company
- Carambar, makers of the eponymous chocolate caramel bar, from whom the new company took their name;
- Kréma, manufacturers of fruit bonbons and Malabar chewing gum;
- La Pie qui Chante, a French confectioner known for Michoko caramels;
- Vichy Pastilles mints;
- Chocolat Poulain, a French chocolatier;
- Chocolat Suchard, a Swiss chocolatier and the original creator of Milka, though that brand was retained by Mondelēz;
- Terry's, originally based in York, famous for their Terry's Chocolate Orange.
- Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), manufacturing Suchard and Terry's products;
- Blois (Loir-et-Cher) manufacturing Poulain chocolate;
- Vichy (Allier) for Vichy pastilles;
- Marcq-en-Barœul (Nord) for Carambars;
- Saint-Genest-d'Ambière (Vienne) for Kréma and La Pie qui Chante confectionery.
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References
- Carambar prend un nouveau départ 29 April 2017, retrieved 5 January 2018^
- Hollywood Chewing Gum de Hollywood Chewing Gum LSA, retrieved 2018-08-30^
- Bonbons : le nouveau Carambar veut s'attaquer à la citadelle Haribo^
- André Trentin. Carambar-Lutti, bientôt un géant français de la confiserie ? Le Point, 30 August 2018, retrieved 10 October 2018^
- Le confiseur Carambar&Co se réorganise et annonce un PSE^