Babybel is a brand of small snack cheese products that are individually packaged and available in various flavors. It is a product of Le Groupe Bel (Il Bel Group), a company with roots in the Jura region of France. It started by Jules Bel in 1865. Half of the world production of Mini Babybel is made in Évron, a commune in northwestern France. Le Groupe Bel has been producing Babybel cheeses in the United States in Kentucky since 1970. In March 2016, Bel Brands USA opened a new factory in Brookings, South Dakota. At the time, Bel Brands expected its 250 employees to produce 1.5 million Mini Babybel wheels per day. In July 2018, Le Groupe Bel announced that their first Canadian office would be in Quebec and that the company had 12,700 employees, in thirty branches around the world.