A manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate products, Barry Callebaut acquired Brach's Confections Holding, Inc. Barry Callebaut intends to use Brach's established relationships with U.S. retailers to increase its North American distribution. Brach's production restructuring will be complete by the end of 2003.

Key Technology, Inc. named Dennis Flynn vegetable industry specialist. A 30-year veteran of the food processing equipment industry, Flynn previously worked for FMC Technologies and Hughes Company.

Created to help Kraft Foods respond to obesity and other health and wellness issues, Kraft's Worldwide Health & Wellness Advisory Council named its members: David B. Allison, Ph.D., professor of biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Chen Chunming, M.D., professor, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Leonard H. Epstein, Ph.D., professor of psychology, State University of New York; Albert Flynn, Ph.D., professor in nutritional sciences, University College, Cork, Republic of Ireland; James R. Gavin, III, M.D., Ph.D., president, Morehouse School of Medicine; Jeanne P. Goldberg, Ph.D., R.D., professor of nutrition, Tufts University; Michael Lefevre, Ph.D., chief in division of functional foods at Pennington Biomedical Research Center; Russell R. Pate, Ph.D., professor, department of exercise science, University of South Carolina; Ana Lydia Sawaya, Ph.D., chair, department of physiology, Federal University of Sao Paulo; and Ellen A. Wartella, Ph.D., dean, college of communication, the University of Texas at Austin.